Another stylish wine from the Paradigm Hill stable, this time a rather peppery and high toned Shiraz from Col's Block (he's clearly a talented man is Col. Or at least he has a good block named after him or such). What makes this special is just ho...

We’d love to fill a crater with this delicious Pinot from Canterbury, NZ as it’s full of character and innate drinkability. The Crater Rim is actually a small winery that specialises in wines of place and this Pinot is sourced from Waipara. It’ go...

Sourced from the cool Pyrenees in northern Victoria, this full bodied minty, chocolatey Shiraz has powerful plum fruit and plenty of it, showing no shortage of lovely rich Pyrenees fruit and some sweet vanila oak. A biggun' in every way this is lo...

The first vintage of Straight Jacket Shiraz, from 2007, came and went quicker than lightning. So we got on the phone and begged our friends in Margaret River to send over some more. Which brings us to the brilliant 2008 Margaret River vintage – ac...

The Man O’ War reserve range are all affiliated to some kind of military imagery and the Ironclad is a reference to the 19th century warships that had Iron clad added to their wooden hulls. It’s also a reference to the iron deposits found in the v...

Juicy! So juicy you could serve this straight out of the fridge! The joy here is all about lovely pretty Shiraz fruit, the sort of wanton berried lusciousness that makes this one very easy drinking sweeter styled red.

The ultimate Aussie barbeque wine this with its big, bold dark fruit flavours with the kind of concentration that only McLaren Vale can give. There is also some genuine complexity – bit of earth, bit of spice and some tannins too. Perfect for easy...

The Oatleys continue to soar with each release and show that winemaking is in the family’s blood. The Tic Tok range salutes their forebear James Oatley who was a revered clock maker and was eventually appointed the keeper of the Town Hall clock in...

The Oatley name is synonymous with fine Aussie wine. Ever since they owned the Rosemount brand, but besides sailing being a passion they never lost track of the fact that wine was always in the blood. While the Tic Tok range pays tribute to the pa...

The Oatley’s seem to make a habit of doing well in everything they turn their attention to, from winning the Sydney to Hobart on numerous occasions to making premium reds from their beloved Mudgee. This is actually Shiraz from two ends of the coun...

The Oatleys are clever characters when it comes to wine, they know what people want and frequently deliver superbly made wines at both the premium and bargain end. The Wild Oats range is about wines that seriously over-deliver on price and this Ca...

The Oatleys are the masters of reinvention, after selling Rosemount they must have got a little bit restless so decided to launch a wine label that was true to the Oatley family’s heart. They based their headquarters in Mudgee where they still own...

The Amelie is a silken and seductive vixen, a well-proportioned and curvaceous wine that demands you spend a night discovering her wily charms. It’s been crafted by winemaker Corey Ryan, who has taken the best quality Eden Valley fruit and created...

It's a beautiful Pinot Noir this one, built very much in the delicate, fragrant and transparent style more associated with Burgundy than most modern Australian Pinots, reflecting perhaps just how focused and well drunk (in the nicest possible way)...

Arguably the finest Gamay in Australia (alongside the Sorrenberg version) this is a dry, intense and dense Gamay that carefully balances structure and tannins with some red fruit juiciness to make for one utterly intriguing, soft but firm red wine...

'The philosophy behind Ebony is simple: fruit richness, flavour and soft approachable tannins.' Looks like they've nailed it here too, for this is a genuinely approachable red, one that is produced from a whole swathe of different grape varieties ...

The Taylors Jaraman range is about taking the best of the Clare Valley Shiraz and complementing it with another region to add another dimension. In this case the McLaren Vale gets a look in and the results are stunningly good. Full of aromas of pl...

Where is the Promised Land? According to Taylors it’s anywhere the region and the grape go hand in hand and this range of everyday drinking wine personify that belief. This is bistro or barbecue territory, a fruit driven wine with personality and ...

No questioning the intent of a wine like this - it's an unpretentious red blend of generous proportions and simple flavours. It's a BBQ red but a well made one, those nice cedary flavours of a traditional WA Cab Merlot offset with more juicy 'drin...

This is exactly the sort of wine that Margaret River can champion - savoury, dry, food friendly and medium bodied red wine that has a lovely balance between fruit flavours and structure. A wine that is both dry and generous all at once, there is n...