Jennie Mooney, Vigneron, Canberra District

Jennie Mooney Vigneron Canberra District Story by Capital Wines

Who doesn't want to own a small winery or pub in Australia? We all dream about it, but the Mooney's got 'the double' when they moved to the Canberra District.

The plan for a sea change, or vine change as the case may be, was realised by the Mooney's when Jen married a country boy and they combined his love of the land with her passion for wine.

The old Gundaroo Pub was up for sale and the Mooney's bought the pub, 6 months later re-opening it as 'Grazing', today an award-winning restaurant.
One of the new restaurants best patrons was local winemaker Andrew McEwin, who use to deliver his Kyeema wines to the restaurant.

The Mooney's watched with interest, dying to get hold of the wines and shout to the world about how good they were, so it wasn't long before Capital Wines was formed in partnership with the McEwins.

Today they are living the dream in the beautiful Canberra District wine region, surrounded by grape vines and great food to boot!