Rare Ozzies

There are over 100 wine varieties in Australia by just a few wineries.  How many have you tried?

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List of Producers 

The list below includes wineries that are using Rare Ozzies.  Many are using these varieties in blends, but quite a few are making varietal wines as well.

Also note that the regions listed where the main winery is located.  The grapes are sometimes sourced elsewhere.

• 919 Wines Riverland - Palomino, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cao
• Alejandro Riverland - Alicante Bouschet, Arinto, Bianco d'Alessandro, Carmenere
• All Saints Estate Rutherglen - Orange Muscat
• Almondcart Adelaide Hills - Grenache Gris
• Alpha Box and Dice McLaren Vale - Negramoll
• Amato Vino Margaret River - Arinto, Bastardo, Carignan, Teroldego
• Andrew Peace Wines Swan Hill - Crouchen, Zweigelt
• Angoves Winery Riverland - Bianco d'Alessano, Carignan, Doradillo, Lexia, Mencia, Palomino, Rubired, Sylvaner
• Aphelion McLaren Vale - Grenache Blanc,
• Arlo Vintners Rutherglen - Cinsaut, Mondeuse
• Artwine Adelaide Hills - Albarino
• Bacchus Hill Sunbury - Fragola
• Bago Vineyards Hastings River - Chanel Paradisa
• Ballandeen Estate Granite Belt - Jacquez, Malvasia, Sylvaner
• Bande Apart King Valley - Aligote
• Barrecas Geographe - Pinotage
• Barringwood Park Northern Tasmania - Schonburger
• Bassham Riverland - Albarino, Arinto, Fernao Pires, Mencia, Moscato Giallo, Prieto Picudo, Tinta Barocca, Verdejo
• Bay of Shoals Kangaroo Island - Arinto
• Beach Road McLaren Vale - Greco
• Bella Ridge Estate Swan District - Kyoho
• Bellwether Coonawarra - Bianco d'Alessano
• Berton Vineyards Riverina - Aranel
• Bike and Barrell Alpine Valleys - Albarino, Pecorino, Pinotage, Refosco, Schioppettino
• Billy Button Alpine Valleys - Albarino, Garganega, Friulano, Malvasia, Pinotage, Refosco, Schioppettino, Verduzzo
• Black and Ginger Grampians - Orange Muscat
• Blind Corner Margaret River - Aligote
• Blue Poles Vineyard Margaret River - Teroldego
• Boat O'Craigo Yarra Valley - Roter Veltliner
• Bondar Wines McLaren Vale - Carignan, Cinsaut, Counoise
• Born and Raised Heathcote - Carmenere
• Borrowed Cuttings Cowra - Piquepoul
• Box Grove Vineyard Nagambie Lakes - Negroamaro
• Brash Higgins McLaren Vale - Carignan, Cinsaut, Crystal
• Bream Creek Vineyard Southern Tasmania - Schonburger
• Briar Ridge Vineyard Hunter Valley - Albarino, Verduzzo
• Brown Brothers King Valley - Orange Muscat, Tarrango, Zibibbo
• Brown Brothers King Valley - Albarino, Albarino, Cienna, Crouchen, Flora, Lexia, Mondeuse, Orange muscat, Tarrango, Zibibbo
• Bullers Calliope Rutherglen - Biancone, Cinsaut, Mondeuse
• Bunyip Hollow North East Victoria - Baroque, Greco, Malvasia, Orange Muscat, Torrontes
• Burge Family Winemakers Barossa Valley - Souzao, Tinto Cao
• By Jingo Adelaide Hills - Grillo, Negroamaro
• Calabria Family Wines Riverina - Saint Macaire
• Calico Town Beechworth - Orange Muscat
• Campbells Wines Rutherglen - Caracosa, Cornifesto, Melon, Mondeuse, Negramoll, Negrette, Pavarella, Souzao, Tarrango, Tinto Cao, Trincadeira
• Cantina Abbiatiello Riverland - Greco
• Carillion Wines Orange - Verduzzo
• Carn Estate Murray Darling - Corvina, Rondinella
• Casella Riverina - Caverdella
• Ceravolo Premium Wines Adelaide Plains - Cortese, Picolit
• Chaffey Bros Wine Co Eden Valley - Kerner
• Chalmers Heathcote - Colorino, Falanghina, Greco, Inzolia, Lambrusco Maestri, Malvasia, Mammolo, Moscato Giallo, Negroamaro, Pavana, Schioppettino
• Chambers Rosewood Rutherglen - Caracosa, Cornifesto, Cinsaut, Gouais blanc, Mondeuse, Palomino, Tinto Cao
• Charles Melton Barossa Valley - Bourboulenc, Carignan, Cinsaut, Piquepoul
• Chateau Mildura Murray Darling - Carmenere
• Chrismont King Valley - Fragola, Marzemino
• Ciavarella King Valley - Aucerot
• Cirami Estate Riverland - Albarino, Macabeo, Verdejo
• Claymore Clare Valley - Carignan, Cinsault, Nebbiollo
• Cleggett Langhorne Creek - Malian, Shalistin
• Clonakilla Canberra - Cinsaut, Counoise
• Collector Wines Canberra - Canaiolo Nero, Colorino, Malvasia Nera, Mammolo
• Collins and Co Wines Barossa Valley - Grillo
• Coriole McLaren Vale - Grenache Blanc, Negroamaro, Piquepoul
• Cosmo Wines Yarra Valley - Verduzzo
• Countertop Swan Hill - Lambrusco Maestri
• Cradle of Hills McLaren Vale - Cinsaut
• Credaro Estate Margaret River - Fragola
• Crowe Canberra - Nebiolo
• Cupitt's Winery Shoalhaven Coast - Proseco
• D'Arenberg McLaren Vale - Cinsaut, Mencia, Souzao, Tinto Cao
• Dal Zotto Estate King Valley - Garganega
• Dalfarras Nagambie Lakes - Albarino
• De Bortoli Riverina - Greco
• Delatite Winery Upper Goulburn - Mencia
• Delinquente Wine Riverland - Arinto, Bianco d'Alessano
• Dell'uva Wines  Barossa Valley - Albarino, Arinto, Carmenere, Freisa, Mencia, Raboso Piave, Verdejo, Verdicchio
• Denton Viewhill Vineyard Yarra Valley - Ribolla Gialla
• Di Lusso Estate Mudgee - Aleatico, Greco, Picolit
• Diggers Bluff Barossa Valley - Alicante Bouschet
• Dogrock Winery Pyrenees - Arinto, Azal
• Domain Day Barossa Valley - Garganega
• Dookie College Winery Goulburn Valley - Tarrango
• Douglas Vale Hastings River - Fragola, Villard Blanc
• Dune McLaren Vale - Carignan, Grenache Blanc, Negroamaro
• Elderton Barossa Valley - Carignan
• Ephemera Heathcote - Negroamaro
• Every Man and His Dog Southern Tasmania - Ehrenfelser, Siegerrebe
• Feathertop Alpine Valleys - Dornfelder, Friulano, Verdejo
• Felsberg Winery Granite Belt - Sylvaner
• Fetherston Yarra Valley - Garganega
• Fighting Gully Road Beechworth - Verdicchio
• Fikkers Wine Yarra Valley - Pinot
• First Drop Barossa Valley - Trincadeira
• Foggo Wines McLaren Vale - Cinsaut
• Folino Estate Alpine Valleys - Fragola, Lexia, Marzemino
• Forester Estate Margaret River - Alicante Bouschet, Fer
• Freeman Vineyards Hilltops - Aleatico, Corvina, Harslevelu, Rondinella
• Freycinet Southern Tasmania - Schonburger
• G Patritti & Co McLaren Vale - Trincadeira
• Galafrey Mount Barker - Muller Thurgau
• Georges Folly Currency Creek - Sauvignon Gris
• Grey Sands Northern Tasmania - Malvasia
• Hackersley Geographe - Mondeuse
• Hahndorf Hill Adelaide Hills - Blaufrankisch, Sankt Laurent, Trollinger, Zweigelt
• Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy McLaren Vale - Teroldego
• Happs Margaret River - Bastardo, Carignan, Cinsaut, Furmint, Tinto Cao
• Harris Organic Wines Swan Valley - Bastardo, Madeline Angevine
• Henley Park Winery Swan Valley - Negramoll, Souzao, Tinto Cao
• Heritage Estate Granite Belt - Inzolia, Prieto Picudo
• Hesketh Wines Barossa Valley - Bonvedro, Negroamaro
• Heslop Wines Mudgee - Tinto Cao
• Hickinbotham Mornington Peninsula - Aligote
• Hidden Creek Granite Belt - Inzolia, Prieto Picudo
• Hither and Yon McLaren Vale - Carignan
• Home Hill Southern Tasmania - Sylvaner
• Honeytree Estate Hunter Valley - Clairette
• Humis Heathcote - Carmenere
• Hungerford Hill Hunter Valley - Corvina
• Il Modo Murray Darling - Greco, Schioppettino
• Ironbark Hill Estate Hunter Valley - Tyrian
• Irvine Eden Valley - Petit Meslier
• Jacobs Creek Barossa Valley - Negroamaro
• jb Wines Barossa Valley - Clairette
• Jilly Wines New England - Pinotage, Tinto Cao
• Jim Barry Wines Clare Valley - Assyrtiko
• Kabminye Wines Barossa Valley - Black frontignac, Carignan, Cinsaut, Kerner
• Kaesler Barossa Valley - Garganega, Palomino
• Kangarilla Road McLaren Vale - Negramoll
• Kies Family Barossa Valley - Bastardo
• Kimbolton Langhorne Creek - Carignan
• Koerner Wines Clare Valley - Fer, Mammolo
• Kyotmunga Estate Perth Hills - Taminga
• L A S Vino Margaret River - Souzao, Tinto Cao,
• La Fattoria Perth Hills - Biancone, Brachetto, Pignoletto
• La Linea Adelaide Hills - Mencia
• La Prova Adelaide Hills - Pinot Bianco
• Lake Moodemere Rutherglen - Biancone, Cinsaut
• Langmeil Barossa Valley - Friulano
• Lazzar Wines Mornington Peninsula - Verduzzo
• Lethbridge Wines Geelong - Greco, Negroamaro
• Levrier Eden Valley - Petit Meslier
• Lillypilly Estate Riverina - Lexia
• Linnaea Heathcote - Arinto
• Lino Ramble McLaren Vale - Bastardo, Grillo
• Living Roots Adelaide Hills - Teroldego
• Loan Wines Barossa Valley - Alicante Bouschet
• Lokum Central Victoria - Boǧazkere
• Longleat Wines Goulburn Valley - Garganega
• Lost Valley Upper Goulburn - Cortese
• Macaw Creek Wine Mount Lofty Ranges Zone - Pedro Ximez
• Magpie Estate Barossa Valley - Cinsaut,
• Main and Cherry Adelaide Hills - Grillo, Inzolia
• Mann Swan Valley - Cygne Blanc
• Margan Family Hunter Valley - Albarino
• Marions Vineyard Northern Tasmania - Muller Thurgau
• Massena Wines Barossa Valley - Cinsaut, Trincadeira
• Matriarch and Rogue Clare Valley - Arinto, Fernao Pires, Mencia, Prieto Picudo
• Mazza Geographe - Bastardo, Souzao, Tinto Cao
• McWilliams Riverina - Baco noir, Doradillo, Palomino, Tyrian
• Merindoc Heathcote - Albarino
• Mewstone Southern Tasmania - Baco Noir, Blaufrankisch, Dornfelder
• Michelini Alpine Valleys - Fragola, Marzemino, Teroldego
• Millbrook Winery Perth Hills - Verdejo
• Ministry of Clouds McLaren Vale - Carignan, Mencia, Piquepoul
• Monichino Wines Goulburn Valley - Orange Muscat
• Montebello Estate Hunter Valley - Orange Muscat
• Moondarra Gippsland - Picolit, Ribolla Moscato Giallo
• Moonrise Estate Granite Belt - Baco noir, Doradillo, Palomino, Tyrian
• Morris Rutherglen - Cinsaut, Palomino
• Morrisons of Glenrowan Glenrowan - Garganega
• Mount Eyre Hunter Valley - Negroamaro
• Mount Majura Canberra - Mondeuse
• Mount Towrong Macedon Ranges - Garganega, Negroamaro, Verdicchio
• Mt Bera Adelaide Hills - Blaufrankisch, Zweigelt
• Mudgee Homestead Estate Mudgee - Negroamaro
• Mudgee Wines Mudgee - Negroamaro
• Murray Street Vineyard Barossa Valley - Cinsaut
• Next Crop Wines Langhorne Creek - Teroldego
• Night Harvest Margaret River - Alicante Bouschet
• Noble Red Heathcote - Carmenere
• O'Leary Walker Clare Valley - Pinotage
• Oak Works Riverland - Negramoll, Pinotage
• Oakway Estate Geographe - Nero d"avola
• Old Mans Block Riverina - Saint Macaire
• Old Plains Adelaide Plains - Trincadeira, Tinto Cao
• Olivers Taranga McLaren Vale - Mencia
• Pandemonium Estate Swan Valley - Savignan
• Parish Hill Wines Adelaide Hills - Brachetto, Grillo, Inzolia, Lambrusco Maestri, Negroamaro, Pecorino, Verdicchio
• Peel Estate Peel - Souzao, Tinto Cao, Trincadeira
• Pengally Lane Wines Bendigo - Moscato Giallo
• Pennyweight Winery Beechworth - Palomino, Tinto Cao
• Peos Estate Manjimup - Carnelian
• Pepper Tree Wines Hunter Valley - Verduzzo
• Peter Drayton Wines Hunter Valley - Tyrian
• Pfeiffer Wines Rutherglen - Cabernet Sanzey, Palomino, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cao
• Philip Lobley Wines Upper Goulburn - Moscato Moscato Giallo
• Pieter van Gent Mudgee - Muller Thurgau
• Pizzini Wines King Valley - Brachetto, Canaiolo, Colorino, Friulano, Picolit, Teroldego, Verdicchio, Verduzzo
• Politini King Valley - Grecanico
• Pondalowie Bendigo - Garganega
• Port Robe Limestone Coast Zone - Cygne blanc
• Preston Peak Granite Belt - Carmenere
• Primo Estate McLaren Vale - Garganega
• Purple Hands Wines Barossa Valley - Negramaro
• Quarry Hill Wines Canberra - Cinsaut
• Quartz Hill Wines Pyrenees - Mencia
• Quattro Mano Barossa Valley - Trincadeira, Tinto Cao
• Quealy Mornington Peninsula - Friulano
• Radford Wines Eden Valley - Alicante Bouschet
• Raleigh Wines Northern Rivers Zone - Jacquez, Villard blanc
• Ramco Wine Group Adelaide Zone - Rubienne
• Range Life King Valley - Garganega
• Ravens Croft Wines Granite Belt - Pinotage
• Red Earth Estate Western Plains - Carmenere, Torrontes
• Redbank Victoria King Valley - Garganega,
• Ricca Terra Riverland - Albarino, Arinto, Fernao Pires, Mencia, Moscato Giallo, Negroamaro, Prieto Picudo, Verdejo
• Ridgemill Estate Granite Belt - Jacquez
• Ringer Reef Winery Alpine Valleys - Moscato Giallo, Vespolina
• Rivulet Southern Tasmania - Siegerrebe
• Robinvale Wines Murray Darling - Kerner, Lexia, Mavrodaphne, Trollinger
• Rockford Barossa Valley - Alicante Bouschet
• Romavilla Queensland Zone - Crouchen, Garganega
• Rose Creek Estate Sunbury - Fragola
• Ruggabellus Barossa Valley - Cinsaut
• Rymill Coonawarra Coonawarra - Pinotage
• Sabella Wines McLaren Vale - Colorino
• Salena Estate Riverland - Bianco d'Alessano
• Sam Miranda Wines King Valley - Verduzzo
• Santolin Yarra Valley - Carmenere
• SC Pannell McLaren Vale - Tinta Cao
• Scion Vineyard Rutherglen - Orange Muscat
• Selleck's Hill Wines McLaren Vale - Greco
• Seppletsfield Barossa Valley - Carignan
• Shadowfax Vineyard and Winery Geelong - Cinsaut, Mondeuse
• Shedleys Blackwood Valley - Taminga
• Shobbrook Wines Barossa Valley - Carignan, Cinsaut
• Shy Susan Southern Tasmania - Sylvaner
• Sinapius Northern Tasmania - Ribolla Gialla
• Smallfry Wines Barossa Valley - Bastardo, Carignan, Cinsaut, Trincadeira
• Snowy Vineyard Southern New South Wales Zone - Muller Thurgau, Siegerrebe, Sylvaner
• Somos McLaren Vale - Carignan, Cinsaut, Cortese, Garganega
• Soumah Yarra Valley - Brachetto, Marzemino
• Spinifex Barossa Valley - Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Grenache gris
• St Ignatius Vineyard Pyrenees - Carignan
• St Leonards Rutherglen - Orange muscat
• Stakehill Estate Peel - Tarrango
• Stanley Brothers Barossa Valley - Sylvaner
• Stanton and Killeen Wines Rutherglen - Arinto, Albarino, Souzao, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cao
• Stefano di Pieri Murray Darling - Gargenaga, Greco, Moscato Giallo
• Stephanie Estate Heathcote - Mammolo
• Surveyor's Hill Winery Canberra - Moscato Giallo
• Symphony Hill Wines Granite Belt - Albarino, Chanel Paradisa, Mondeuse, Moscato Giallo, Piquepoul
• Tallavera Grove Winery Hunter Valley - Negroamaro, Verduzzo
• Taminick Cellars Glenrowan - Alicante Bouschet
• Ten Miles East Adelaide Hills - Carmenere
• Terrason King Valley - Aligote,
• Terre a Terre Adelaide Hills - Bastardo, Mondeuse
• Tertini Wines Southern Highlands - Corvina, PinotRefosco
• The Pawn Wine Company Adelaide Hills - Bastardo
• Thick as Thieves Yarra Valley - Pinotage, Sylvaner
• Three Willows Vineyard Northern Tasmania - Baco noir
• Tizzana Winery South Coast Zone - Aleatico
• Tomfoolery Barossa Valley - Carignan
• Top Note Vineyard Adelaide Hills - Red Semillon
• Toppers Mountain New England - Pinotage
• Torzi Matthews Eden Valley - Negroamaro
• Tractorless Vineyard Southern Highlands - Aleatico
• Trentham Estate Murray Darling - Lexia, Lambrusco Maestri, Taminga, Verdejo
• Tscharke Barossa Valley - Albarino
• Turners Crossing Vineyard Bendigo - Picolit
• Two Tails Northern Rivers Zone - Jazquez, Villard Blanc
• Vanguardist Clare Valley - Verdejo
• View Wine Granite Belt - Albarino
• Villa d'Esta Vineyard Northern Rivers Zone - Chasselas
• Vinden Estate Hunter Valley - Alicante Bouschet
• Vinea Marson Heathcote - Friulano, Malvasia, Picolit
• Vineyard 28 Geographe - Brachetto, Pignoletto
• Virgara Wines Adelaide Plains - Alicante Bouschet
• Wangolina Station Mount Benson - Mencia
• Waterwheel Wines Bendigo - Ancellotta
• Whistling Eagle Wines Heathcote - Arinto
• White Rock Vineyard Northern Tasmania - Dornfelder
• Whitehorse Wines Ballarat - Muller Thurgau
• Whitton Farm Canberra - Corvina
• Whyworry Wines New England - Pinotage
• Wills Domain Vineyard Margaret River - Scheurebe
• Windsors Edge Hunter Valley - Tinto Cao
• Winter Brook Northern Tasmania - Baco Noir, Blaufrankich, Dornfelder
• Wise Wine Margaret River - Verdejo
• Woodgate Wines Manjimup - Carnelian
• Woods Crampton Barossa Valley - Bonvedro
• Word of Mouth Wines Orange - Albarino, Mencia
• Worlds Apart Adelaide Hills - Nero d"avola
• Yalumba Wine Company Eden Valley - Verdejo
• Yangarra Estate McLaren Vale - Bourboulenc, Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Cournoise, Grenache Blanc, Piquepoul
• Yarra Yering Yarra Valley - Alvarelhao, Souzao, Tinto Cao, Trincadeira
• Z Wines Barossa Valley - Bonvedro
• Zonte's Footstep Langhorne Creek - Teroldego

Have I missed any?  - Almost certainly.  

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