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18.6K subscribers3.08M views1,115 videos & countingNew uploads weekly$5,000 BBL Grand Final · Dec 5Born in SA · watched worldwide18.6K subscribers3.08M views1,115 videos & countingNew uploads weekly$5,000 BBL Grand Final · Dec 5Born in SA · watched worldwide
A YouTube Channel · A Bar · A League

THE ANTIDOTE
TO BORING
WINE.

This is Bottle Shock: the community for a new kind of wine drinker. Full transparency, zero pretence, promoting a love of wine for the people.

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Latest episode
Wine Pairing for Spicy Food, Explained
New uploads weekly
Big Blind League · Season One
Stefan Sancin leads the ladder. The board is wide open.
League · $5,000 Grand Final · Dec 5
The Bar · Gumeracha SA
Six blind flights, 150+ wines by the glass. Guess what's in the glass, win a bottle.
$25 flights · Fri–Mon 12pm
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18.6K
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All-time views
3.08M
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Videos published
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& counting
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67.5%
AU 32 · US 27 · UK 8
01 · The Channel

New wine content every week.

1,115 episodes deep and accelerating, we are wine media for the 21st Century. From Blind Wine Tastings, to cutting-edge documentaries, to honest vlogs from vine to glass, we tell the stories YOU want to hear!

The latest episode
The Truth About Blended Wine
The Truth About Blended Wine
6 days ago
I Explained Wine With Basketball and It Actually Worked
I Explained Wine With Basketball and It Actually Worked
1 week ago
A Day in the Life of a Wine Rep
A Day in the Life of a Wine Rep
1 week ago
More from the Channel
Unfiltered · The Written Desk

Wine, covered
like a sport.

Our reports revisit the Big Blind League Cups with brackets, tasting notes with the room's blind calls, and a weekly column from the cellar floor. All the updates presented at a pace to suit you!

The Sports Desk · 24 Aug 2026Return of the KingThe Wine Desk · 13 July 2026Seven Palates v. The Clare LineupThe Sports Desk · 13 July 2026The Six Seed
Our Manifesto

You can taste
where a wine comes from.

Behind every label is all you need: the expression of time, provenance, place, people, culture. We taste blind to eliminate bias, and let the wines do the talking.

Read our manifesto
02 · Big Blind League

Wine Tasting is now a spectator sport. $5,000 up for grabs, finale Saturday 5 December.

Five SA regional cups, one Grand Final, and a year-round league table that evolves with every sip. Open to all 18+ South Australian residents — last year a complete punter beat one of SA's best trade tasters. 2026 is anyone's year!

Season One · 2026 · Black glasses, no peeking
$5K GRAND
FINAL
DEC 5

Every $25 flight and every cup earns points on the live ladder. Climb into the top 24 and you're tasting for $5,000 at Bottle Shock HQ. Winner takes all.

03 · The Bar

An award winning destination wine bar in Gumeracha

Pull up a stool, we'll bring the glasses! Our Bar is Our Home — the cellar door, the studio, and the bit behind the screen you rarely get to see. With 6 seasonal Blind Wine Flights, 150 by-the-glass options, and an assembly of local food pairings, Bottle Shock is a wine experience like no other!

The Bottle Shock bar in Gumeracha, busy with tasters
THE BAR
GUMERACHAThe tasting room

Six unique tasting challenges, each with five unique wines. Taste your way to solving the puzzle and you could win a bottle to take home! Plus — earn points for the statewide Big Blind League — $5000 could be yours…

Open
Fri–Mon · 12pm
Address
24 Victoria St, Gumeracha
Booking
Walk-in or online
Flights · $25

Have a crack

  1. 5
    Five wines, blind
    Variety · Region · Vintage · Price
  2. +
    Points on the ladder
    5 a flight · 10 more for an ace
  3. ★
    Win bottles
    New themes every quarter
5 wines · blind$25