The 2021 vintage was an excellent one in Clare, and this medium-bodied blend is stylish and elegantly proportioned. The nose...

The vaulted cellar, dug by hand in the 1850s, lends its name to this wine. It is a beautiful expression...

Top value Shiraz made from estate vineyards in the Hunter Valley and Orange regions. The vineyards are 40 and 30...

From the Limestone Coast, the colour here is a blood red. The nose exhibits notes of dry herbs, red fruits,...

Apple and cranberry cordial, with a core of black cherries in syrup. Wet stone, dark pebbles and clove. The palate...

More absolutely stonking value to be had here. Coonawarra Cabernet from a great year at this price? Load up.  Magenta/purple...

As with their Riesling, all profits from this excellent Barossa Shiraz go to charity. Sourced from vineyards in the Ebenezer...

The HRB range (Heritage Reserve Bin) is a display in the art of blending regions within a varietal spectrum, here...

A wine created to style parameters rather than regional or even more so specific. Here it’s from three sources: Margaret...

This cooler vintage has produced a medium-weight Shiraz displaying classically cool-climate pepper and spice with a vibrant confectionary jubey raspberry...

This is a light-bodied but intensely expressed wine of great character and poise. It has a velvety smooth, satiny gloss...

Made only in the best years, matured 15 months in French oak hogsheads. Opaque with a ruby rim. Opens with...

Black pepper and cedar hover over blackberry and black cherry to start. With air, black olive and char-grilled beef add...

A finely crafted Shiraz from Coonawarra, from an excellent vintage. The wine spent fifteen months maturing in French oak. Deep...

Exceptional Coonawarra Cabernet, the wine spent fifteen months in French oak for maturation. Early days but there is much promise...

A dry grown site in Blewitt Springs planted by Geoff Hardy in 1993. This shows off the concentrated and uniform...

A classic regional statement here, again sourcing the variety from outside Riggs’s home base – and unsurprisingly Coonawarra, showcasing its...

Grown in Ben Riggs’s Piebald Gully vineyard in the northeast of McLaren Vale’s Willunga foothills country, which enjoys a cooler...

Leaving his McLaren Vale home base to plug into the Adelaide Hills for a set of varietals more suited to...

The Gaffer is Ben Riggs’ special Shiraz that he leverages fund-raising for cancer research. It’s a ripper in its own...

A vintage not without its challenges in Coonawarra, and yet with astute vineyard management, selecting only the best fruit, the...

This is a most stylish example of McLaren Vale Shiraz. It was a cool season, which is reflected in a...

Consistently one of my favourite Australian Grenache, and each year I look forward to seeing what it reveals. In this...

We’re just starting to see a few examples of this interesting variety emerging in various parts of Australia, and this...