Amicus: Latin for ‘friend’.

Good wine should be enjoyed with good friends!

We wouldn’t open a bad bottle of wine to share with our loved ones and we don’t want you to, either. That’s why we’ve crafted Amicus wines – small parcels of McLaren Vale grapes made into superb wines.

We’ve adopted a minimalistic approach to our winemaking, with the belief good wines are made in the vineyard. Great care is taken when selecting our fruit, with many of our vineyards organic or biodynamic – including our own 80-acre estate vineyard.

Our Team

The Amicus winemaking team consists of Walter Clappis, an industry statesman with more than 30 vintages under his belt, his daughter Kimberly and her husband James Cooter.

During the 20 years Walter owned Ingoldby Winery, he amassed a total of 37 trophies and 124 gold medals, including the highly prestigious Bushing King Award for the most outstanding red wine.

He is also the only winemaker to ever win the Dan Murphy Trophy three times and took out the George Mackey Memorial Trophy in 2011 for Australia’s best export wine.

This experience and wisdom, combined with fresh ideas and enthusiasm from the family’s next generation creates a dynamic mix in the winery that is focussed on producing the best wines for our loyal customers.