Kicking off Mudgee's wine industry...

 While early European settlers in the Mudgee region planted grapes and made their own wine for personal consumption, the industry really began in 1858 with the arrival of Adam Roth, who planted a number of different varieties including Muscat Hamburg, Shiraz, Frontignac, White Sherry and Verdelho at his vineyard, which he named Rothview, located in Eurunderee.

 The budding industry was helped along by numerous gold strikes in the areas around Mudgee. Thousands of thirsty miners flocked to the area, traveling from one strike to another as new discoveries were made and they created a ready market for local wines. 

However this didn't last long, the end of the gold rushes, coupled with a period of severe drought in the 1880s spelled doom for almost all of Mudgee's vineyards and only two were to survive the 1890s. One of them, now known as Craigmoor, survives to this day and includes the site of Adam Roth’s pioneering Rothview Vineyard. 

Adam's son, young Robert Roth, left Rothview at age 22 to open a general store in town. 

Roth's general store also sold ‘under the counter’ beverages to thirsty farmers who’d made the long journey into town for their monthly supplies. The beverages were cleverly named and disguised as farming products so when placed on the farmers account it read only as their usual farm supplies (e.g. 1080). Unbeknown to an untrained eye, they had purchased alcoholic concoctions at the store which would soon become licensed and renamed Roth’s Wine Bar in 1923.

100 Years On

We continue to serve these original potions alongside regional wines as the history lives on in the unique general store terrace. our house label: Grapes of Roth is a wine range that is produced using only Mudgee fruit, most of which is grown on our vineyard in Eurunderee, and made by local wine makers in honour of the region and the 100 year legacy of Roth’s Wine Bar. This range will remain an integral addition to the legend of Roth’s.