Fogarty Wine Group is a Perth-based, family-owned company of Peter and Lee Fogarty. It has grown to become the largest wine producer in WA and has operations in three other states.
In WA, it owns Millbrook Winery, Perth Hills; Deep Woods Estate, Margaret River; and Smithbrook, Pemberton. It also owns the Evans & Tate brand, contract wine making facility Margaret River Vinters (MRV) and Bunkers Beach House cafe.
In NSW, it owns Lake’s Folly in the Hunter Valley. Fogarty expanded into Tasmania in 2019, acquiring the Lowestoft winery and a 50 per cent interest in Tasmanian Vintners and is planting 200ha of vines at Forcett and Richmond. It has subsequently taken full ownership of Tasmanian Vintners through its Margaret River Wine Production subsidiary.
In 2019, Brisbane-based agricultural investment manager Laguna Bay invested $60 million into MRV. The investment was part of a recapitalisation of east coast wine producer McWilliams Wines, which formerly owned 30 per cent of MRV. Laguna subsequently became an almost 40% shareholder in Fogarty Family Wines, at the same time as Mark Nelson from global investment management firm Caledonia also took a small stake.
In 2020, it acquired Victorian winery Dalwhinnie along with an 80 per cent interest in Sandalford’s Margaret River vineyard at Wilyabrup. In August 2022, it acquired Accolade Wines’ Nannup facility which produces the Houghton and Brookland Valley labels.
In 2021, Victorian billionaire Anthony Hall and Fogarty Wine Group joined forces as Fogarty Hall to look at expansion opportunities in Tasmania. Some time later they acquired Clover Hill, as well as Victorian-based Taltarni.
In 2025, the Hall family and Fogarty family merged their major wine interests, with plans to rebadge the entire portfolio as Fogarty Hall.
