Born out of a love of eating, drinking and general merrimentf, ShowBlock Wines began in the ‘garagistes’ tradition of the Bordeaux winemakers in the mid 90’s.

Producing vins de garage (garage wine) which was more drinkable - bigger, bolder, fruitier wines and often characterised as ’winemaker's wine’, John and Sarae set out to create an inspired, connected, delicious life for themselves and others.

Although, the wine life was always in John’s blood with his father and uncles growing wine grapes in McLaren Vale, he pursued a career in Engineering. In 2008 though, the call was too strong to ignore and so he began making small batches of handcrafted wine under the ShowBlock label from family-owned vineyards.

Prior to fully immersing herself in ShowBlock Wines, Sarae obsessed over all things natural, organic and healthy (still does!) As a Naturopath, Homoeopath and President of the Organic Federation of Australia (SA), host of a popular radio health segment, author and keynote speaker, her mission was to inspire and empower people to live a healthy, vibrant and joyful life and this philosophy is infused in ShowBlock Wines.

Growing grapes and making wines with minimal intervention and a natural approach to produce clean, high quality, authentic and charismatic wines became our manifesto. You’ll know from the first sip, as the flavours fill your mouth you’ve found wines made for you.