From Austrian wine “royalty” Dr Bert Salomon’s South Australian venture, his beloved vineyard beside the Finniss River on the southern...

From Austrian winemaking legend Dr Bert Salomon’s Southern hemisphere endeavour, a superbly sited vineyard overlooking Lake Alexandrina, the lower reaches...

From an absolutely cracking vintage in McLaren Vale, the wine spent two years maturing in French oak. A dark magenta...

The fruit for this excellent McLaren Vale Shiraz comes from a vineyard planted in 1880 – so it’s mighty old,...

One of the joys of reviewing wines is that there will always be something that surprises you. First up here...

A delightfully understated and friendly expression of McLaren Vale Shiraz. It’s medium-bodied with supple plummy dark fruits revealing light chocolate...

A young Pinot Noir from McLaren Vale offering terrific current drinking. It’s a soft style with light-bodied red fruits of...

The grapes are sourced from a McLaren Vale vineyard planted way back in 1880. Maturation is in French oak barrels,...

The label celebrates the Lindner who founded St Hallett in 1944…along with a butchery. Fruit comes from vineyards located in...

Juicy blackberry, black plum and dark cherry are foiled by charry oak, sprinklings of brown spice, coal and mocha notes,...

Blackberry jam, black cherry, leather and campfire ash sit at the fore, with black pepper, vanilla bean, sweet tilled earth...

St Hallett has a well-developed reputation with seriously elite Barossa Shiraz, so how does its more commercial side stack up?...

The Barossa zone labelling suggests we might be tapping into vineyard sources across the wider Valley floor as well as...

One of the long standing workhorse labels of the Barossa, celebrating the ‘leap of faith’ for the European migrants that...

Katnook’s top shelf The Odyssey is a wine with revered provenance and quality – and out of a stellar 2021...

First released in 1994 to celebrate head winemaker Stuart Blackwell (who is an excellent birdlife photographer, by the way) for...

Following the St Hallett methodology of focussing on district orientations for specific wines , this leading light in their Barossa...

All the vinous presence you can expect from Hills Sauvignon Blanc, tropical headiness, native bush leafiness and florals, even the...

Glossy pale to mid-toned pink in the glass, this Pinot Noir varietal Rosé sends all the right clues to begin:...

A fresh and zesty style of Pinot Gris, the nose showing some flint and char entwined with crisp apple bite...

Note at first the vivid purple colour of this Hills Shiraz, which telegraphs what follows in its bright blueish floral...

We are deeply immersed here in the Mitolo family’s Italian ways – the name referring to this wine’s source –...

Quintessential Vales regional Shiraz, dark fruited, crumbled earth, an attractive lift in blue floral manners, all of which comes together...

The Italian varieties are a key part of the Mitolo family portfolio, centred around their vineyards in the Whites Valley...