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Former Captain’s Paddock owners Pete Eaton and Maryanne Pidcock will be paying a flying visit to the South Burnett this week to hold a quick clearance sale on their former property before new owners move in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 14, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the South Burnett’s most iconic wineries will be holding a clearance sale from Wednesday to Friday this week.<\/p>\n

After almost four years on the market, Captain’s Paddock has finally found a new owner.<\/p>\n

Former owners Pete Eaton and Maryanne Pidcock are now selling the property’s tables, chairs, kitchenware and fittings before the new owners move in.<\/p>\n

Captain’s Paddock was one of the South Burnett’s earliest wineries, and was established by Don and Judy McCallum in 1995.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The McCallums planted the first hectare that year and built the original cellar door, then planted an additional 3.5ha in 1996, focusing on shiraz and chardonnay.<\/p>\n

The property was named after the McCallum family\u2019s horse \u201cCaptain Jack\u201d, who used to roam around it until he died at the grand old age of 38.<\/p>\n

Some of the McCallum family\u2019s sculptures remained at Captain’s Paddock after the couple sold the business to Pete and Maryanne in 2002, including the well-known fire-breathing dragon created by the McCallum’s son Stuart.<\/p>\n

Pete and Maryanne expanded the original business and ran Captain’s Paddock as a successful winery, bed and breakfast and cafe until 2014, when Maryanne accepted a position as vice-principal at Sancta Sophia College at the University of Sydney.<\/p>\n

Pete had planned to stay on the property tending its vines until it was sold.<\/p>\n

But after several potential sales failed to eventuate in the months that followed, he reluctantly abandoned the vineyard and moved to Sydney as well.<\/p>\n

Pete is best remembered as the first South Burnett winemaker to experiment with double-pruning, a little-used technique where Shiraz grape vines are pruned in January back to just two buds, removing all foliage and fruit. The vines re-shoot and the new fruit then ripens from March to June. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The technique can only be used every two to three years because of the stress it imposes on the plants, but it produces an extremely late-harvest wine of exceptional quality.<\/p>\n

Captain’s Paddock’s “2003 Last Syrah” debuted in late 2005 for $39 a bottle after spending 18 months ageing in French Oak and a further 12 months ageing in the bottle.<\/p>\n

This was more than double the average $16 per bottle the winery’s award-winning wines sold for at the time, and created a small sensation which lasted until the last bottles were snapped up six months later.<\/p>\n

Another small sensation occurred when “Captain Jack” re-erupted from the field where he had been buried a few years after the couple purchased the property.<\/p>\n

Captain Jack had to be reinterred – twice, as it turned out – but hasn’t been known to rise again.<\/p>\n

During the 12 years and five months Peter and Maryanne owned Captain’s Paddock, the business traded continuously every day of the week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pete estimated the couple catered for roughly 150,000 people during that time.<\/p>\n

The sale will be offering assorted cafe crockery, glassware, cooking utensils, tables and chairs, whitegoods, farm equipment and some remote control planes between 9:00am and 4:00pm Wednesday to Friday, and photos of some of the items on sale can be found on Pete’s Facebook page<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Captain’s Paddock is located at 18 Millers Road in Booie.<\/p>\n

Maryanne, Pete and their popular wine dog Merlot will all be on-site for the sale.<\/p>\n

Pete told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> the couple look forward to seeing their many South Burnett friends after a long absence.<\/p>\n

He isn’t sure who the new owners are or their future plans for the property, but thinks they are locals and expects other details will become clearer after settlement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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