Casual Drinks

A smooth and textured pinot noir sourced from the village of Couchey just south of Marsannay in Burgundy. Brilliant bright red and purply colour. The

Frankland River is home to many of the greatest rieslings in Western Australia thanks to its stony soils and slightly warmer climate than the regions

A beautiful, floral, dry riesling from the Eden Valley. The wine is all about citrus and blossom: gardenias and jasmine, rose-scented geranium leaves and lavender,

The Bellarine Peninsula-based producer has looked to the King Valley, the birthplace of the Prosecco grape in Australia, for its inspiration with this popular, go-to

The rise of Austria’s great gift to the world of wine, gruner veltliner, continues, this time in Marlborough. Marlborough is on the cool side for

This is a crowd-pleasing McLaren Vale Shiraz done well. It is deep ruby in colour and immediately rolls out plush fruit aromas – blueberry and

Nero d’Avola is another Italian grape variety that is becoming popular around Australia, particularly in McLaren Vale. This is a bright, pure and fruit forward

The wine trade is a risky business but no such problems here with two very experienced partners sourcing wine around the country, particularly Margaret River,

It is easy to imagine a future where there is plenty of montepulciano growing around Australia. It crafts juicy, easy to drink bistro reds that

This Mike Farmilo made cabernet blend – 66% cabernet sauvignon, 32% cabernet franc and 2% petit Verdot – is noted as Fleurieu Peninsula sourced, and

All the right – and ripe – sauvignon characters at play here: tropical fruit salad notes led by passionfruit pulp, with some lovely floral backdrops

The quintessential Australian wine – Sparkling Shiraz is a wine largely unique to this country and is something everyone needs to try, at least once

The Blue Pyrenees Luna is one of the great Australian bargains for sparkling wine. Year in and out it is a wine that delivers true

Some days just require a big glass of red – a wine with a juicy kick of fruit to top off a big day, to

This wine is a little bigger than the other Ottelia whites as it has been crafted with fruit from Robe and Mount Gambier. The cold

Alex’s Head’s Red range are your bistro wines – easy to enjoy, and fun, but also with surprising depth. This wine is an Aussie Côtes

The first vintage of Head Wines was in 2007, and I still have a cheeky magnum in the cellar. Alex has come a long way