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Pierro

Michael Peterkin

Pierrot, the original sad clown, is a much loved character of European pantomime. Forever chasing an impossible dream, Pierrot is in love with the beautiful Columbine who usually breaks his heart and runs off with Harlequin, leaving Pierrot heartbroken and wistful, wiping a tear from his eye, but never quite crushing his naively hopeful spirit.



My family name, Peterkin, originally comes from Scotland and means: "Son of Peter" or "Little Peter" or "Son of the Rock". The French equivalent is Pierrot. (We dropped the 't' as it may have been pronounced by some as 'Pierre-rot'.)


When I planted the first grapevines the soil was covered in rock and it was difficult and expensive and quite a struggle to establish the vineyard and only a part tragic, part comic romantic character with a surname of Peterkin would have persisted.


There is also more than a touch of this character in our winemaking, where we are always striving for elusive perfection.


-Mike Peterkin

Michael Peterkin

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14/10/21

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