Ricky Ponting is one of the most successful cricketers of all time.
After making his first-class debut at the age of 17, Ricky went on to become the most successful Australian cricket captain of all time, with results including a five-nil whitewash of England in the 2006/07 Ashes series.
Ricky was a member of three World Cup winning teams including two as captain, and he remains Australia’s leading run scorer in Test and ODI cricket. He is also the second highest run scorer in overall Test match history and the third highest in ODIs.
Since retiring from playing, Ricky has coached Mumbai Indians to an Indian Premier League championship, and currently coaches the Delhi Capitals in the IPL.
He also assists the Australian T20 and ODI teams when time permits including as an assistant coach to the Australian team in the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England.
These days, Ricky is best known for his insightful commentary both in Australia and in the UK. A key part of the Seven Network commentary team, Ricky will be kept busy this summer commentating on the Ashes Test series as well as the Big Bash League series.
Ricky is also co-founder of Ponting Wines – a passion that celebrates his lifetime of commitment, dedication and achievement.
Off the field, since 2002 Ricky and his wife Rianna have raised in excess of $10 million to help young Australians and their families beat cancer. In 2008 Ricky and Rianna established the Ponting Foundation to provide focus to their fundraising efforts. Ricky’s philanthropic efforts and sporting achievements were recognised in 2012 when Ricky was awarded an Order of Australia honour.

The baggy green cap is the most powerful symbol in Australian sport. Nothing comes close to it for tradition, meaning and representation. Ricky proudly carried test cap number 366 since his debut in 1995. He played 168 tests and always saw The Ashes as the pinnacle of Test cricket.
- “Once you get a taste for it, you realise that it doesn’t get any better or bigger than playing Ashes cricket”.

Ricky regards the 2006-07 series as his fondest Ashes memory

- “The hunger in the group was phenomenal and our performances just as dominant. The England team in that series was a very good team but they were blitzed by one of the greatest Test teams ever.”
Australia won that series in a 5-0 whitewash, the first since 1920-21. 
As the most winning captain in test and one day history, Ricky enjoyed plenty of post match celebration with his team mates
- “Raising a glass with team mates at the Close of Play, when the game was done and the crowd was gone, they were the special moments.”  
But it isn’t just the success on the field that shows this man's dedication. Intensely private, a proud family man and true Australian gentleman, his determination and focus drove his success from day one. So much of who Ricky has become is based on where he came from. He’s proud of his background growing up in the work-class suburbs of Launceston and the values he was taught in that town and in the dressing room of the Mowbray Eagles Cricket Club. From a small-town upbringing to captaining his country, his journey has been captured in the fabric of Ponting Wines. 
Ponting Wines is a celebration of this commitment, dedication and achievements throughout his life. To be enjoyed with family and friends.

Ben Riggs or favourably known as Mr. Riggs has been in the winemaking game both in Australia and Internationally for more than 35 years. Ben has consulted with over 25
winemaking companies and has decades of vintages at McLaren Vale’s Wirra Wirra under his belt as well as founding Mr Riggs Wine Co. in 2001. 
Graduating from Roseworthy Agricultural College in Adelaide, Ben furthered his experience through vintages abroad in the Napa Valley, Bordeaux, Greece, Italy, and the South of France as well as Australia.
Ben has logged a whopping 47 vintages in total. Ben’s winemaking skill has been recognised locally through over 100 trophies, countless gold medals and awards including winning the Great Australian Shiraz Challenge twice, McLaren Vale “Bushing King" twice plus two nominations for Gourmet Traveller Winemaker of the Year.

Ben’s winery in South Australia is positioned at the premium end of the ladder, and uses his extensive contacts with growers to pick exceptional fruit from the Adelaide Hills, Clare Valley, Barossa Valley, Coonawarra and McLaren Vale. Ben’s winemaking philosophy is to make unpretentious wines that express the essence of the vineyard and the region’s terroir in a style that Ben enjoys drinking; big, rich and complex, but also with finesse, texture and elegance.