diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/redshift.py b/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/redshift.py
index 39453f0cd2..8f2f098d08 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/redshift.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/redshift.py
@@ -291,11 +291,18 @@ def _to_identifier_if_string(expression: exp.Expr) -> exp.Expr:
 
             distkey = table_properties.get("DISTKEY")
             if distkey:
-                properties.append(exp.DistKeyProperty(this=_to_identifier_if_string(distkey)))
+                properties.append(
+                    exp.DistKeyProperty(this=_to_identifier_if_string(distkey.unnest()))
+                )
 
             sortkey = table_properties.get("SORTKEY")
             if sortkey:
-                sortkey_expressions = sortkey.expressions if sortkey.expressions else [sortkey]
+                if isinstance(sortkey, (exp.Tuple, exp.Array)):
+                    sortkey_expressions = sortkey.expressions
+                elif isinstance(sortkey, exp.Paren):
+                    sortkey_expressions = [sortkey.unnest()]
+                else:
+                    sortkey_expressions = [sortkey]
                 properties.append(
                     exp.SortKeyProperty(
                         this=[
diff --git a/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_redshift.py b/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_redshift.py
index ddd2c7c2c8..7211244e91 100644
--- a/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_redshift.py
+++ b/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_redshift.py
@@ -152,22 +152,33 @@ def test_create_table_physical_properties_with_string_columns(
     ]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "sortkey, expected_sortkey",
+    [
+        ('"batch_time"', 'SORTKEY("batch_time")'),
+        ("batch_time", 'SORTKEY("batch_time")'),
+        ('("batch_time")', 'SORTKEY("batch_time")'),
+        ("(batch_time)", 'SORTKEY("batch_time")'),
+        ('("batch_time", "id_file")', 'SORTKEY("batch_time", "id_file")'),
+        ('["batch_time", "id_file"]', 'SORTKEY("batch_time", "id_file")'),
+    ],
+)
 def test_create_table_physical_properties_from_model_definition(
-    make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.Callable,
+    make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.Callable, sortkey: str, expected_sortkey: str
 ):
     adapter = make_mocked_engine_adapter(RedshiftEngineAdapter)
     model: SqlModel = t.cast(
         SqlModel,
         load_sql_based_model(
             d.parse(
-                """
+                f"""
 MODEL (
     name test_schema.test_table,
     kind full,
     physical_properties (
         diststyle = key,
         distkey = "id_file",
-        sortkey = "batch_time"
+        sortkey = {sortkey}
     )
 );
 SELECT id_file::INT, batch_time::TIMESTAMP;
@@ -183,7 +194,45 @@ def test_create_table_physical_properties_from_model_definition(
     )
 
     assert to_sql_calls(adapter) == [
-        'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "test_schema"."test_table" ("id_file" INTEGER, "batch_time" TIMESTAMP) DISTSTYLE KEY DISTKEY("id_file") SORTKEY("batch_time")',
+        f'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "test_schema"."test_table" ("id_file" INTEGER, "batch_time" TIMESTAMP) DISTSTYLE KEY DISTKEY("id_file") {expected_sortkey}',
+    ]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "distkey",
+    ['"id_file"', "id_file", "'id_file'", '("id_file")', "(id_file)"],
+)
+def test_create_table_physical_properties_distkey_from_model_definition(
+    make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.Callable, distkey: str
+):
+    adapter = make_mocked_engine_adapter(RedshiftEngineAdapter)
+    model: SqlModel = t.cast(
+        SqlModel,
+        load_sql_based_model(
+            d.parse(
+                f"""
+MODEL (
+    name test_schema.test_table,
+    kind full,
+    physical_properties (
+        diststyle = key,
+        distkey = {distkey}
+    )
+);
+SELECT id_file::INT;
+    """
+            )
+        ),
+    )
+
+    adapter.create_table(
+        model.name,
+        target_columns_to_types=model.columns_to_types_or_raise,
+        table_properties=model.physical_properties,
+    )
+
+    assert to_sql_calls(adapter) == [
+        'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "test_schema"."test_table" ("id_file" INTEGER) DISTSTYLE KEY DISTKEY("id_file")',
     ]