About the Estate
Lake's Folly
Australia's first boutique winery, Lake's Folly was established in 1963 by surgeon and visionary Dr Max Lake in the Hunter Valley. The estate broke with convention by producing Cabernet Sauvignon — then considered unsuitable for the Hunter — alongside what would become one of Australia's most revered Chardonnays. Today under Fogarty Hall stewardship, Lake's Folly continues to honour Dr Lake's legacy with wines of singular character: the White (Chardonnay) and Red (Cabernet blend) that have defined Australian wine collecting for six decades.
