In 2019 wine scribe Katie Spain wrote, “The late Greg Trott had an entrepreneur’s eye and a farmer’s heart, a balance that served him well”. Trott grew up on a McLaren Vale farm growing stone fruit, grapes and raising chickens. He returned to the land after school and continued farming while he undertook the audacious task of rebuilding Wirra Wirra from ruins. Trott’s enduring love of the land inspired him to fight for the protection of McLaren Vale as agricultural land, a battle he fought until his passing in 2005.