Winemaker
Michael Waugh
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Barossa Valley, Australia
i. Biography
The Path
At Greenock Creek Wines in Barossa Valley, the founding role set the frame for a house style tied to the region’s dark-fruited power and patient structure. Michael Waugh began the producer in 1984, and that start still reads as the central fact of the label: an early commitment that established the estate’s identity and kept it fixed through time.
The Work Today
The present work at Greenock Creek Wines stays concentrated on Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mataro and Grenache. That quartet gives Michael Waugh’s winemaking a narrow, disciplined field of practice, and it is through those varieties that the producer’s focus and continuity are most clearly expressed. The logic has remained consistent since 1984: define the work through a small set of grapes, and let repetition carry the style.
Signature
Roennfeldt Road Shiraz, Apricot Block Shiraz, and Seven Acre Shiraz anchor the signature wines. Their names point to parcels and distinctions within the same grape, and that repetition of Shiraz places the variety at the center of Michael Waugh’s work. The labels read as different expressions of the Greenock Creek Wines house style rather than departures from it.
Acclaim
The defining marker here is the 1984 founding of Greenock Creek Wines in Barossa Valley and the first-winemaker role attached to it. Michael Waugh is identified through that act of establishment: not simply as a later steward, but as the person who set the producer in motion and remained linked to its identity from the start.
Profile updated August 2026
FAQ
Asked of Michael
What is Michael Waugh's current role?
As of 2026, Michael Waugh is Founder and first winemaker.
What is Michael Waugh known for?
Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mataro and Grenache.