In 1992 Nuriootpa High School became the first school in Australia to legally operate a commercial winery. The school has won the trophy for the best school made wine in Australia 5 times. One Hogshead of Shiraz was made in our first year. Students have been involved in growing the grapes, picking the grapes, crushing the grapes, making the wine, bottling the wine, designing the wine labels,
publicity and marketing of the wine.

In 1998 we produced our first Ruby Port using school grown grapes, a tradition that has continued each year since. That year also saw the first premium Barossa Class Shiraz produced from grapes grown in Ebenezer. This is our flagship wine which has won numerous prestigious wine awards including silver medals in the Barossa Wine Show and a rating of 94/100 by international wine critic Robert Parker Jr.

Our 2003 Barossa Scholar Shiraz received a 93/100 in the Wine Spectator ratings as well as a Bronze medal at the Barossa Wine Show. Each year we produce four wines: Barossa Class Shiraz, Barossa Class Port, Barossa Scholar Shiraz and Barossa Scholar Chardonnay.

The wine program has featured on T.V. in Australia, the USA and Japan, our wines are exported internationally.

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2006 Barossa Scholar Chardonnay
This Chardonnay has been made from premium grapes grown in the Kalimna district. Students harvest the grapes and then crush and press them in the school’s winery. A wonderfully fruit driven style with fresh aromas of sliced white peach and background hints of fig, melon and lightly roasted nuts. A medium bodied wine displaying good complexity with subtle, nutty and well-balanced oak overtones.

2007 Barossa Scholar Chardonnay
This Chardonnay has been made from premium grapes grown in the Kalimna district. Students harvest the grapes and then crush and press them in the school’s winery. A wonderfully fruit driven style with fresh aromas of sliced white peach and background hints of fig, melon and lightly roasted nuts. A medium bodied wine displaying good complexity with subtle, nutty and well-balanced oak overtones.

2006 Barossa Scholar Shiraz
This Shiraz has been made from grapes in the school’s vineyard by students and staff from the Agriculture faculty. The 2006 release is a medium, full flavoured fruit driven wine. Excellent concentration and structure with obvious but well balanced tannins. The wine will continue to age for many years under ideal cellaring conditions.

2007 Barossa Scholar Shiraz
This Shiraz has been made from grapes in the school’s vineyard by students and staff from the Agriculture faculty. The 2007 release is a medium, full flavoured fruit driven wine. Excellent concentration and structure with obvious but well balanced tannins. The wine will continue to age for many years under ideal cellaring conditions.

2005 Barossa Class Shiraz
Our flagship premium quality shiraz. This award winning wine has been made from premium grapes grown in the Ebenezer district. This release has a medium to deep plum red colour, concentrated fruit characters, integrated smokey/vanillan/oak, rich full flavoured palate, ripe pronounced tannins and long lingering finish. This wine will improve over 5-10 years if cellared correctly. A consistently outstanding Barossa Shiraz.

2006 Barossa Class Shiraz
Our flagship premium quality shiraz. This award winning wine has been made from premium grapes grown in the Ebenezer district. This release has a medium to deep plum red colour, concentrated fruit characters, integrated smokey/vanillan/oak, rich full flavoured palate, ripe pronounced tannins and long lingering finish. This wine will improve over 5-10 years if cellared correctly. A consistently outstanding Barossa Shiraz.

Barossa Class Port 2006 and 2007 375ml
This ‘ruby port’ or ‘liqueur Shiraz’ style wine has attractive fruit flavours which are complexed by a soft brandy spirit. The luscious but well balanced palate has great depth and length.‘A wine to be enjoyed now’. Very limited quantities named in honor of long time Nuriootpa high school wine education supporters.