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Chateau Aspras Cotes de Provence Rose 'Les Trois Freres' 2024 is Cotes de Provence Rose at its best.  Organically grown, it boasts a floral perfume, and an enticing soft, pillow palate.  

Greco di Tufo is grown in the chalky hills around the village of Tufo nearby to Naples.  It is a great seafood wine and would go down a treat with an insalata caprese,

A King Valley Pinot Gris is the latest addition to the Garde line up.  This is an alluring with the captivating aromatics of honey and tarte tatin.  Round and pillowy in texture, it is an absolute steal at just $18 per bottle.

It might have been an indifferent year for red Bordeaux, but 2011 was a excellent Sauternes vintage.  In 375ml half bottle format La Tour Blanche 2011 is drinking superbly now.

Rustenberg is one of South Africa's historic wineries.  Its 2023 Stellenbosch Chardonnay follows in the vein of previous releases.  It is a generously endowed wine with nutty, spicy complexity and an undertow of acidity.

Ocean Eight Pinot Gris ranks among Australia's best examples of the variety.  The 2024 vintage release is bang on form with lifted aromatics, tremendous intensity of flavour and pillowy texture.

There are few more consistent performers in Australian Pinot Noir than Moorooduc Estate.  The 2023 release of the Estate Pinot Noir is drinking well off the bat and will evolve in bottle for several years.

Bosquet des Papes Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc showcases terroir and the art of blending to a tee.  It delivers a near perfect balance of richness and freshness.

Godello is Spain's answer to white Burgundy.  Qualitatively, it can hold its own with top Chablis and Puligny-Montrachet, but at less than half the price.  Rafael Palacios Louro do Godello is a wine of aroma and texture, with poised acidity.

2023 was a typical modern era vintage for Chablis delivering generously flavoured wines with saline, mineral twang.  Thierry Mothe Chablis AC 2023 is bang on the money, and is drinking well now.

Muscadet is a great alternative to Chablis, at less than half the price.  Light in body, bone dry with a distinct briny twang, Domane de l'Olivier Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie 2023 is a benchmark example of the appellation.

Leading Chateauneuf producer Bosquet des Papes makes a, elegant, spice-laden Cotes du Rhone drawing on fruit from a parcel situated just outside of Chateauneuf-du-Pape.  The 2022 vintage release is bang on form and will evolve in bottle for several…

Beyond rhe glitz and glamour of the classed growths, Bordeaux is doing it tough.  There is real value to be found in Bordeaux, if you know where to look.  Chateau Hyot Cuvee Prestige 2020 is one such wine.  

Sohm & Kracher is the collaboration of multi-award winning Austrian sommelier Aldo Sohm and Gerhard Kracher, son of iconic Alois Kracher.  The 2021 vintage of Gruner Veltliner Lion possesses great varietal character and crystalline purity.

The 2022 vintage marked the 50th anniversary of Moss Wood.  It was a late vintage of exceptional quality.  Some have even compared 2022 to the legendary 2001 Margaret River vintage.  This is a great Moss Wood Cabernet that will evolve…

2019 could well be the greatest Bordeaux vintage of the modern era.   Chateau Lalande de Gravet St Emilion Grand Cru 2019 of proof positive of the the quality that can be found in Bordeaux for a modest price.  It can be enjoyed now and…

Apostolos Thymiopoulos is crafting world class wines from the Xinomavro grape in rugged northern Greece.  There is no better way to get a feel for Xinomavro than his Young Vines cuvee. 

Florence Fiano is a pioneering wine made from New Zealand's first Fiano plantings.  It comfortably holds its own with examples from Italy's Campania region.

Pelaverga is pretty much exclusively grown in the commune of Verduno, which is situated in the northern sector of Barolo. Bel Colle Pelaverga is a benchmark example of the variety, pale garnet in appearance with red fruits and a twist of spicy complexity.…

The latest addition to the Garde line-up is a premium single vineyard Shiraz from the Eden Valley.  This is a stylish high elevation Shiraz from a great vintage at a very attractive price.

The 2023 vintage release of Banchetto del Cinghiale Chianti delivers a beautiful balance of vibrant cherry-accented fruit married with savoury earthy, tobacco-tinged notes.  It's a delicious unpretentious wine at a modest price.

Neldner Road Kraehe Shiraz 2021 is the best wine David Powell has made in his storied career.  It is also the first current release Australian wine Jeremy Oliver has scored 100 points.  Oliver anointed it as the successor to another legendary…

Beaune-based merchant house Andre Goichot is a significant player in the Cote Chalonnaise including the village of Givry. It's Givry Champ La Dame 2021 is silky and possesses considerable depth of flavour. 

Moss Wood proprietor likened the 2021 vintage of the estate's Cabernet Sauvignon to another cool year - 1975.  In Mugford's eyes, 1975 ranks as one of the all time great Moss Wood Cabernets.

The tiny Rill House Vineyard situated at 650 metres elevation in the Macedon Ranges is the source of the one of the best barrel-fermented Chardonnays we have come across in recent times.  Made by Curly Flat winemaker Matt Harrop.

Anyone who has cellared and drunk mature bottles of wine sealed under cork knows how much of a challenge removing old, crumbly corks can be.  This is where the Durand® Vintage Wine Cork Remover comes into play. 

Like Dom Perignon P2 Plenitude and Bollinger RD, Redolent Late Disgorged underoges extended lees ageing prior to disgorgement.  The difference is that it sells for less than $40 per bottle!  This is complex and mature sparkling wine from the…

English wine scribe Neal Martin recently anointed Domaine Henri + Gilles Buisson as one of six estates that could become Burgundy's next superstar - that's high praise indeed.  The brothers Buisson make very smart entry level Bourgognes under their…

The mild 2021 vintage has yielded a highly impressive wine from the brothers Jaume..  If you like full bodied wines with plenty of spicy complexity, this wine is for you.