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...

An AOC Macon Villages by a cooperative of around 80 growers – Les Vignerons d’Ige – this is a delicate...

An AOC Beaujolais Villages designation, harvested from Domaine de la Longere. Earthy, foresty with a heart and soul honest styling...

Extreme pale, with a pretty white-topped strawberry like nose, the faintest of mints in the background. All very attractive in...

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

From a warm and dry vintage when the balance of ripe flavour and natural grape acidity was a critical decision...

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...

Like many McLaren Vale based producers, Ben Riggs heads up to the neighbouring Adelaide Hills for many of his aromatic...

Here’s a wine that expresses all that we love about this region which has produced consistently some of the finest...

If you’re looking for that clean, pure, fresh, vibrant Savvy, then it’s pretty hard to go past this terrific value-for-money,...

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...

Ah, the wonders of Eden Valley Riesling as it just starts to enter its secondary phase. This one is beginning...

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

What a beautiful example of Eden Valley Riesling is this estate Pewsey Vale wine. The nose is intense lemon with...

When I saw this wine in the tasting line-up, I couldn’t wait to get my mitts on it, and from...

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

A blend of Cinsault, Grenache, Rolle and Syrah from the heart of Provence. The palest onion skin blush with copper...

An appealing Beaujolais made from 100% Gamay. Vibrant ruby colour with aromas of strawberry, raspberry and a touch of cherry...