June 10, 2026
Pruning the old block this week. You don't prune a 114-year-old bush vine the way you'd prune a young trellis — every one is a different shape and you read it like a face. Slow work, two of us, but these vines have earned the patience.
2026 Vintage
Barossa Old-Vine Shiraz
Barossa Valley, Australia
About this Crew
Revealed on enrollment
Winemaker
A Barossa block of 11 hectares — dry-farmed bush-vine Shiraz on red-brown loam over limestone, some of it more than a century old, on its own roots. The winemaker's name is shared with the Crew on enrollment; until then the platform stands behind the data, the track record, and the samples.
The history.
The home block was planted in 1912, bush vines on their own roots, and they've never seen a drop of irrigation. Five generations have dry-farmed this dirt — red-brown loam over limestone. We kept the old vines when everyone in the '80s was ripping them out for higher-yielding trellis. Best decision this estate ever made.
What this vintage is showing so far.
“These are dry-farmed bush vines — no trellis, no irrigation, gnarled old things that look half-dead in winter and then throw fruit you wouldn't believe. The oldest block is past 100 years now. We're heading into a dry Barossa summer and the deep roots will look after themselves; they always have.”
— the winemaker, updated this month
Philosophy.
Old-vine Shiraz doesn't need help. Open ferments, basket press, seasoned hogsheads — never new oak, because new oak just covers up what the old vines give you. I pick on flavor and I keep the alcohol in check. This isn't the big jammy Barossa of the 2000s.
The year ahead
Every shipment, every sample, every pick.
Real dates as they're known. Updated as the vintage progresses.
November 2026
Flowering
Southern hemisphere spring; bush vines set.
January 2027
Verijuice ships
Green Shiraz juice — dark and peppery.
Early March 2027
Pick expected
Hand-picked off the bush vines; date confirmed 48 hours out.
June 2027
Post-ferment sample
Young Shiraz, basket-pressed and unfiltered.
October 2027
First barrel sample
From the seasoned hogsheads.
January 2028
Blend trial
Crew tastes the old-block parcels and votes the final cut.
April 2028
Bottling
After roughly 14 months in seasoned oak.
July 2028
Wine arrives
Barossa Old-Vine Shiraz, 2026.
November 2026
Flowering
Southern hemisphere spring; bush vines set.
January 2027
Verijuice ships
Green Shiraz juice — dark and peppery.
Early March 2027
Pick expected
Hand-picked off the bush vines; date confirmed 48 hours out.
June 2027
Post-ferment sample
Young Shiraz, basket-pressed and unfiltered.
October 2027
First barrel sample
From the seasoned hogsheads.
January 2028
Blend trial
Crew tastes the old-block parcels and votes the final cut.
April 2028
Bottling
After roughly 14 months in seasoned oak.
July 2028
Wine arrives
Barossa Old-Vine Shiraz, 2026.
Meet the current Crew
24
members
16
cities
6
countries represented
10 yrs
average tenure in wine
No individual profiles — privacy matters inside the Crew. You'll meet each other once you're in.
How it's priced
By the vine.
The winemaker sets the price per vine. Buy as few as 5 — choose how many in the next step. Your bottles are allocated pro-rata to your vines.
Barossa Old-Vine Shiraz
Priced by the vine · 5-vine minimum
$90 / vine
From $450 · 5 vines · USD
- A share of the lot, by the vine (5-vine minimum)
- Samples across the season: verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, finished wine
- A vote at every fork — pick date, oak, where the blend lands
- Your bottles at release, allocated pro-rata to your vines
- Livestream access to every moment
60 vines left
Pickup or ship
How your wine reaches you.
Swing by the tasting room when the next shipment is ready. Free. For everyone else, ship is the default and equally smooth.
Ship to my address
Standard carrier, adult signature required. Flat fee per shipment. You can switch the destination per shipment at any time.
Ships to: US
Choose at signup. Switch per shipment anytime.
Recent updates
From the rows.
May 25, 2026
24 of you on the Crew now. G'day and welcome. Fair warning: these are dry-farmed bush vines, so yields are tiny and the wine takes its time — your bottles won't land until mid-2028. Good things, etc.
Join this Crew.
One year of your life, inside one vineyard's year. You'll follow the winemaker from bud break to bottle.