Bondar wines began its life in March 2012, when Andre, Selina and a small group of their family and friends hand-picked a … couple of tonnes of Shiraz grapes for their first ever wine. It was a beautiful, calm, warm summer's evening, and when the sun went down the McLaren Vale sky lit up with one of the most spectacularly beautiful sunsets they had ever seen and it was this moment that inspired The Violet Hour Shiraz.