What the locals are loving: Nashdale Lane

Nick and Tanya Segger spent 20 years preparing to operate their own vineyard. Now liquid treasure awaits behind Nashdale Lane’s rainbow of eye-catching labels.

When they first met picking grapes in Italy in the 1990s, Nick and Tanya Segger already had two of the traits needed to be successful wine producers – an appreciation for hard work and good vino. Fast-forward two decades and they’ve acquired the other key attributes. Along with extensive experience in business and marketing, they finally found their ideal location on a bucolic lane at Nashdale, just outside Orange, NSW.

For UK-born Nick, the cool-climate vineyard, established in 2001, ticked all the right boxes. “The climate allows us to grow a lot of European-style grapes from places we’ve travelled over the years, such as pinot gris, Spanish tempranillo and arneis [a northern Italian white varietal],” he says. “It also offers amazing views and location… with an orchard next door and friends who make olive oil just down the road, it feels like an oasis only a short drive from Sydney.”

Their aim is to make wines that are just as accessible. “Our ‘the social’ range is really approachable, regardless of what stage of the wine journey you are at,” Nick explains. Try ‘the social’ Rouge, made from tempranillo and shiraz, and ‘the social’ Rosé, a delicious dry style based on shiraz.

“The ‘Colour Series’ range is single varietal and a bit more New World for those who enjoy the technical side of winemaking [try Colour Series Pinot Gris], while Legacy is our small-batch reserve collection, which uses more Old World techniques and spends longer time in the barrel.”