The Wheelwright pays tribute to the founding fathers of the Henschke winery and vineyards, winemaker Johann Christian Henschke. He was among the first generation of the early Barossa German pioneers of South Australia, and establighed the family winery in 1868. Johann Christian arrived as a skilled stonemason and wheelwright and planted his first vineyards in the high country of the picturesque Eden Valley. The wine is produced from Old-Vine Shiraz planted a century later, in 1968, by fourth generation Cyril Henschke.