Daniel Flint arrived from England and landed in South Australia in 1840 just four years after the British established their new colony. In 1841, Benjamin Flint was born in Port Fairy, Western Victoria , while his father, Daniel was working for the famous Henty family. Soon afterwards the family moved back to the South-East of South Australia , farming the land around Kingston and later Penola.

In 1907, Benjamin Flint purchased the current property, where the family focused on fine wool, sheep and cereal production until in the early 1990's the decision was made to plant vineyards, and then a few years later the move to produce a family wine seemed a natural progression. It proved to be an excellent initiative.