Earthworks Rosé 2025
Earthworks are the ‘value’ part of the Hill Smith Family Estates. No naming of grape varieties. Made by Kiki Han. Vegan friendly if that’s your thing. Earthworks, Rosé, South Australia, […]
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Earthworks Tempranillo 2024
Part of the Hill-Smith Family Estates stable and usually found a lot cheaper than the RRP (which is just made for the quality). Made by Sam Wigan. Vegan friendly if […]
Earthworks Riesling 2024
Part of the Hill-Smith Family Estates . Often found much cheaper in retail land. Made by the renowned Sam Wigan. Vegan friendly if that’s your thing! Earthworks, Riesling, South Australia, […]
De Bortoli One Line Sangiovese 2024
From two of De Bortoli’s Rutherglen vineyards, Shelley’s and Melville’s. Cold soaked fruit before fermentation. Short amount of maturation time (10 months) in older French and American oak hogheads and […]
De Bortoli One Line Tempranillo 2024
From two of De Bortoli’s Rutherglen vineyards, Tuileries and Melville’s. Cold soaked fruit before fermentation. Short amount of maturation time in older French and American oak. Winemaker is Marc Scalzo […]
Craneford Wines Fire Station Shiraz 2019
Named after the Truro fire station in the heart of the Barossa Valley. Destemmed fruit was crushed into a small 5 tonne fermenter. Manual pumped overs through ferment for 14 […]
Running With Bulls Tempranillo – Bagnum 2023
From within the Hill-Smith Family Estates ranch . Wine maker is Sam Wigan. Casks, or in this case a “bag filled with a magnum of wine” have boundless environmental benefits. […]
Running With Bulls Bullish Shiraz 2024
Running With Bulls are the Hill-Smith Family Estate’s Iberian fun and tasty range. Here they make a reach and have bottled a Shiraz (hence the Bullish sub-title)., but keep to […]
Craneford Wines No.1 Limited Edition Shiraz 2021
This sees the same winemaking as its sibling the Basket Press. Destemmed fruit with fermentation in 10 tonne static fermenters, with twice daily pump-overs. After ten days, the wine was […]
Craneford Wines Basket Pressed Shiraz 2021
Craneford have been around since 1978 and located in the heart of Barossa Valley in Truro and ‘honour the legacy of previous winemakers Carol Riebke and John Glaetzer. Winemaking sees […]
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