Inspired by the "can do" attitude typified by poet Henry Lawson's character "Andy", these wines are made with great care, combining the best in modern technology with the will to produce the best from Australia's diverse and exciting south western cool climate viticultural experience.
Roustabout [or rouseabout] is a name of the larrikin worker originally from the docksides of Liverpool in the UK, In Australia Roustabout is associated with sheep and cattle grazing and the wool industry. Peter Pratten descends from John and Mary [nee Kelly] Schofield, the first NSW vignerons and winemakers, with 2 wine bars near Sydney [vineyards now suburbs Schofields, Kellyville, Vineyard] from the early 1800s until vines died from phyloxxera spread from Europe late 1800s. Peter has some 40 years of viticultural and winemaking experience, As one of the surviving founders and developers of cool climate viticulture in WA he is considered an authority on wine regions in SW of WA. a |