June 2025

Aching beautiful, the wines of Flametree, often fly under the radar in quality and dare I say it, price. This...

Flametree Embers Chardonnay 2024

A tantalising wine from first aroma to last drop in the glass. The back label reads for ‘immediate enjoyment’ and...

Smeaton Estate Stella Chardonnay 2023

From the Smeaton family estate vineyard in the Forreston district of the northern Adelaide Hills, this is a Chardonnay that...

Smeaton Estate Sienna Riesling 2017

White Wine - Riesling

From a noted cooler and wetter year in the Adelaide Hills, this museum-style release Riesling has proved that not all...

Little Giant Single Vineyard Barossa Shiraz 2023

The fruit for this gem hails from the Light Pass sub-region of the Barossa Valley. Fermentation is in stainless steel...

Farm Hand Organic Pinot Grigio 2025

White Wine - Pinot Grigio

The fruit is sourced from the Grigoriou family’s vineyards in the Monash Valley in South Australia. Fermentation in stainless steel...

Farm Hand Organic Rosé 2024

Also from the Grigoriou family vineyards in the Monash Valley, but we are not made privy to the grape varieties...

Little Giant Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2024

As ever, the Little Giant range is in what I think of as squat bots. They might not be traditional...

Little Giant Adelaide Hills Gamay 2024

Beyond me why on earth we do not see a great many more examples of Gamay – was it that...

Little Giant Buttery Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2024

Love the name here. Nothing subtle at all. Just a good old-fashioned clarion call to the silent throngs who loved...

Little Giant Coonawarra Cabernet 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet

Cracking value Cabernet from Coonawarra here in this squat bot. Maturation is usually conducted in a mixture of stainless steel,...

Little Giant Little Batch Barossa Montepulciano 2024

Montepulciano is a variety that is gaining a foothold across vineyards around Australia and the Barossa seems to be presenting...

Little Giant Little Batch McLaren Vale Shiraz Mataro 2023

The fruit here is sourced from a vineyard in the foothills of McLaren Vale at Willunga. Maturation is for around...

Mr Riggs Idle Lane Shiraz 2022

From a cooler estate vineyard in the Clarendon district, there’s a fair bit of aromatic attraction to start, and meat...

Mr Riggs Burnt Block Shiraz 2021

From the first take on the nose, you know you are in a heady space. It comes from a single...

Mr Riggs The Chap Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Shiraz

The colour is something akin to a black hole – so deep, opaque and impenetrable. It’s a blend of McLaren...

Mr Riggs J.F.R. Shiraz 2021

This is a blend from three McLaren Vale vineyards from three distinct subregions. Each of the vineyard wines was kept...

Mr Riggs JFR Shiraz 2021

Named after winemaker Ben Riggs’s late father John Frederick Riggs, this was Ben’s first ever Mr Riggs wine he crafted...

Mr Riggs Montepulciano d’Adelaide 2023

The quirky name has some context to it, the wine sourced from two vineyards in different regions, one in Kersbrook...

Mr Riggs Three Corner Jack Shiraz Montepulciano 2023