Water Wheel is a family wine business at Bridgewater on Loddon, 50 kilometres north-west of Bendigo, which released its first Shiraz in 1974. The Bendigo area made many great wines during Victoria's 19th-century boom, but its vineyards, including those at Bridgewater, were pulled out in the late 1800s to control the spread of disease. Water Wheel helped revive winemaking there.
The early wines were successful and the vineyards expanded, and a new winery, still in use today, was built in 1980. In 1989 local Peter Cumming bought the winery and vineyards, and the business has since grown to more than 100 hectares of vines, with sales across Australia and overseas.
Water Wheel makes rich reds, especially Shiraz, and refreshing whites, and keeps exploring new sites, varieties and styles.
- Founded
- 1974
Regions
Wines
- Water Wheel Ancellotta — Red
- Water Wheel Baringhup Shiraz — Red
- Water Wheel Bendigo Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- Water Wheel Bendigo Malbec — Red
- Water Wheel Bendigo Petit Verdot — Red
- Water Wheel Chardonnay — White
- Water Wheel Grenache — Red
- Water Wheel Grenache Kettle of Fish Rosé — Rosé
- Water Wheel Kettle of Fish Grenache Primitivo Rose — Rosé
- Water Wheel Memsie Bendigo Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec Petit Verdot — Red
- Water Wheel Memsie Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc Semillon Roussanne — White
- Water Wheel Memsie Homestead Shiraz — Red
- Water Wheel Memsie Homestead Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec — Red
- Water Wheel Primitivo Ancellotta Primitivo — Red
- Water Wheel Primitivo Shiraz Grenache Kettle of Fish Red — Red
- Water Wheel Royal Selection Bin 998 Old Vine Shiraz — Red
- Water Wheel Royal Shiraz — Red
- Water Wheel Sauvignon Blanc — White
- Water Wheel Shiraz — Red
- Water Wheel Shiraz Blends Bendigo Shiraz Cabernet — Red
- Water Wheel Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon The Estate — Red
- Water Wheel Viognier — White
- Water Wheel Zinfandel Bendigo Primitivo — Red