TarraWarra Estate Pinot Noir Rosé 2017
The steady hands of Clare Halloran and Adam McCallum craft intense, balanced and focused wines in the Yarra Valley. Under their watch, rosé is not a trivial thing TarraWarra Estate, […]
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d’Arenberg The Dry Dam Riesling 2017
A medium-dry or semi-dry wine is hard to perfect: there needs to be a spot balance between acid and sugar. Ideally the ratio is 1.0 to 2.0 acid to sugar […]
Frontera Pinot Noir 2015
A label of the uber stable Concha y Toro, one of the big players in South America. This is imported into Australia exclusively by Woolworth’s liquor arm, Pinnacle Drinks and […]
Tahbilk Riesling 2017
A quick check of the Tahbilk website has this priced at $12.10 for cellar club members. Back the truck up at that figure. Tahbilk are also an ISO accredited carbon […]
Even Keel Rosé 2017
Sam Coverdale’s Even Keel started out with the intent to create drinkable, balanced and elegant wines. Along the way he created the Polperro brand to specialise in premium, single-vineyard wines from […]
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 […]
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 […]
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