by Lisa Cardelli A touch of VA opens the dance, then quickly shifting into fruit territory, unveiling a decadent spectrum...

by Ken Gargett 100% Shiraz, maturation is for a year and a half in new French oak hogsheads (67%) and...

From an excellent vintage for the Coonawarra region, this is a very small production release from their prestige Nightfall series....

Another in the Nightfall series from this highly regarded Coonawarra vintage. This is a bit special. Very dark maroon with...

So much to like about this McLaren Vale Tempranillo from what was an excellent season. It’s medium-bodied but loaded with...

An impressive partner to the Grenache off the same Blewitt Springs vineyard. Again, this is more medium-bodied and fairly typical...

Comes off the wonderful soils of Blewitt Springs within McLaren Vale. This is such a cracking good wine. It’s elegant...

An incredibly deep, black-red colour. Aromas are loaded with dark plum and chocolate, all swirling around with subtle notes of...

Captures everything that’s good about modern-day Australian Grenache. It comes off 75-year-old McLaren Vale dry-grown bush vines, so its pedigree...

Fruit is from a single 40-hectare vineyard operation that brings together the iconic Dixons Creek Estate and the adjacent former...

Fruit is from a single 40-hectare vineyard operation that brings together the iconic Dixons Creek Estate and the adjacent former...

Fruit is from a single 40-hectare vineyard operation that brings together the iconic Dixons Creek Estate and the adjacent former...

A wine to reach for as the night becomes that much cooler, this is charitable with flavours and smooth swirls...

This draws you in with its inky hues and swirling boysenberry preserve. A hint of cola and graphite too, a...

This is always such a consistent and perfectly crafted, value-for-money red wine out of the Barossa. It’s largely Shiraz with...

This is a highly distinctive Shiraz from the Ebenezer sub-region of the Northern Barossa Valley. The vines are between 35...

This is a classic, tried-and-tested Barossa combination that has always produced super wines over the years. Once again, as with...

This 100% Shiraz comes from the Ebenezer district, of vines ranging from 50 to 130 years old. Plenty of work...

2025 was a warmer vintage on the Fleurieu Peninsula, though for Pinot Noir, that is something which is not always...

If one may begin with the bottom line, this is the best Definitus Pinot Noir I have seen. Indeed, I’m...

The 2025 vintage was one of the earliest on record in the Adelaide Hills thanks to a warm, dry growing...

No doubt that there is a very good reason for calling this cracking value Cabernet from the Clare Valley, ‘the...

Always fascinating to see solo Cabernet Franc. So often the bridesmaid, every now and again it pops up and proves...

Spanish for the companions (I suspect that even those of us with el poco Espanol could have guessed that), these...