Tasmania has well and truly proved itself as our leading region for quality sparkling wines. Personally, and if the Poms...

Tasmanian Blanc de Blancs, 100% Chardonnay of course, the second fermentation saw the wine left on lees in tank. Pale...

This is a most appealing blend of these varieties from Tasmania, providing a crisp, clean and flavoursome wine held with...

Another wine from Tasmania’s Pipers River area, and this one is made exclusively from Chardonnay. A degree of complexity is...

A sunny Chardonnay for a rainy Melbourne day – which automatically makes it the perfect vinous antidote for those winter...

A gorgeous melding of stone fruits and citrus with a light dusting of spice and a tantalising touch of leesy...

Laura Barnes Pinot Noir always delivers an arresting aromatic spiciness. In 2025, it comes embedded in a deep complex array...

Another big tick for the role of stand-alone vineyards, Y13 emerges as a very different style of Pinot to the...

The integration of a powerful signature of regional style drives this Pinot. On the bouquet, it makes its intentions known,...

A builder in more ways than one, this graceful young Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay builds in depth with time in the...

The winemaker certainly worked hard with this Pinot, sourcing Pinot fruit from five blocks grown at the estate – planted...

A cracking Margaret River Shiraz from a vintage which has legitimate claims to be considered one of the greatest ever...

A Margaret River Cabernet with immense promise. After fermentation, the wine spent time maturing in French oak barriques for the...

This is from a single vineyard in the Blewitt Springs sub-region, a 1.7-hectare block, which was planted in 1999. Maturation...

The fruit here is sourced from two vineyards – the Osmond’s Penny’s Block, which is located on Blewitt Springs Road;...

The team source the fruit used here from three different McLaren Vale vineyards – the Lower Tintara Vineyard, originally planted...

The releases here, both Pertaringa and other, across several vintages, are as good as any I can recall from this...

This is fabulous value for a warm climate Cabernet. The fruit is sourced from three vineyards – the Picnic Ground...

BSR stands for Blewett Springs Road, Blewitt Springs normally being the sub-region in McLaren Vale which is a little cooler...

This wine is made as an Amaronesque Shiraz from the Barossa, which is rather intriguing. Amarone is one of those...

This is one of the better examples of the Italian “mon-ta-pull-channo” (insert hand gestures) grape that I’ve seen in Australia....

A powerful nose, with equal parts flinty reduction and pretty fruit. Wild strawberries, salted radish, tarragon leaf, wild berries and...

This site sits at the centre vineyard of the estate. This is quite the deeply pigmented Pinot Noir with aromas...

This is the most elevated of Marnong’s sites and that is clear by its dainty red florals. Some rosehip, cherry...