Keyneton
The hamlet once called North Rhine, settled from 1842, home to Henschke's historic winery and a heritage trail through its 19th-century buildings.
Keyneton sits in the high country between Angaston and Eden Valley, a crossroads hamlet with a layered name. English pastoralist Joseph Keynes settled here in 1842 and his descendants still farm the district; the German families who followed knew the area as North Rhine, until wartime feeling saw it renamed Keyneton under the Nomenclature Act of 1917.
Wine made the district famous. The Henschke family bought land in the North Rhine district in the 1850s–60s, and their winery at Henschke - keeper of the legendary Hill of Grace vineyard nearby - remains one of Australia's most revered. A signposted heritage trail links the hamlet's 19th-century survivors, from the old general store corner to its stone churches, and the ruins of the North Rhine mine engine house stand off Pine Hut Road.
It's big-sky country up here, cooler and quieter than the valley floor, and the drive in from Eden Valley is one of the region's loveliest backroads.
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Last verified 8 August 2026 · source: Henschke Cellars - official website
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Sources
- Henschke Cellars - official website (accessed August 2026)
- Wikipedia - Keyneton, South Australia (accessed August 2026)
Image credits
- KeynetonBuilding2.JPG by Mattinbgn , CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons