Interview with Alan Hoey [sound recording] Interviewer: Rob Linn, Part 1 of 3

Alan Hoey was born at Port Adelaide in 1946 to Jack and Alice Hoey. His father was a fitter and turner and engineer at GMH at Woodville and Elizabeth. Alan started as a beer drinker and later drank wine from the Barossa Valley. He studied at Urrbrae Agricultural High School and then worked at Dalgetys. He went on to Roseworthy and worked at Stonyfell in his holidays. He changed to the winemaking course. Talks about the work practices at Stonyfell. It was a good introduction to the wine industry. Talks about his fellow students and people he met in the industry. There were 9 in the class. Obtained a cadetship with Glenloth Wines. Morgan Yeatman was a big influence on his career, teaching him quality winemaking. He created the Watervale style. He graduated in 1967, worked at Glenloth from 1967-1974 which was then taken over by Seaview. They had the biggest plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon in Australia. He learned a lot from Ben Chaffey at Seaview. In 1973 he moved to Michelton and his salary increased from $10,000 to $20,000. In 1974 he moved back to the Barossa to Tolley, Scott and Tolley and worked with Riesling to 1980. In July 1980 he moved to Yalumba and is still there. He was senior white wine maker. Worked for Peter Wall who was very forward thinking and they developed continuous fermentation for yeast culture. Introduction to international work was a trip to New Zealand in 1988. Became a Pewsey Vale winemaker in the 1990s and was involved with red wines for the first time. He became heavily involved with an internatioanl role - New Zealand, UK, USA, France. Talks about changes in the industry and how creative it became and how it became market driven

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