Gold Medal Winner - Concours des Vignerons Indépendants 2022. It was at Zellenberg in 1785 that Thomas Rentz became fascinated in winemaking, setting up his own vineyard and producing his own wine for his family’s consumption and some local taverns. This is a beautiful sweet white wine, a Grand Cru Gewurztraminer that is so delicate on the nose. One of the few wines that pairs excellently with spicy food. Try this next time with your Chinese, Indian or Thai meal. This wine will also age beautifu

Bronze Medal - Decanter World Wine Awards. The Sparkling style of Blanc de Blancs (using only white grapes) is arguably England's finest expression of Sparkling Wine, and this highly rated Blanc de Blancs 2014 from Furleigh Estate in Dorset offers great value where English Sparkling can be on the touch expensive side. Dry, elegant and beautifully refreshing, this is drinking wonderfully now, but will continue to age gracefully. Taste An elegant white sparkling wine with crystalline features. Be

"Francesco Montresor left a legal profession to take over the family estate, converting it from mixed agriculture to viticulture. The property, one of the oldest in Lugana, has 95ha in various plots in the Veronese part of the DOC, including vineyards directly overlooking Lake Garda. Creete is a toothsome late-picked, single-vineyard selection with a hint of tropical fruits and candied peel on the nose then a rich palate sustained by succulent acidity and a long, dry finish." Le Creete has aroma

Bronze Medal - DWWA.The growing season started well in the spring with an early budburst followed by dry, sunny weather in May and June. The vines were able to bask in a long, relatively warm ripening period throughout the summer and autumn months. Picking commenced at the start of October and the grapes benefited from a longer than usual hangtime resulting in an excellent quality harvest. Wine Press Reviews Bronze Medal - Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 "Nicely restrained aromatic soft herbs an

91 Points / Silver Medal - DWWA. Quintessentially English, only the very best fruit grown at Roebuck's Sussex vineyards is carefully selected for the Classic Cuvée. Crafted from a harmonious blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier, this wine displays wonderful notes of baked apples and stone fruits layered with a biscuity richness. The 2017 growing season started well in the spring with an early budburst, followed by dry, sunny weather in May and June, and a very early flowering – one

95 Points - James Halliday / Halliday 5 Red Star Winery. From the award winning Briar Ridge with its unique terroir to the rest of the Hunter Valley, this lush and rich Albariño showcases ripe apricot and peach aromas with a hint of gingerbread spice. Nicely rounded finish with balanced acidity and a long richly textured aftertaste. Wine Press / Awards Halliday 5 Red Star Winery "Outstanding winery regularly producing wines of exemplary quality and typicity. Will have at least two wines rated at

94 Points - Luca Maroni. A lovely soft and silky Valpolicella from the family run winery Tinazzi. Displaying classical Valpolicella notes of ripe cherry, this excellent value wine is highly rated by the wine press for its quality and value. Blend: 90% Corvina and Corvinone, 10% Rondinella Taste Bright red with intense aromas of rope cherry, on the palate, fresh with soft and silky tannins with the cherry notes following through. Wine Press Ratings 94 Points - Luca Maroni (2022) Gold Medal - Asia

97 Points - Halliday Wine Companion / Halliday 5 Red Star Winery. Featured in Matthew Jukes 100 Best Australian Wines, while also receiving a score of 97/100 from the Halliday Wine Companion. Briar Ridge's Single Vineyard wines are produced in very limited quantities from their unique 'Dairy Hill' vineyard block, only when vintage conditions have yielded the highest standard of fruit quality. Pure Semillon fruit aromas of Kaffir lime leaf and lemongrass, a crisp refreshing palate of citrus fruit

From the renowned winemaker Jean-Michel Cazes, (owner of the 5e Grand Cru Classé Château Lynch-Bages in Pauillac). Taking its name from one of the domaine's finest parcels... ''Estibals''.  This balance of grape varieties provides a perfect expression of the Minervois appellation. The wine is aged in French oak barrels for 12 months. This is an award winning wine, intense blend of 42% Syrah, 36% Carignan, 12% Grenache and 10% Mourvèdre, both powerful and elegant. Taste "Ruby red with purple brus

Bronze Medal Winner - Decanter World Wine Awards. Sourced from the clay rich Raupo vineyard, in the centre of the Omaka Valley. This vineyard has a gentle north – west facing aspect and enjoys high sunshine hours and minimal rain. The vineyard is farmed following organic and biodynamic principles. Creamy and complex, yet still elegant with focused acidity. Taste Presenting a gorgeous bright golden hue, this Chardonnay screams elegance and texture. The nose is lifted with notes of fleshy stone fr

This is an utterly delicious white that tastes very much like barrel-fermented Chardonnay - perhaps from Burgundy. It is rich and sumptuous, with creme anglaise, pineapple, butter and delicate wood character. Intense, with a sustained, flavoursome finish. The wine's story makes it even more fascinating. When visiting friends in Zurich, Martin Meinert was introduced to a white wine made with Merlot grapes from Ticino - the southern, Italian, part of Switzerland. He loved it so much that he resolv

National Wine Challenge (Top 100) - Double Siler - Martin Meinert and Brendan Butler make a very small and personalised range of wines in limited quantities at the hillside Devon Crest vineyard outside Stellenbosch. Their Cabernet Sauvignon, with a dash of Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot is aged for 24 months in oak barrels to produce a wine with silky soft tannins, and polished, ripe fruit. Dense deep fresh red colour. The nose displays red berries, typical Cabernet herbs, spicy toasty

Gold Medal, Grande Prova Vinhos do Brasil.  This award winning, biodynamic, 100% Tempranillo wine from Lidio Carraro has been carefully hand harvested, with meticulous vineyard management and non invasive winemaking techniques to produce the purist expression of Tempranillo possible. Intense, with a persistent taste and a feeling of filling the palate, confirming its density. Ripe tannins, pleasant refreshing and aftertaste of roasting and chocolate. With no oak barrel aging, this wine is a joyo

90 Points - James Suckling. Malvid, an up-and-coming brand, found itself at a crossroads in 2020. The pandemic and dwindling demand from wineries compelled it to shift its focus from cultivation to crafting its own wine. Already receiving multiple awards for its wines, Malvid's Verdejo exhibits great intensity on the nose, with aromas of tropical fruits and citrus notes perfectly combined with herbal undertones. It is structured and balanced on the palate, offering a fresh and long fruity finish

Awarded a Silver Medal at the Concours International du Gamay. Chiroubles is the cru with the highest altitudes in Beaujolais producing a lighter wine, famed for their refined, suave, silky, and elegant style. 'La Forge' is from a small 1 h/a vineyard on the steep granite hillsides, with delightful aromas of fresh blackberries and blueberries with delicate silky tannins.  Taste A bright purple colour, a young wine with fragrant aromas of fresh blackberries and blueberries. Pronounced and light o

90 Points - Silver Medal - Decanter World Wine Awards. An exquisitely elegant English sparkling rosé wine showing great finesse, beautifully delicate bubbles and wonderful structure. A perfect companion to any celebration. Works well with most seafood; scallops, prawns or tuna carpaccio. Taste It has a delicate salmon-pink hue with tiny bubbles. Enticing aromas of wild strawberries and white peach mingle with a hint of rosehip. There are subtle autolytic notes of vanilla-scented brioche and scon

91 Points - Decanter / Silver Medal. Intense lifted aromas of ripe red berries play with notes of violet, pepper and dark chocolate. Full bodied with complex forest fruits, plums, spice and velvety tannins. Situated on a similar latitude to renowned wine regions like Gisborne in New Zealand, Sonoma and Napa Valleys in the USA, Mendoza in Argentina, Sicily in Italy, and Jerez in Spain, Victoria stands as the southernmost and coolest state on mainland Australia and has gained fame for its diverse

Rated as "Top Value Wine" in Australia by The Real Review, the Grove Estate Hilltops cool climate shiraz has lashings of blue fruits, sour cherry, anise, cola, brambles and all with a sappy, complexing edge. The acidity and the tannins work beautifully with the lively and plush fruit and provide cut, structure and grip. Awards Ranked The Real Review’s No.1 Shiraz in Australia for 2021. Awarded Top Value Wine, Top Rank and Gold Medal.  Taste Purple and delightfully youthful in the glass. Lifted a

Silver Medal - Wine GB. Blanc de Noirs 2015 is crafted exclusively from hand-picked Pinot Noir grapes grown at Roebuck Estates Roman Villa vineyard. After careful selection, the grapes are whole-bunch pressed and partially fermented in the finest French oak casks. A generous lees ageing for a minimum of 36 months gives this wine depth, complexity and richness. It is drinking well now but will undoubtedly, continue to improve with bottle age. It was a cold winter which vines tend to enjoy. Sprin

95 Points - James Halliday / Halliday 5 Red Star Winery. From the vineyard’s best block of Chardonnay, south facing and planted on a 450-million-year-old marine fossil ridge, matured for 15 months with 100% new French oak fermentation, the result is a powerful, decadent yet restrained Hunter Valley Chardonnay filled with complex savoury characters, white peach, and flinty aromas. Wine Press / Awards Halliday 5 Red Star Winery "Outstanding winery regularly producing wines of exemplary quality and

Cahors, in the South West of France is the ancestral home of Malbec, where in its French form, it is a more savoury, dark skinned & brooding variety that its Argentinian cousin. Perfected over the centuries, The 'Grand Vin' of Clos la Coutale, Grand Coutale, is a blend of Malbec, Merlot & Tannat with an average yield of only 25 hl, then matured in new oak barrels for 2 years with regular stirring to produce supple and silky tannins. This is an intense, inky, black fruit dominated full-bo

Gold Medal - 2017 NSW Small Winemakers Show. This Cabernet Sauvignon is grown at their Bit O’ Heaven vineyard on the southern side of Young at an elevation of 550 metres. The rich red soil produces magnificent cabernet delivering cabernet’s fragrance, lovely red-berry flavours and assertive tannins. A standout wine from the Hilltops. Awards Gold – 2017 NSW Wine AwardsGold – 2017 NSW Small Winemakers ShowSilver – 2017 Hilltops Wine Show About the Producer Situated within the picturesque Hilltops

92 Points - The Wine Front / Halliday 5 Red Star Winery. A limited release Fiano from Briar Ridge winery, this wine is made in the traditional style displaying aromatic notes of honeysuckle and orange blossom. The intensely flavoured palate shows ginger spice, Nashi pear and subtle nutty characters combined with a rich and textured mid palate. The traditional style adding the acid line providing length and a crisp, persistent finish. Wine Press Ratings / Awards Halliday 5 Red Star Winery "Outsta

95 Points – Tim Atkin MW. Only 9,000 bottles of this experimental Malbec were made by the Durigutti Brothers, Hector and Pablo. It is made from five different parcels of vines, defined according to the soil profile: deep clay loam, silt loam, rocky loam, sandy loam and boulder loam. Each parcel is vinified separately in 'concrete eggs' before the final blend is created. The vineyard is at an altitude of 1,050 meters, ensuring good levels of acidity, vital in the production for high quality malbe