About The Boys

Like the old man at St Hallett Wines, for Bruce, it’s always been wine & travel. From a very early age, Bruce’s favorite was always Shiraz, growing up at St. Hallett Wines keenly watching the ferments bubble that his father Stuart Blackwell was making.

As soon as Bruce was of age, he moved into the wine arena taking part in some 10 vintages across the globe including the US, Europe and Asia Pacific increasing his love for world wine culture.  

In 2005 Bruce started university and completed two degrees in Marketing/Management & International Politics taking 1/4 of this in Spanish at Universidad de Catolica in Santiago, Chile to maintain his love for travel. 

From 2009 Bruce found himself again abroad in the UK consulting for several companies as a marketing manager. 

Now with a long established and passionate interest in Sales, Marketing, International Business and naturally wine. His focus has been to apply his global wine knowledge with his Barossa upbringing to create & share great wines from the Barossa Valley.

The Roediger Family has been a continuous presence in the region since the time of the early German settlers. The first Roediger’s arrived in Australia in the 1840s (coincidently roughly the age of some of our Grenache vines) and Christian’s great grandfather, Pastor Carl Augusta Julius Roediger established one of the first Independent Lutheran churches in South Australia in 1863. Since then, the Roediger’s have resided in their family property (Riverside) in Buchsfelde. During this time, the family has put their hand to all manner of agricultural enterprise, including the production of sheep, fodder, grain, poultry, fruit and wine from homestead vineyards.

Collectively, the Roediger’s have worked and lived in South Australia for over 150 years, and form major part of the history of the region. In 2013 the first vines (Shiraz and Mataro) were planted at Riverside in over 100 years. Christian has enjoyed over 15 years in the wine industry, spanning several countries. Now with his two best mates, they are venturing out to make their mark on the wine industry. Producing the finest wine they can muster.

As a sixth generation Winemaker, Josh has been around wineries as long as he can remember. It was from a very early age Josh decided that making wine was going to play a big part in his life, be it professionally or in the back shed making a homebrew. 

After finishing school in 1998, Josh worked at numerous different wineries in many roles both in the cellar and vineyard. As of the 2019 Australian harvest he has been involved in twenty-five vintages across three countries and multiple regions. For a large portion of the previous decade he travelled back and forth between the Barossa Valley and Spain, learning and gaining as much winemaking experience as possible. On top of his Bruno & George Winemaking responsibilities he is also the assistant winemaker to his Father at Gatt Wines in the Barossa Valley.

Josh has a very simple philosophy on winemaking. Great wines come from Great vineyards and it is the Winemaker's role to allow the vineyard to evolve into the wine that it should become. Through Bruno & George, Josh is trying to make wines that stay true to their variety or blend and exhibit complexity, elegance and concentration.