Wine Making

Our commitment to producing quality wine starts with the best winemakers. Our team includes some of the best-known and most experienced winemakers in the country & the wine we produce is testament to their many years of experience, delivering a wine we believe to be of a very high standard. Try them and we hope you’ll agree. So here’s a brief glimpse into a couple of the team currently working to ensure the next vintage is even better than the last, along with many others who we'll add to the website soon.

Bob Cartwright

As consultant winemaker to Knee Deep Wines Bob brings a true wealth of experience to the role. After 28 vintages as winemaker at Leeuwin Estate in Margaret River, Bob came to form an integral part of the team which had Leeuwin Estate listed in the top 150 wineries of the world, and amongst the top 20 ‘New World’ wineries. Bob’s experience and achievments with barrel fermented Chardonnay has been especially notable, producing consistently exceptional wines that have been attracting international recognition since the early 1980’s. Bob's hands-on approach to the production of Knee Deep Wines ensures the product which actually makes it into the bottle is exceptional & delivers great value for money.

Greg Nikulinsky

Greg has been part of the Knee Deep Wines  team since 2006 with particular responsibility for overseeing management of the Knee Deep Wines vineyard in the Wilyabrup sub-region of Margaret River. He brings substantial viticultural experience plus the added bonus of extensive production management skills to this role. Greg’s previous position involved 7 years at Ferngrove, a nationally acclaimed cool climate wine producer situated in the Frankland River district of Western Australia’s great southern region.