The team here have aimed for a more modern style of Shiraz from McLaren Vale, approachable and elegant. Admirable, but...

Plush, flavoursome, dark fruit-loaded shiraz from a season that produced some lovely drinking wines. It has a spicy, plummy blackberry...

A beautifully balanced and poised medium-bodied Grenache sourced from a couple of old-vine McLaren Vale vineyards, most of which were...

An elegant and most stylish Shiraz from what was a very cool season in McLaren Vale. In fact, it was...

The Angelus gets its name from the old three-quarter-ton Angelus Bell, which is at the entrance to Wirra Wirra. The...

This was such a good vintage in McLaren Vale and, in fact, throughout South Australia, so it’s little wonder a...

This marvellous wine is the result of pulling together the best bits of Cabernet and Shiraz, in fact, 50% of...

The team’s premium Shiraz from the Clare Valley, from an excellent vintage, the fruit hails from a 130-year-old dry grown...

The Sleeper is anything but. Hails from one of the oldest bocks in Williamstown, Barossa Valley, planted 1946, dry grown...

This Barossa-sourced Shiraz is only made in exceptional years, and 2024 was certainly one of those. It’s marked by tremendous...

A truly exceptional example of Clare Shiraz, specifically from Polish Hill River, from a vineyard planted in 1902. It’s a...

The team at O’Leary Walker have recently released two prestige examples of their Shiraz. I know that conventional wisdom would...

Polish Hill River – the higher, cooler part of the Clare Valley noted for Riesling, also plays an important role...

I think this is a very good representation of harnessing the seasonal shifts of 2023. It leans into its red...

There’s a lot of thinking going on here and a focused mindfulness in this top-shelf Adelaide Hills Pinot from Tim...

Sourced from the Adelaide Hills, this is a marvellous testament to clever winemaking and viticulture in what was quite a...

The Adelaide Hills region in 2025 saw a very dry, warm and early vintage, after several cooler years (everything being...

Ethereality and litheness define this wine once given time to blossom in the glass. Pale and translucent ruby garnet. It’s...

Plum and black pepper intermingle on first look before subtle menthol, raspberry, black cherry and allusions of grilled game meat....

Brilliant purple-red hues capture the eye. Lifted, lively scents of cherry, wild raspberry, plum, black liquorice, dried herbs perfectly capture...

Sourced from vineyards on clay/limestone soils in the south of France, this is from the House of Jean Loren. A...

Comes alive in cherry and spice and that’s probably enough to make me want to buy a bottle, but let’s...

Western Australian Pinot Noir is no longer simply a curio or the answer to a trivia question. Rather, it is...

A deep, vibrant crimson purple. Paringa Estate Pinot is never short on colour or flavour and from the outset, the...