Here’s a Shiraz that captures all that is good in South Australia’s Langhorne Creek. There’s the soft drinkability and flavour...

Swan Valley fruit, 10% whole bunches, wild ferment, carbonic maceration, matured on lees in large format seasoned French oak. Good...

Looks the goods in pale salmon-pink blush, always a reassuring sign. Next, comes the scent of Margaret River – a...

While no particular grape variety is noted on the label, none is necessary. This Rosé speaks for itself with a...

Not all single vineyards are equal in the glass, some shine brighter – literally, figuratively –  than others. Enter Luminosa,...

The price point is spot on for affordable everyday drinking. So, too, the classic Aussie red blend with its approachability...

Of course, you want/need to see savvy greens and herbals plentiful and bouncing in a blend with Semillon. You’ve got...

Kiwifruit, white pineapple juice and salty radishes. This Grüner Veltliner is pleasing, energetic and full of life. The kind of...

Red liquorice, wet concrete and radish – the latter from a touch of reduction. An easy-going wine, and one I’d...

Sparkling wines look particularly good on Dredgy. The immediacy of depth is striking: toasted almond, strawberry, redcurrant, sweet almond pastry...

A traditional-method sparkling wine from the Tamar Valley, composed of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. The blend draws predominantly...

Raspberry leaf, blood-and-bone mix, pink peppercorns and red liquorice. I like it. It’s  a joyous, well-made wine. And just like...

An outstanding debut from Luda Mala. This could very well be Australia’s best $35 Chardonnay. The fruit is dank, dense...

Blackcurrant juice, red fig paste and graphite. This is a terrific example of a (chilled) red that absolutely hits its...

A classy wine and a very encouraging example of the heights Bellbrae Estate is capable of reaching. Attractive from the...

Green melon and lemon peel meld with ground cinnamon spice before subtle oak-derived woodsmoke adds further complexity. There’s a mineral...

Woody spice, earthy tones and subdued fruit lead — paperbark, white tobacco, white cherry, crushed stalk, nutmeg, pine needle and...

Dark cherry conserve, plum and woody spice — nutmeg and clove — with allusions of pine mushroom, undergrowth and a...

Vegetal tones provide the opening — radish, fresh-cut beets, tomato leaf, green bean and white pepper. Fruit sits in the...

Rich but nicely controlled and balanced. Savoury on opening with nougat, nut brittle and cedar, making way for deep flint,...

An impressive red from the wonderful 2023 vintage, fermentation was achieved as slowly as possible, followed by an extended maceration...

It seems that the glories of the 2023 vintage can be found in wine regions across the State. First plantings...

Cracking value Riesling from the Great Southern in Western Australia, the wine is fermented almost entirely in stainless steel and...

The fruit for this really impressive Chardonnay comes from the Isolation Ridge Vineyard in the Great Southern region of Western...