Mule Rose 2017
Mule is the “straight to video” range of the Giants Steps winery. This rose is made with McLaren Vale sangiovese. The $35 price tag, history suggests, isn’t to be taken seriously.
View ArticleGemtree Luna Temprana Tempranillo 2017
Preservative free. Organically grown. McLaren Vale. Tempranillo. Tick tick tick tick.
View ArticleShingleback Black Bubbles Sparkling Shiraz NV
An interesting sparking shiraz. McLaren Vale fruit.
View ArticleOrganic Hill Sauvignon Blanc 2017
With a name like Organic Hill you wouldn’t want to lose their certification! Meanwhile, the label says ‘South Australia’ but if you dive deeper into the Internets you find out this is indeed from...
View ArticleFamiliar Creature Mataro 2017
A new release, new brand, fresh looking outfit – Familiar Creature sees a single site mataro come to life from organic-BD grown (not certified) vines. A couple of weeks on skins, hangs out in old oak,...
View ArticleBig Easy Radio Perpetual Holidaze Grenache 2016
I like the aesthetic and feel of these wines before I even open them. Set in an old wino’s port bottle, slightly mad design, some fist in air slogans on the bottle (‘4 an end to: the 9 to 5’ and...
View ArticleRudderless Vineyard Malbec 2016
121 doz. 16 percent new oak. Here’s a Malbec that really tastes like Malbec.
View ArticleRudderless Vineyard Grenache 2016
Quite enjoy the 2016 vintage red wines from McLaren Vale. They seem to have a bit more brightness and energy about them than the few vintages preceding.
View ArticleRudderless Vineyard Grenache Mataro Graciano 2016
In lieu of Crème de menthe, this is the vin de soif of the Rudderless range.
View ArticleLino Ramble Simon Says 2017
Saperavi, 52 cases produced. Quite a thing hey? Hello Georgia. Picked with very high acidity held. Second crop fruit here.
View ArticleLino Ramble Domino 2017
Organic certified vineyard . Montepulciano. Grafted onto chardonnay some 10 years ago.
View ArticleLino Ramble Red Rover 2017
From Woodshill Vineyard in Ashton, Adelaide Hills. Pinot noir. As a straw poll, I am seeing a shift away from the rep of dry reds to much more interesting wines made from pinot from the ‘ills. Good...
View ArticleRudderless Vineyard Shiraz Malbec 2016
The cellars of the Victory Hotel are full of Wendouree, and perhaps a there’s a little osmotic magic happening to the vineyard adjacent? Who knows. I don’t know much, but I know what I like. It’s a...
View ArticleRudderless Vineyard Shiraz 2016
Doug Govan (grower/owner) and Charlie Seppelt (winemaker) like nothing more than a post-vintage disco where they go bare-chested under white suit jackets and tight white pants. “Keep it comin’ love”....
View ArticleChapel Hill Vinedresser Cabernet 2016
There are many wines in the Chapel Hill range but, it must be said, many of them are good.
View ArticleMr Riggs Piebald Syrah 2016
100% Adelaide Hills shiraz. Previous versions have included McLaren Vale fruit but it’s now sourced from two AH vineyards.
View ArticleRockbare Tideway Shiraz Roussanne 2017
The Rockbare brand is now co-owned by the Jackson Family and the Valmorbida Family. Interesting. It’s a brand I’ve never quite understood, so hopefully it will all become clearer with new ownership....
View ArticleChalk Hill Fiano 2017
Fiano grown on the Oliver’s vineyard. McLaren Vale. 350 dozen made. Partly fermented in old oak.
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