Comedian Ricky Gervais posts about Barossa Valley wine Chateau Tanunda as part of his backstage rider

A bottle of South Australian red that retails for just $25 is among Ricky Gervais’s rider demands on his latest comedy tour. Find out which one.

A $25 bottle of South Australian red is among Ricky Gervais’s rider demands on his latest comedy tour.

The British funnyman shared his must-have items while backstage in the UK, and included on his list is a bottle of Chateau Tanunda shiraz.

Gervais posted a photo of the Barossa Valley wine, alongside a packet of nuts and a bowl of fruit, to his Instagram account and 4.2 million followers.

“I am a megastar. So I need things to be right. Just got to my dressing room at The Alban Arena for tonight’s #Mortality show & they’ve lit the fruit all wrong. Unbelievable,” he captioned the photo.

The Grand Barossa Shiraz 2022, which retails for about $25 a bottle, is made using grapes from Chateau Tanunda’s vineyard sites across the Barossa.

Ricky Gervais’s Instagram post about SA winery Chateau Tanunda. Pic: Social media.

Chateau Tanunda senior winemaker Jeremy Ottawa said it was “super exciting” to get the shout out from Gervais.

“Our Grand Barossa Shiraz is loved all over the world, but to now know it’s a wine for international stars to drink and even share to their following via social media is huge,” he said.

“Stars like that are generally pretty particular about the wines they have in their rider, and any products that show up in a social media post, especially when you have 4.5 million followers, so we can only assume he is a big fan.”

Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes After Party. (Photo by Arnold Turner/Getty Images for Netflix)

Ricky Gervais on Instagram.

Mr Ottawa said they reached out to actor and comedian to share some more bottles as a “sign of gratitude”.

“If he liked that one, we would like to offer him the chance to enjoy some wines from our Old Vine Expressions range which come from some of the oldest vineyards in the world,” he said.

“Knowing Ricky is a staunch vegan, we know he would appreciate that all our Chateau Tanunda Old Vine and Grand Barossa wines are vegan-friendly.”