Our Story

Redhouse came about from a bunch of us just wanting to make a wine that reflects a wine style that we love drinking time and time again; one where Australian generosity meets European savoury without the clutter of overt oak!

At the time of our first vintage (2000), we didn’t seem to find many wines of this style in the affordable category… Strangely with the cumulative years of industry experience between us  not one of us was remotely attracted to making a $200 a pop ego icon job. We all wanted a wine which was good value and one we are happy to drink every day.

It is our intention that each new vintage of Redhouse will be made 2% better than the last. Hence, the idea was to source the right grapes that will enable us to make Redhouse to a particular, prescribed style. The grapes would not need to come from any particular region. The home for Redhouse is Australia! The varieties essentially will be Shiraz and Grenache as they are 2 of South Australia’s best varietals but don’t be surprised if you find some Sangiovese or a bit of something else in the wine from vintage to vintage. Again, we are looking for the right flavour profile, structure and complexity!

So much wine is drunk with food and we are lucky as ‘food’ in Australia is hugely diverse. To find one wine to complement a wide range of cuisines is somewhat tricky... we all know. Redhouse is made to appeal to a wide range of foods. Try it with snags on the BBQ, a Spaghetti Bolognese, a pizza, a red prawn curry, a Thai beef salad, Peking duck, a tuna steak or grilled quails with prosciutto and figs! You’ll see what we mean… Otherwise, Redhouse just on its own is a great drink. Its juicy cherry-bomb palate is loaded with pepper and spice. All the generosity is kept in place with a savoury and zippy finish. With a bit of air, Redhouse changes slowly, developing complexities and continues to intrigue us, even over 2 or 3 days.

Essentially, we have made Redhouse to be all we, as the people behind Redhouse, want in a great everyday Aussie wine; It is delicious, reliable, consistent, goes well with a wide range of what we now call ‘Australian’ food and absolutely will more than deliver for the bucks that you cough up for it! Watch out World… We bring you our interpretation of the good old Aussie red… or a good new Aussie red… if you know what we mean.