After 23 years running the multi-award-winning Thorn Park Country House in the Clare Valley, owners David Hay and Michael Speers decided it was time to slow down. Far from their initial plans of retirement, the couple sold the original property in 2011 and purpose-built a smaller version of the bed and breakfast. Much to the relief of frequent travellers to this region, their South Australian institution was to live on.
Renamed Thorn Park by the Vines, the property is located at Sevenhill in the heart of Clare wine country. While the house design followed the same 1850s architectural style of the original B&B, it was a modern interpretation. An interior designer in
