The Henschke family has been making wine since Johann Christian Henschke planted a small vineyard on his diverse farming property at Keyneton in 1862. He was one of many Silesians who had fled their homeland in search of religious freedom, and he arrived from Kutschlau in 1841. Hill of Grace is a translation from the German Gnadenberg, a place in Silesia whence came the early settlers. It is also the name given to the lovely Lutheran Church across the road. The gnarled old vines which are the source of the nation's most exceptional Shiraz, are planted on their own roots from pre phylloxera material imported by early settlers.