Wine Region	Margaret River, WA
Wine Maker	Dr Mike Peterkin
Two of the original Margaret River wine pioneers, Ellis and Marg Butcher, established Fire Gully in 1988. A beautiful property found in the heart of Margaret River’s Willyabrup region, the property was named after two large bush fires in 1952 and 1970 ravished the gully running through the centre of the block. Located next to Moss Wood on Metricup Road and about a kilometre from Pierro, the 40 acre vineyard is now owned and operated by Mike Peterkin with the Fire Gully wines made by him at Pierro.    In 1998 Dr Michael Peterkin of Pierro purchased the nearby Fire Gully property and now manages the vineyard with the previous owners Ellis and Margaret Butcher. Fire Gully is one of the most beautiful and unique properties in Willyabrup and the range of wines produced from the vines there are truly delightful.   The Taoist symbols for “fire” and “valley” have been chosen for the label to represent the warmth, strength, fertility and abundance that this special site offers. The Fire Gully wines express the very essence of Margaret River regionality and quality and are recognized for consistent excellence with each passing vintage.
What the critics have to say!
“The Fire Gully vineyard (planted in 1988) has been established on what was progressively a dairy and then a beef farm, with a 15-acre lake created in the gully ravaged by bushfires which gave the property its name…In 1998 Mike Peterkin of Pierro purchased the property…He regards the Fire Gully wines as entirely separate to those of Pierro, being estate-grown: the vineyards are planted to cabernet sauvignon, merlot, shiraz, semillon, sauvignon blanc, chardonnay and viognier.” James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion - 2010