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Winemakers
Ricky Ponting
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South Australia
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Behind
The Wine
Ponting Wines is a collaboration between one of Australia’s most celebrated cricketers, Ricky Ponting and Ben Riggs, an award-winning Australian winemaker known for uncompromising, high-quality wines. Masters of their craft, their partnership has been forged to celebrate their dedication and achievements.
Each wine reflects Ricky’s life and has been carefully crafted by Ben to ensure flavour, structure and complexity are of the highest quality.
Discover our
Sporting Connection
Ricky Ponting is one of the most successful cricketers of all time.
After making his first-class debut at the age of 17, Ricky went on to become the most successful Australian cricket captain of all time, with results including a five-nil whitewash of England in the 2006/07 Ashes series.
Ricky was a member of three World Cup winning teams including two as captain, and he remains Australia’s leading run scorer in Test and ODI cricket. He is also the second highest run scorer in overall Test match history and the third highest in ODIs.
Since retiring from playing, Ricky has coached Mumbai Indians to an Indian Premier League championship, and currently coaches the Delhi Capitals in the IPL.He also assists the Australian T20 and ODI teams when time permits including as an assistant coach to the Australian team in the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England. These days, Ricky is best known for his insightful commentary both in Australia and in the UK. A key part of the Seven Network commentary team, Ricky will be kept busy this summer commentating on the Ashes Test series as well as the Big Bash League series.
Ricky is also co-founder of Ponting Wines – a passion that celebrates his lifetime of commitment, dedication and achievement.
Off the field, since 2002 Ricky and his wife Rianna have raised in excess of $10 million to help young Australians and their families beat cancer. In 2008 Ricky and Rianna established the Ponting Foundation to provide focus to their fundraising efforts. Ricky’s philanthropic efforts and sporting achievements were recognised in 2012 when Ricky was awarded an Order of Australia honour.
Exlporing the
Vineyard
Ben’s winery in South Australia is positioned at the premium end of the ladder, and uses his extensive contacts with growers to pick exceptional fruit from the Adelaide Hills, Clare Valley, Barossa Valley, Coonawarra and McLaren Vale. Ben’s winemaking philosophy is to make unpretentious wines that express the essence of the vineyard and the region’s terroir in a style that Ben enjoys drinking; big, rich and complex, but also with finesse, texture and elegance.
Exlporing the
Vineyard
Ben’s winery in South Australia is positioned at the premium end of the ladder, and uses his extensive contacts with growers to pick exceptional fruit from the Adelaide Hills, Clare Valley, Barossa Valley, Coonawarra and McLaren Vale. Ben’s winemaking philosophy is to make unpretentious wines that express the essence of the vineyard and the region’s terroir in a style that Ben enjoys drinking; big, rich and complex, but also with finesse, texture and elegance.
Meet
The Winemaker
Ricky Ponting
