The rocket ship vintage! 🚀 2025 was a once in a lifetime vintage – hot, dry and very, very fast. At times it felt like we were holding onto a rocket ship, but in true Astro Bunny style, we shot for the stars – hoping to land on the moon! The challenge of a vintage like 2025 is that the… Read more →
As Kermit said “It ain’t easy being green”. We are delighted to announce that the 2024 Wildman Wine Astro Bunny and Piggy Pop pét-nats have been made with 100% certified organic and biodynamic grapes. I’m not going to lie, the admin almost killed us, but after a year long battle with spreadsheets, flow charts and something called google drive we… Read more →
2023 marks the tenth vintage of Astro Bunny. WOW, how did that happen. Happy Birthday to us! It was great to start getting back out to export markets, first stops Hong Kong and Singapore. Astro Bunny Pét-Nat 2023 Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale, Riverland – South Australia Arneis 43%, Zibibbo 23%, Nero d’Avola 21%, Fiano 13% “A cult classic of the… Read more →
In 2022 we expanded our export markets from seven to eighteen. HELLO South Korea, Norway, Sweden, Ontario, British Colombia, Québec, Ireland, Taiwan, Philippines, New Zealand and UAE After nine years Astro Bunny and Piggy Pop finally got their own dedicated Instagram page at Wildman Wine I also wrote an article for my UK importer on why I’m hopelessly devoted to… Read more →
The 2021 Astro Bunny started to attract attention from mainstream press and commercial channels, being highlighted as Wine of the Week on Jancis Robinson’s website in May, who called it ‘Utterly frivolous”. and being the first Australian pét-nat brand to be listed by The Wine Society in the UK. The revolution starts here… Read more →
Astro Bunny was rated one of five Best of Tasting by Wine & Viticulture Journal in their first ever tasting of Pét-Nats. “Lots of fun; lots of things that make no sense on their own but all put together make it a winner,” said one taster. Article on the story of making the Bunny and the tasting results below Read more →
The Coronavirus pandemic hit mid-vintage and I had to get out of Australia quick-sharp before the borders shut. Luckily the fruit had been picked, was safely in the winery and Michael and his intrepid team at Lodestone Winery in the Adelaide Hills continued to work through the lockdown to produce the best brace of pét-nats we’ve ever made. Astro Bunny,… Read more →
The Bunny Goes Global for the first time in 2019 with the 2018 vintage wines bouncing all over the globe to seven (seven!) new export markets: Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Denmark, Canada, US and UK. First stops on the world tour to support my new partners were Singapore and Hong Kong, both 100% Spinal Tap 🙂 The 2019 vintage saw… Read more →
The 2018 vintage saw the Astro Bunny move from diapers to long pants (we skipped shorts). A new winery facility in the Adelaide Hills, significant increase in volume to be able to export for the first time, and if that wasn’t enough, a spanking brand new webby-site home for the bunny. For updates on the 2018 and future wines please… Read more →
In a rash act of complete commercial recklessness I decided to hold the 2017 Pét-Nats back for a mid-summer (in Australia) release this year, as I’ve always thought they don’t really hit their straps until twelve months after harvest. As a consequence the wines were released in February 2018, and demand has been nothing short of phenomenal, with the consequence… Read more →