Wildman Wine

Tim Wildman MW is a pét-nat obsessive, and has dedicated the last 10 years of his life to this sparkling wine style. He crafts the immensely popular Piggy Pop and Astro Bunny bottles, from Italian grapes in South Australia.

Having lost a bet in 2013 Tim picked a tonne of grapes and made his first pét-nat, an obscure choice in those days prior to the mainstream awareness of natural wine. In the words of Tim as a Master of Wine with no winemaking experience, “It was the perfect choice for an unskilled chancer, there was no defined style, and I had a bit more knowledge than anyone else. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man makes pét-nat.”

South Australia

AUSTRALIA

A cult classic of the minimal intervention scene” @LoveTillyDevine.

“Utterly frivolous” – Jancis Robinson

Pét-nat is essentially fun wine, as opposed to fine wine, so “fun” is our touchstone, in all aspects of production, packaging and marketing.

And if you and your customers think it tastes, looks and sounds like fun, then we’ve done our job.

Viticulture

The 2022 vintage in South Australia was superb, with growing conditions close to the near perfect vintage of 2021 that preceded it. As is often the case in very good vintages, high quality came with equally good yields as the vines were happy and healthy.