{"title":"Travis Tausend","description":"\u003cp\u003eTravis Tausend makes wine the way a sculptor works with stone: by removing everything that does not belong, trusting that what remains will be beautiful. Based in Hope Forest, one of the coolest and most distinct microclimates in South Australia's Adelaide Hills, Travis produces zero-zero wines from organically farmed fruit using only native yeasts, hand labor, and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis opened Adelaide's first dedicated natural wine bar and enoteca before the pull of winemaking on his doorstep became too strong to resist. He trained through study, travel, and hands-on experience across Australia and abroad, absorbing what he needed before establishing his eponymous label. His vision of winemaking is as much artistic as technical. He sees emotion, intuition, and energy as the raw materials of a bottle, not just grape chemistry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/travis-tausend\"\u003eTravis Tausend producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"agori-white-travis-tausend-australia-natural-wine-primal-wine","title":"Travis Tausend Agori White 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Agori White is a field blend of Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Riesling sourced from organically farmed vineyards in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. Fruit is harvested early to lock in acidity and keep residual sugar low, resulting in a dry, light-bodied white with a noticeably tense, electric quality. The wine is made without any additions, including zero added sulphur, and is neither fined nor filtered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the cellar, Travis Tausend uses a manual basket press and spontaneous native yeast fermentation throughout. No pumpovers. The approach is minimal by design: the goal is to let the fruit and the cool-climate acidity of the Adelaide Hills speak without interference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2019 shows herbaceous and grapefruit character typical of this blend, with fleshy white fruit filling out the mid-palate. Minerality runs through the finish. At 12.5% ABV it drinks easily, but there is enough texture and grip to make it worth pausing over.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Travis Tausend","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34419105104024,"sku":"TAUSWHIT19C","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/travis-tausend-agori-white-australia-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780187191"},{"product_id":"agori-red-blend-travis-tausend-natural-wine","title":"Travis Tausend Agori Red Blend 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Agori Red is an 80% Merlot, 18% Pinot Noir, and 2% Shiraz blend sourced from organically farmed vineyards in Hope Forest, at the southern tip of the Adelaide Hills in South Australia. The 2% Shiraz comes from wild vines growing among Sauvignon Blanc rows on the property. The Merlot and Pinot Noir were fermented separately before being blended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis Tausend works strictly zero-zero: no additives of any kind, no added sulphur at any stage, and fermentation with only indigenous yeasts. All production is done by hand using a manual destemmer, a hand-driven press, old barrels, and stainless steel tanks. The result is a wine that is light to medium in body, with fresh crisp acidity, powdery tannins, and a slight natural spritz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHope Forest sits at the southern end of the Adelaide Hills GI, one of the coolest microclimates in the region thanks to its elevation and dual cooling winds from the Southern Ocean and the Gulf of St. Vincent. Soils at the Top Range vineyard include ironstone and quartz deposits in loamy clay over a sandstone bedrock, contributing to the wine's lively mineral edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis Tausend has been immersed in natural wine since 2005 and began making his own wines in 2014. He runs the entire project solo outside of harvest, when friends and family help pick fruit. Ten percent of profits are donated to charity, only solar energy powers the cellar, and all packaging apart from bottles uses recycled materials.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Travis Tausend","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38067444318407,"sku":"TAUSROSE20C","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/travis-tausend-agori-red-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186508"},{"product_id":"agori-rose-travis-tausend-natural-wine","title":"Travis Tausend Agori Rosé 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Agori Rosé is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Merlot sourced from organically farmed vineyards in Hope Forest, at the southern tip of Adelaide Hills, South Australia. The grapes are picked early to preserve brightness and freshness, fermented separately, then blended. Winemaking is direct press with minimal skin extraction, native yeast fermentation, and zero additions or removals at any stage — no sulphur, no fining, no filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHope Forest sits in a raised valley cooled by two winds: a Southern Ocean wind and a Gulf breeze. This dual cooling effect makes it one of the coldest microclimates in the Adelaide Hills. Vineyard soils are a mix of clay, sand, and ironstone. The Pinot Noir blocks face northeast; the Merlot faces northwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis Tausend operates as a one-man operation across all functions — growing, making, blending, bottling, labelling, and packaging — with friends and family helping only at harvest. All farming is done using organic practices with no additives used in the winery. The name Agori means \"boy\" in Greek, and these wines are positioned as everyday drinking wines for family and friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2019 vintage shows strawberry and rhubarb on the nose, with bright, fresh acidity and a crisp, tangy finish consistent with the early-pick approach Tausend uses across the Agori range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Travis Tausend","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38067507331271,"sku":"TAUSROSE18C","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/travis-tausend-agori-red-natural-wine-primal-wine_7f566f9c-5a42-48aa-b0b5-c505311157ce.jpg?v=1780186505"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/travis-tausend.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}