A family home

We are sitting at the newly-built Seaview Road home of Brioni Oliver and Chris Johnson. The light-filled, earthy interiors are about quality and maximisation of functionality, with some luxurious comforts. The outlook is spectacular and stretches out in every direction, offering the king’s purse in views.

‘I always knew I wanted build a house here one day,’ says Brioni. ‘Even my dad would call it ‘Brioni’s Block’, so it was always in the plan.’ Brioni Oliver grew up on the property now renowned as Oliver’s Taranga in McLaren Vale and has helped work the land in big and small ways for almost all of her thirty-four years.

Chris was born in England, but immigrated