Stuart is the senior winemaker at Soul Growers Wines in Tanunda. Soul Growers stands for everything that is great about the Barossa: shared wisdom, new ideas, mateship and a passion for making and enjoying great wine. It was born out of a friendship of three dedicated souls who saw the opportunity to join forces and chase their dream of creating wines and a brand that reflected their view of the Barossa.

Paul, Tom and Stu had worked together previously in a corporate world but were convinced that their future would one day be an uncomplicated, hand made and lovingly nurtured winemaking enterprise, that revolved around the very core of the Barossa Valley – the growers - who toil each day to produce beautiful fruit, just waiting to be made into wine.

Stuart hesitated for less than a second before agreeing to be one of our Stars. "I have always loved being a teller of stories and this wonderful Barossa charity event now gives me the chance to use the much loved medium of dance to do just that."

At Soul Growers they have always made wine together as a team – but for this event Stuart will be going completely solo – from self-choreography right through to final performance delivery.

"I just hope that I am able to expressively convey a story of great love, loss, tragedy and hope – all in under 3 minutes - using nothing but the soul-filling medium of dance."