From the Apulia region of Italy, Primitivo (Zinfandel) is the signature grape on offer here. A full flavoured style. Deep...

Another superb GSM blend from the Gardens. This is vibrant crimson in colour. Plushness and balance with notes of red...

Ahhhh. Sometimes all you want is well done, archetype Shiraz, and the Purple Hands team deliver in spades. Inky stain-down-the-wall-of-the-glass...

Malbec has a reputation in this country as a master blender, not a stand-alone grape variety. Here is a wine...

That deep, dark cherry colour, glistening so bright! If this six-year-old Yarra Valley Pinot looks considerably – and surprising –...

Wine is similar to people, their company is at its best when in the right setting and accompanied by food....

The jewel in the Merrill crown, an aged McLaren Vale Shiraz which spent 38 months in a mix of new...

It’s always great to see the incarnation of M3. I tend to think of this wine in a similar vein...

In Australian viticultural terms, 150-year-old vines are nobly designated, ‘ancestors.’ We don’t have a lot of vinous ‘ancestors’ to celebrate...

I saw the pale colour in the glass and I was excited, you expect lightness but get power. This is...

This is a result of an experiment that started in 2018. It was foot stomped and no new oak used....

This is a very fine and elegant style of Chardonnay. It’s certainly tighter than the M2 but it also has...

An absolutely cracking Barossa Grenache. Line this up next to some top Rhône examples of this variety and it will...

This Barossa blend of Shiraz (52%), Cabernet Sauvignon (25%), Merlot (11%) and Cabernet Franc (12%) is always a joy, though...

This is a most impressive wine reflecting the regional and vineyard characters. The nose has that cool climate pepperiness but...

The cooler climate white pepper on the nose strikes immediately. It overlays the deep plummy fruit aromas with their slightly...

Polished and perfumed are the two key things that come to mind with this wine. A full bodied style but...

Lots going on here. Aromas of black cherry pie, kirsch, pomegranate, faint earth, clove, and nutmeg. Similar notes on a...

From the original 1960s plantings, wines like this make you wonder why the Pyrenees isn’t more widely known as a...

This is a quirky little blend from Taltarni’s Discovery Range, created to allow the winemaker to play with some different,...

78% Cabernet Sauvignon 22% Malbec. French oak Barrique 66% new, 34% 2-4 year old. Some wines are so elevating on...

From a Clare vineyard in the Polish Hill River sub-region, owned by a couple of Adelaide heart surgeons, the guys...

Each year, the team at Wynns select a single vineyard from which to make a Cabernet. 2021 was a fine...

One of Australia’s favourite wines and deservedly so, especially in such a fine vintage. Cracking value, whether in comparison to...