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After graduating from Roseworthy with a winemaking degree in 1985, Bill was intent on setting up his own winery, which he did on his parent's Riverland vineyard property that same year.

Bill's winemaking skills and business acumen ensured the winery enjoyed steady growth throughout the 1980s and then when Australian wine began to grow in popularity overseas, Kingston Estate was well placed to help satisfy this new demand, with Bill jumping on a plane numerous times a year to visit key export markets.

He continues to run the winery as Managing Director and oversees winemaking as Chief Winemaker.

Bill is a past executive committee member of the South Australian Wine Industry Association, past Chairman and board member of the Riverland Wine Industry Development Council, past member of the Business Advisory Board to the Reserve Bank of Australia as well as a past non-executive board member of Wine Australia.

Bill is married to Ivanka and they have three beautiful daughters, the 'Mo Sisters.'

Nina (short for Constantina) and Steve (Australian for Sarantos) both emigrated from Greece to Australia as young adults, seeking a better life in the 'lucky country.' They met while picking fruit in the Riverland region of South Australia, where they had both chosen to settle.

When they could afford it, they bought their own block of land on which they gradually planted fruit orchards as well as a vineyard.

Sadly Nina passed away in 2019, she is fondly remembered by the Kingston family.

Born and bred in the Riverland, Ivanka started her working career with the Riverland Development Corporation and then moved to Adelaide in 1990 to undertake a Bachelor of Arts degree and a role as the Events Manager for the Lord Mayor of Adelaide. This was followed by a role as Sister Cities Program Manager for the City of Adelaide.

In 1999, Ivanka moved back to the Riverland and married Bill Moularadellis. They now have three girls Lauren, Victoria and Emma who can be regularly spotted around the family winery.

It was at that time that Ivanka started working in the family wine business in various roles including domestic sales management, export wine sales and human resources. Ivanka is now actively involved in Kingston's leadership and commercial trading team and represents the Riverland Wine Industry Development Council on the South Australian Wine Industry Association Executive Committee

Lauren was brought up amongst the family-owned vineyards and winery in the Riverland region, before finishing her education in Adelaide.

In 2016, Lauren and her two sisters made their formal entrance into the wine industry, purchasing the premium 'Mo Sisters' vineyard located in Coonawarra, South Australia. Lauren played a key role in the development of the 'Mo Sisters' range, which gained popularity for its distinctive branding and is distributed across the United States.

After completing her Bachelor of Laws and Commerce at the University of Adelaide, Lauren joined the commercial trading team and works closely with customers in the UK, Europe, and North America.

Victoria grew up in the Riverland near the family winery and vineyards, before moving to Adelaide to complete her schooling. In 2016, Victoria and her sisters purchased their first premium vineyard holding, the ‘Mo Sisters’ vineyard, in Coonawarra, South Australia.

Victoria was actively involved in development of ‘Mo Sisters’ the label, which is now distributed across the United States. Victoria currently works within the sales division of the business.

Victoria is completing a Bachelor of Laws and Advanced Economics at The University of Adelaide.

Emma grew up in the Riverland near the family winery and vineyards, before moving to Adelaide to complete her schooling. In 2016, Emma and her sisters purchased their first premium vineyard holding, the ‘Mo Sisters’ vineyard, in Coonawarra, South Australia.

Emma was actively involved in development of ‘Mo Sisters’ the label, which is now distributed across the United States. Emma currently works within the sales division of the business.

Emma is completing a Bachelor of Commerce at The University of Adelaide.

Darcy completed a Bachelor of Accountancy at the University of South Australia before commencing work in a tax and business services accounting firm of which Kingston Estate Wines was a client. After working on Kingston Estate Wines tax work Darcy enjoyed the wine industry so much he joined Kingston Estate Wines as the graduate accountant. Darcy completed his Chartered Accountant status with Kingston before moving to the United Kingdom to travel and work for a few years.

On returning to Australia it was time to get married and start a family. Darcy worked for Lion-Nathan in both the beer and wine divisions for almost 10 years. While working as the Wine Operations Commercial Manager for Lion Wine Darcy looked after the wineries of Petaluma, St Hallet, Knappstein, Stonier and Tatachilla.

Darcy then joined GM Hotels and was the Finance Director for this group of ten metropolitan hotels across Adelaide owned by private equity group Blue Sky.

Darcy returned to Kingston Estate Wines as Chief Financial Officer in 2018.

Darcy has a wife and two children, he enjoys mountain bike riding through the Adelaide Hills and a drop of shiraz.

Brett was born in Ballarat Victoria in 1974, and travelled through America and Canada during the 90's looking for something that might spark his interest. He finally settled down to study winemaking (oenology) at the renowned Roseworthy College and Adelaide University (Waite Campus) in South Australia and completed this four-year degree at the end of 1999.

Brett has made wine since graduation in many regions such as Hunter Valley NSW, Margaret River WA, Austria, Pyrenees Victoria, Spain, and of course the Riverland where he is today.

His experience in the wine industry thus far has seen him work in very small boutique wineries that crush just 200 tonnes of fruit per year, right up to the size of Kingston Estate, who could supply the whole population of Australia with about 3 bottles of wine each and every year!

In all, Brett has now been making quality wine for over 20 years working in new and old world settings.

After finishing high school at Loxton High, Ryan set his sights for Adelaide to study science. However, Ryan's desire to work was too strong, so after nine months of study Ryan deferred and returned to the Riverland to assist in establishing a new vineyard.

It wasn't long before Ryan was working for Simeon / McGuigan Wines at Loxton in the winery's laboratory and it was at this time that Ryan's passion for wine was recognised.

Throughout his career at Simeon / McGuigan, Ryan worked in a number of roles including Dispatch, Receival and Inventory Control Co-ordinator, Assistant Winemaker and finally White Winemaker.

In 2006, Ryan accepted a position as Winemaker for Cockatoo Ridge and it was at this time he developed a keen interest for sales.

Ryan graduated from a Bachelor of Wine Science Degree at Charles Sturt University in 2008.

Ryan joined the Kingston Estate Wines family in the role of Winemaker - Commercial Trading Manager in 2009.

Yu has been working with us as a consultant for many years before joining the team full time in 2015 with responsibility for all our customer relationships in Asia.

Shanghai-born and Adelaide-raised, Mr Yu (as he’s known around the winery) came to Kingston with ten years of management experience in business development and sales, as well as senior advisory positions.

Denys Hornabrook returned to Kingston Estate in 2023 after being absent for 8 years. Following an early career in the media and advertising agencies in various sales and marketing roles, he entered the wine industry with BRL Hardy (now Accolade) in brand marketing in 1994. Denys holds a Management Degree (majoring in marketing) from the University of SA.

In the role of Marketing Manager, he first joined Kingston Estate in 2003 and progressed to leading international business development from 2007. In 2015 Denys left to pursue a wine technology interest and co-founded VINEX, the industry’s global B2B wine trading marketplace.

Denys has returned, to again focus our team on the importance of customer service, product innovation and new markets. Residing in Adelaide with his wife and a continuing need to parent two adult children, Denys loves exploring the outback, volunteering (and good wine!).

Michaela grew up in the wine region of the Barossa valley. From the early age of three she was pruning and harvesting vines on the family vineyards. During her late teens she moved to Adelaide for study, but soon returned to be near her family and from there she fell back in love with the wine industry. Michaela has held various roles in the industry for the last 20 years across South Corp, Fosters and Treasury Wine Estates. She has held technical and managerial positions in NATA accredited wine laboratories for the last 13 years and in that time has overseen Quality systems (including HACCP, ACO, GLP and FSQ) for multiple facilities.

In 2022 Michaela joined the Kington team as the Quality Assurance Manager and moved to the beautiful Riverland with her husband. With her assistance the Kingston Laboratory became accredited to ISO 17025 in May 2023. She also looks after various other compliance requirements including BRC, EPA, GMP and much more.

Steve Warne joined Kingston Estate in 2016 as Chief Winemaker with over 30 years’ experience within the wine industry. Prior to joining Kingston Steve worked for a number of large wine companies including Casella, De Bortoli, Evans & Tate and McWilliams.

Initially completing a Bachelor of Science at the University of Adelaide, Steve went on to continue further study in Oenology and Viticulture at Roseworthy College. Whilst studying at Roseworthy, Steve completed vintage work before commencing his career as a Research Oenologist in Griffith, NSW.

Steve has a passion for industry innovation and challenging standard winemaking practices for best outcomes.

The wine industry has taken Steve and his family to a number of different areas including Riverina NSW, Rutherglen Vic, Mt Barker WA, Bordeaux France and the Riverland SA.

Steve resides between the Riverland and Adelaide with his wife and three children.

After finishing High School, Claire moved to the Barossa Valley where she began her career in Medical Administration and accidentally got into the wine industry after meeting the HR Manager of Orlando Wines (Pernod Ricard) at a conference in 2003.

Her original role was Import Coordinator and Production Scheduler and in 2008 following a 12 month secondment to the ERP implementation project she returned to the business as Planning Manager. The secondment allowed Claire to learn about all aspects of the manufacturing and some valuable tools for software implementation and change management.

In 2008 Claire joined Seppeltsfield Wines as Production Coordinator and then moved to Kilikanoon when the two businesses separated as Production Planning and Customer Service Manager.

Claire joined the Kingston team in 2015 as Sales Support Administrator and is now Sales Operations Manager of the packaged division.

Natalie Ielasi joined Kingston Estate in the role of Management Accountant in 2013 and was promoted to Finance Manager in 2018.

Natalie grew up in Adelaide and graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) from the University of South Australia. She commenced her career with BDO in their Tax and Business services division, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1994.

She then made the move to Commerce and has worked in a number of different industries including Radio, Printing, Graphic Design and Construction.

Natalie resides in Adelaide with her husband and two teenage daughters and has a passion for good food and wine.

Shelley began her journey with wine in her home state of Western Australia on a farm in Rosa Brook, a small township east of Margaret River, where she studied viticulture whilst planting a small vineyard.

Since then Shelley has held various regional wine industry roles ranging from General Vineyard Operator to Technical Officer, TAFE Lecturer and Company Viticulturist, in 2008 commencing as a Grower Liaison Officer in Griffith NSW. Shelley joined the Kingston team before the 2014 vintage and has been managing our broad and diverse grape supply needs ever since.

When not charging around wine regions meeting with both our own vineyard managers as well as our grower partners, you’ll find Shelley relaxing with a good book in her new home town of Barmera, 10 minutes from the winery.

Michael Camilleri joined Kingston Estate in 2000 for Vintage as a Cellar Hand, he was promoted to Cellar Supervisor in 2007 and Cellar Manager in 2011, he remains with us 20 years on.

Michael grew up in the Barossa, his grandfather owned Vineyards and he was dragged out to help from a young age, he even recalls sitting in the old Bedford truck with his Grandpa doing Shiraz deliveries to Yalumba.

Michael attended Nuriootpa High School and has completed further studies in Business Management.

A highlight for Michael, during his employment with Kingston Estate Michael took a break in 2005, he worked in California to undertake an American vintage as an Assistant Winemaker with Clos du Bois in the Sonoma Valley.

Michael was promoted to the Leadership Team in 2019, he currently resides in the Riverland with his family and spends his spare time fishing, gardening and cooking while enjoying a glass or two of Kingston Estate wine.