Barossa Encounters

Damien Tscharke's ethereal tasting room overlooks his maturation cellar like an infinity pool. From there you can learn about the secrets behind his minimum disruption winemaking. He shares the skill and care that goes into his wine while entertaining us with stories from generations of Barossan winemaking. He is a true vigneron and custodian of his land, nurturing his grapes into wines of exceptional quality and amazing value. Taste wines made from Barossa's other famous grape, Grenache, grown on carefully nurtured 100 year old vines, his Touriga Nacional's and, of course, Shiraz.

Discover how this Barossan legend produces some of Australia's best underground, blockbuster wines. Generous with his time, Rolf takes us on a pilgramage to his fabled 1880 Mataro vineyard before telling colourful stories as we taste in the components of his soon to be released wines direct from the barrel. He further regales us over a home-made lunch of goulash or pizza matched with his Shiraz Mataro blend. 

Australia's other icon and most famous single vineyard wine lives here. Generations of care for the land to nurture their famous wines is coupled with exploration of new ideas and varietals. A private tour of the original winery and discovery of the carefully tended, biodynamic vineyards is followed by a traditional formal tasting. You will discover how careful respect for winemaking tradition meets Australia's famous search for technical and environmental excellence in all aspects of production.