De Bortoli Melba Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Only produced in exceptional years, and this vintage 2012, Steve Webber reckons was the best since 1995. A gorgeous sloping shouldered bottle and cork seal. French oak 14 months. 3000 […]
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Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz 2015
Sourced from the Filsell vineyard’s near century old vines planted in 1920 just south of Lyndoch. The fruit also goes into the ultra premium Meshach. Indeed, the Filsell is often […]
Longview Queenie Pinot Grigio 2017
Named for the Saturno family’s Grandmother, affectionately known as Queenie. All stainless steel fermentation and stylistically keeping to Grigio with very little blush colour. Longview, Queenie, Pinot Grigio, Adelaide Hills, […]
I Am George Cabernet Merlot 2015
The blend of Cabernet and Merlot in the new I Am George range, drawn from the Limestone Coast greater region which encompasses Wrattonbully, Padthaway and Coonawarra. I Am George, Cabernet, Merlot, […]
I Am George Shiraz 2016
Eponymous marque in the new I Am George range celebrating the life and times of Australian wine pioneer George Wyndham. I Am George, Shiraz, Langhorne Creek, 2016 Potent aromas of […]
Risky Business Pinot Gris 2017
Slight change in direction here from the Risky Business team of grape grower / viticulturist Rob Quenby and vintner John Waldron, moving away from Pinot Grigio to the weightier (for me, […]
Black Wattle Rosé 2017
No listing of any grapes at all. Limestone Coast encompasses the more well known regions of Coonawarra, Padthaway and Wrattonbully, so chances are there’s a fair bit of merlot, cabernet […]
Krondorf Bowen & Bowen Grenache Rosé 2017
Will the pink wine floodwaters ever recede? Part of the Krondorf Growers series, this fruit grown Randolph and Anita Bowen. Krondorf is now a label owned and made by Woolworth’s […]
Bunkers Supertubes Pinot Grigio 2017
Bunkers wines are a sublabel of Calneggia Family Vineyards and named after famous surf breaks on the Margaret River coast line in Western Australia. This label named after Supertubes where […]
Bunkers The Box Tempranillo 2015
The Bunkers range are named after surf breaks on the Western Australian coast. Apparently The Box is “Mean and menacing. The Box throws up thick square barrels that suck out […]
