History/Background Your hosts, Peter (Goose) and Sandra Kies together with their 2 daughters Bridgette and Billie-Jo, are fifth and sixth generation Australians living on The Kies’ original family property ‘Hoffnungsthal’ (meaning Valley of Hope). Situated on the southern end of the world-renowned Barossa Valley, settled in 1837. The Kies family began in the viticulture and … Continue reading History