Brother John May SJ AM, the long-serving winemaker at Sevenhill Cellars in the Clare Valley, passed away peacefully on 18 August 2021 aged 92.
Brother John was the seventh Jesuit Winemaker at Sevenhill, a position he held from 1972 until his retirement from full-time work in 2003. The winery was established is 1851 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic religious order commonly known as the Jesuits.