PETER and Suzanne Little of Random Valley Winery, established in 1995, were 2006 Terra Madre delegates. Their organic award winning winery, situated at Karridale in the South West of Western Australia not only produces some of Australias most beautiful wine but won the Banksia environmental award in 2005, the SGIO environmental award in 2004. and a finalist in the West Australian Environmental Awards in 2008.
Situated in a protected valley in the South West, it has one of the most unique cellar door outlets ever seen, a beautiful building which blends science and art. The building was designed and built by Peter who was a lecturer in architecture at Curtin University. The walls are made of 13,750 recycled wine bottles. Nine tonne of water is contained in these recycled wine bottles and this stores the heat and coolness in the walls so as to stabilise the internal temperature of the cellar door building.
In 2008 Max Allen, chief judge for the Australian and New Zealand Organic Wine show said that Random Valley vineyard was clearly the wine estate that stood out. Four of their wines went home with trophies, one of which, their 2007 Shiraz won the best red wine and best wine of the show.