Tillie J

Natillie (Tillie) Johnston began her career in ’12, one of the vintage crew at Coldstream Hills, and says her love for pinot noir began there. She then spent 4 of the next 8 years drifting between the Northern and Southern hemispheres working for an all-star cast of wineries: Leeuwin Estate, Brokenwood, Cristom (Oregon), Keller (Rheinhessen), Framingham (Marlborough) and Yarra Yering. Since then, she’s been assistant winemaker at Giant Steps to Steve Flamsteed and Jess Clark. In ’19 she took the opportunity to buy 2t of grapes from Helen’s Hill of whatever variety she chose, which was, of course, pinot noir. The range has since expanded to Yarra Valley chardonnay, with a Langhorne Creek grenache in the mix, too. -JAMES HALLIDAY