Established in 2015, Bec Hardy Wines is a family-owned wine business based in McLaren Vale, South Australia. Bec is a 6th generation member of and the first female vigneron from one of Australia’s oldest wine families, the Hardys.

Bec Hardy Wines' logo. (Image: Bec Hardy Wines)

Bec Hardy. (Image: Bec Hardy Wines)

The Hardy name has been synonymous with South Australian wine since the 1850s and Bec Hardy continues that tradition, building on the experience and reputation of her predecessors with a modern twist on 170 years of winemaking heritage. Bec’s family has been tending vineyards in the premium maritime region of McLaren Vale since the her great-great-great grandfather, Thomas Hardy, arrived from the UK in 1850. Thomas was the region’s first settler and is widely regarded as the father of the South Australian wine industry.

Thomas Hardy (14 January 1830 – 10 January 1912), Bec Hardy's great-great-great grandfather, "Father of the South Australian Wine Industry". (Image: Wikipedia)

Just like her father Geoff, who left the family company in 1980, Bec is now making her own way in the Australian wine world with Bec Hardy Wines. In 2020, Bec acquired the 40-year old Pertaringa brand from her father Geoff and brought it under her Bec Hardy Wines portfolio.

Despite the challenges of 2020, the Bec Hardy Wines team was very excited to be recognised by Austrade for excellence in exporting at the Australian Export & Investment Awards.

Pertaringa wines, used to be owned by Geoff Hardy, now by Bec Hardy. (Image: Bec Hardy Wines)

In 2021, Bec was also recognised as one of South Australia’s finest young business people at the annual ‘40 under 40’ Business Awards.

About Bec Hardy

After working in the UK and Australian wine markets with a degree in Viticultural Science, Bec Hardy has gained extensive national and international experience in wine production, marketing and exporting. In 2010, Bec returned to the family business from Sydney to manage Wines by Geoff Hardy’s portfolio of wine brands across the company’s domestic and international markets.

Bec Hardy. (Image: Bec Hardy Wines)

After establishing Bec Hardy Wines in 2015 and acquiring the Pertaringa wine brand from her father’s business in 2020, she is now making her own way in the Australian wine world as the Hardy’s family’s first female vineyard owner and producer.

In October 2020, Bec was elected to the board of Nature Foundation, the largest conservation landowner in South Australia (and the third largest in Australia).

In June 2021, Bec was recognised as one of South Australia’s finest young business people at the annual ‘40 under 40’ Business Awards.

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Source: BecHardy.com.au