Description
Dutschke Wines is a family-owned boutique producer of classic Barossa red wines and fortifieds.
Wayne Dutschke’s philosophy is to produce the best single vineyard red and fortified wines from the St. Jakobi Vineyard in Lyndoch. This unique patch of real estate in the Southern Barossa was purchased in the 1930’s by his grandfather, Oscar Semmler and now owned by Oscar’s son and Wayne’s uncle, Ken Semmler. Wayne also blends Shiraz from his neighbour’s vineyards along the 2km stretch of Gods Hill Road for the acclaimed Dutschke GHR Neighbours Shiraz.
About Wayne Dutschke
Wayne started making wine in 1979 in Australia as well as knocking out a few vintages in Spain and California. In 1990, Wayne formed his own brand called WillowBend producing a blend of Merlot, Shiraz and Cabernet. Interest from the United States in 1998 brought about a name change to Dutschke Wines as well as a few new brands – GHR Neighbours Shiraz, St. Jakobi Shiraz and the reserve wine Oscar Semmler Shiraz.
Since their first crush in 1990, Dutschke Wines has strived to make wines of the highest quality that show Wayne’s expression of the characteristics of that precious patch of dirt from a precious corner of the Barossa Valley.
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