Karatta Wines is a family owned, estate grown wine business that was founded by Peg and David Woods in 1997. Our Winery and Vineyards are located at the family property on the Limestone Coast, just a leisurely, 10 minute drive from the township centre of Robe on the road towards Coonawarra, the Robe-Penola Road. We are community-oriented, committed and honest with high expectations of ourselves and our produce. We also love to have fun and believe in a good laugh to help make life enjoyable.

Karatta has two vineyards, Tenison and 12 Mile.Tenison Vineyard is located close to our original farm known as Frog Island. This farm has been in the family for over 40 years. Established in 1997, Tenison Vineyard is named after a family relative and local identity, Father Julian Tenison Woods. The vineyard is ideally situated on the east facing slopes of the Dairy Range. Tenison Vineyard has regionally celebrated terra rossa soil over limestone.

12 Mile Vineyard was acquired in 2003 in association with the 12 Mile Winery. This vineyard is exactly 12 miles from Robe via the Penola road and is near the first camp used by the Chinese during their Great Trek from Robe to the Victorian gold fields near Ballarat. 12 Mile has more sandy loam over limestone.

This very specific environmental phenomenon coupled with the small vineyards, small producers, and even smaller wine production (Karatta’s Premium Wildflowers range of Shiraz and Malbec for example is made with just over one tonne of grapes) makes the wines from this region hidden gems within a hidden gem region. There is so much to discover in this emerging region for the traveller who visits.

Karatta Wines had the luxury of a major facelift and new wine direction in the
mid-2010s, letting go of the more traditional full-bodied style popular with many consumers. The winery began creating wines of more medium body, more representative of our wine region and climate. Fresher, earlier release, lower intervention wines that highlights with intensity and concentration of flavour.