(Image: Owen Latta – Latta Vino) About ‘Winemaker Owen Latta’s age belies a wealth of experience, making him a deserving winner of the Young Winemaker Medal for his quality Eastern Peake and Latta Vino wines. Second generation winemaker Owen Latta is the Ballarat kid setting the Australian wine scene on fire. Between the premium … Read More
(Image: Anna Pooley – Pooley Wines www.pooleywines.com.au) Winner 2023 Halliday Wine Companion Winery of the Year “Tucked into a bend of the meandering Coal River, there is a deep spirit about the quaint Cooinda Vale vineyard, still the source of Pooley’s finest wines. To winemaker Anna Pooley, sense of place is everything, “for this … Read More
(Image: Jauma) 2022 Fujisan chenin pet nat grown by Lulu Blewitt Springs. Year after year we see improvements in this vineyard after organising organic conversion; more structure, less disease. Super fresh, vibrant, fuji apples, nashis and a light fizz. 2022 1000 fires white blend Mclaren Vale A mix of Chenin ferments; carbonic and 3 days … Read More
(Image: Justin and Lisa Jenkins – Fleet Wines) Who we are Lisa and Justin Jenkins have a clear, dynamic idea of what makes an alluring wine, loaded with charisma. With 30+ years of combined hospitality experience at some of Melbourne’s iconic wine bars and restaurants, they’ve tasted some of the world’s best wines. … Read More
(Image: Dave Fletcher – www.decanter.com) Cantina della Stazione For the Wines I consider myself lucky to be making wines in the Langhe and even luckier that I have no legacy to follow. It’s led to a freedom to play and deconstruct tradition, all in an attempt to start afresh without any boundaries. I’m … Read More
(Image: Tim Wildman – Wildman Wine) 2022 Astro Bunny Pét-Nat Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale, Riverland – South Australia Vermentino 28%, Grüner Veltliner 20%, Verdejo 10%, Zibibbo 23%, Nero d’Avola 19% “A cult classic of the minimal intervention scene” – @LoveTillyDevine “Utterly frivolous” – Jancis Robinson MW HOW IT TASTES We’ve spiced up the Bunny this … Read More
(Image: Ryan O’Meara – Express Winemakers) About Express Winemakers are about producing wines that are uniquely expressive of their origins. We currently lease and manage four small vineyards in the Mount Barker and Porongurup sub-regions of Western Australia’s Great Southern. We feel that the cool climate and ancient decomposed granite soils of the … Read More
New Mezcal Arrivals Alipus Lovingly selected premium artisanal mezcals hand- distilled in family distilleries in rural pueblos in the state of Oaxaca,in southwest Mexico. Alipús pueblos are remote, reached only on dirt roads. Small artisanal distilleries preserve – uncorrupted – the traditional centuries-old ways of distilling mezcal. These family distilleries are very old-fashioned operations. Some … Read More
(Image: Taras and Amber Ochota – Ochota Barrels) 2022 slint chardonnay 2022 adelaide hills chardonnay a tightly wound cool climate chardonnay which leads with mouth- watering grapefruit and nectarine mealy granny smith apples and a fine tuning of nougat and honeysuckle spice sets the foundation for the almost nettle like svelte texture aromatically evolving … Read More
(Image: Basket Range Wine) About “In 1978 Phillip Broderick purchased a property in Basket Range, in the Adelaide Hills. He planted the initial small vineyard containing a selection of Bordeaux varieties in 1980 and began making wine. In the mid ‘80s Phillip met Mary and their two sons Louis and Sholto were born at … Read More
