Halliday - 3 Jun 2025
THE RED WINES THAT SHAPED AUSTRALIA
MCLAREN VALE: FUTURE PERFECT
48 HOURS IN LAUNCESTON
PINOT PASSION
BACK TO THEIR ROOTS
Aotearoa’s beating heart
48hrs in Launceston
12 influential red wines
Pinot passion
Local tips to plan your trip to McLaren Vale
100 NEW TASTING NOTES
UK-based wine authority Jane Rakison on ‘EDI’ wines
Katrina Meynink’s ‘Bottle of Plonk’ Short Ribs
Fred Siggins on wine-infused gins
Chris Ryan shares the five wines that shaped his career
The Tasting Team reveal their favourite place to drink wine
Mike Bennie on Rose Kentish and Full Circle Spirits
Jane Faulkner answers your pressing wine questions
The latest news, developments and releases from around the country
Meet Helen Xu, founder of Helen & Joey Estate
INSIDE INSTAGRAM
EUROA GAINS A WINE BAR
WIRRA WIRRA ACQUIRES SECOND ADELAIDE HILLS WINERY
GRAPE
X MALT
The Australian Wine Industry Awards return for 2025
SKILLOGALEE TAKES OVER THE RISING SUN HOTEL
THE GRENACHE ROOM OPENS IN MCLAREN VALE
Corryton Burge opens new cellar door
PURBRICK FAMILY MARKS 100 YEARS
CSIRO AND TWE BREED CLIMATERESILIENT VINES
WINE AUSTRALIA REVEALS 2025 FUTURE LEADERS
ST AGNES TURNS 100
Q&A
WIN
A Rose by another name
Full Circle Spirits Lemon & Thyme Gin, $99
Full Circle Spirits Chinotto Gin Liqueur, $49
Full Circle Spirits Red Amaro, $56
TEAM TALK
FAST FIVE
12
RED WINES THAT SHAPED
AUSTRALIA
2023 Mount Pleasant Mount Henry Shiraz Pinot Noir, Hunter Valley
2022 Coriole Vita Reserve Sangiovese, McLaren Vale
2020 Penfolds Grange Bin 95, South Australia
2023 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier, Canberra District
2021 Wild Duck Creek Estate Duck Muck Shiraz Cabernet, Heathcote
2022 Bass Phillip Reserve Old Vines Pinot Noir, Gippsland
2021 Cape Mentelle Heritage Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River
2019 Craiglee Reserve Shiraz, Sunbury
2022 Dalwood Estate Tempranillo Touriga, Hunter Valley
2022 Yering Station Reserve Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley
2021 d’Arenberg d’Arry’s Original Shiraz Grenache, McLaren Vale
2024 Ochota Barrels Fugazi Grenache
AGAINST THE GRAIN:
HELEN XU
AGAINST THE GRAIN:
HELEN XU
LAUNCESTON
BACK TO THEIR ROOTS
MOORABOOL MAGIC
MOORABOOL VALLEY WINE COLLECTIVE
LETHBRIDGE WINES
BARWON RIDGE WINES
SPENCE WINES
CLYDE PARK VINEYARD
AUSTIN’S WINES
AN AUSSIE ORIGINAL
Gin
Gift Guide
‘Bottle of Plonk’ Short Ribs
2022 Flowstone Touriga, $45
2023 Clarendon Hills Blewitt Springs Grenache, $65
2020 Angove Family Winemakers The Medhyk Shiraz, $65
The heart of Aotearoa
LIP SERVICE
PINOT
PASSION
PINOT
PASSION
Perfect pinot noir
MCLAREN VALE: FUTURE PERFECT
MCLAREN VALE: FUTURE PERFECT
DANDELION VINEYARDS
Explore mclaren vale
ANGOVE FAMILY WINEMAKERS
WIRRA WIRRA
MITOLO WINES
THEY CALL IT XANADU
2024 Best’s Wines Foudre Ferment Riesling, Grampians
NV Clover Hill Noir En Bois, Tasmania
2024 Paul Osicka Majors Creek Vineyard Riesling, Heathcote
2024 Vickery Wines Riesling, Eden Valley
2024 Robert Stein Vineyard Dry Riesling, Mudgee
2024 Brokenwood Indigo Vineyard Chardonnay, Beechworth
2023 Galafrey Dry Grown Reserve Riesling, Mount Barker
WINERY STAR RATING
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
EXCEPTIONAL
RECOMMENDED
OUTSTANDING
CELLARING GUIDE
OUTSTANDING
2024 Longview Vineyard Fortuna Sparkling Nebbiolo, Adelaide Hills
2023 Silkman Wines SILK Chardonnay, Hunter Valley
2023 Swinging Bridge Caldwell Lane Chardonnay, Orange
2023 Oakridge Vineyard Series Henk Chardonnay, Yarra Valley
2024 Medhurst Reserve Chardonnay, Yarra Valley
2023 Kooyong Farrago Single Block Chardonnay, Mornington Peninsula
2023 Kooyong Faultline Single Block Chardonnay, Mornington Peninsula
2023 Dalwhinnie Moonambel Chardonnay, Pyrenees
2023 Devil’s Lair 9th Chamber Chardonnay, Margaret River
2024 Ashton Hills Vineyard Reserve Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills
2023 Alkina Wine Estate Isidore Semillon, Barossa Valley
2019 Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon, Hunter Valley
2024 Brokenwood Indigo Vineyard Pinot Noir, Beechworth
2024 Saltfleet Chenin Blanc, McLaren Vale
2023 Yalumba The Virgilius Viognier, Eden Valley
2024 Jasper Hill Lo Stesso Fiano, Heathcote
NV Lethbridge Wines Yellow, Geelong
2022 View Wine Reserve Gros Manseng, Granite Belt
2023 Leogate Estate Wines Vicki’s Choice Reserve Chardonnay, Hunter Valley
2017 Audrey Wilkinson Museum Release Winemakers Selection Shiraz, Hunter Valley
2023 Hurley Vineyard Lodestone Balnarring Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula
2021 Levantine Hill Estate Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley
2018 Buckshot Vineyard JP Reserve Shiraz, Heathcote
2023 Stefano Lubiana Sasso Pinot Noir, Tasmania
2024 Yering Station Y13 Block Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley
2022 Helen’s Hill Estate First Light Single Clone Reserve Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley
2023 Main Ridge Estate The Acre Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula
2019 Tyrrell’s Wines Vat 1 Winemaker’s Selection Semillon, Hunter Valley
2021 First Drop Wines Fat of the Land Ebenezer Single Vineyard Shiraz, Barossa Valley
2021 Kalleske Johann Georg Old Vine Single Vineyard Shiraz, Barossa Valley
2023 Jasper Hill Emily’s Paddock Shiraz Cabernet Franc, Heathcote
2022 Grant Burge Meshach, Barossa
2023 Curator Wine Company Marananga Vineyard Shiraz, Barossa Valley
2023 Glenlofty Estate The Ridge Block Shiraz, Pyrenees
2022 Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz, McLaren Vale
2021 First Drop Wines Cold Sweat Moculta Syrah, Eden Valley
2024 Tahbilk Marsanne, Nagambie Lakes
2023 MCGILL Saleyards Road Reserve Shiraz, Barossa Valley
2023 Paul Osicka Moormbool Shiraz, Heathcote
2024 Medhurst Syrah, Yarra Valley
2023 Oakridge 864 Close Planted Block Syrah, Yarra Valley
2022 Mordrelle Wines Basket Press Shiraz, Langhorne Creek
2024 Mulline Single Vineyard Sutherlands Creek Shiraz Viognier, Geelong
2023 Mount Pleasant Rosehill Vineyard Shiraz, Hunter Valley
2023 Mitchell Harris Wines Shiraz, Pyrenees
2023 bakkheia The Matelot Malbec, Geographe
2020 Syrahmi Home Block High Density Shiraz, Heathcote
2024 Sutton Grange Winery Fairbank Rosé, Central Victoria Zone
2023 Pooley Wines J.R.D. Syrah, Tasmania
2024 Riggs & Wiggs Cote Vineyard OVP Shiraz, Hunter Valley
2023 Sweetwater Wines Shiraz, Hunter Valley
2021 St Hallett Old Block Shiraz, Barossa
2022 Piano Piano Henry’s Block Shiraz, Beechworth
2024 SOUMAH Equilibrio Hexham Vineyard Syrah, Yarra Valley
2021 YEATES Jack Roth Shiraz, Mudgee
2023 Dalwood Estate Shiraz, Hunter Valley
2023 All Saints Estate Pierre, Rutherglen
2024 Ansted & Osicka 1970 Block Balgownie Cabernet Sauvignon, Bendigo
2022 Balnaves of Coonawarra The Tally Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra
2023 Yarra Yering Underhill, Yarra Valley
2023 Thousand Candles Single Vineyard Syrah, Yarra Valley
2023 Vasse Felix Syrah, Margaret River
2023 Utter Wines Syrah, Upper Goulburn
2021 John Duval Wines Eligo, Barossa
2021 Parker Coonawarra Estate First Growth, Coonawarra
2023 Flametree S.R.S. Wilyabrup Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River
2022 Cape Mentelle Heritage Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River
2022 Blue Pyrenees Estate Richardson Cabernet Sauvignon, Pyrenees
2023 Bleasdale Vineyards The Iron Duke Cabernet Sauvignon, Langhorne Creek
2023 Mac Forbes Hugh Cabernets, Yarra Valley
2023 Glenlofty Estate Decameron Cabernet Sauvignon, Grampians
2023 Printhie Wines Topography Cabernet Sauvignon, Orange
2023 Thomas Wines The Dam Block Individual Vineyard Shiraz, Hunter Valley
2023 All Saints Estate Family Cellar Durif, Rutherglen
2023 Saltram Edward Salter Cabernet Sauvignon, Barossa Valley
2021 Wolf Blass Platinum Label Medlands Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Barossa Valley
2022 Whistling Eagle Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Heathcote
2022 Riddoch The Author Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra
2024 Best’s Wines Old Vine Pinot Meunier, Grampians
2022 Thompson Estate The Specialist Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River
2023 Arila Gardens Saperavi, Barossa Valley
2022 Mordrelle Wines The Gaucho Limited Edition Reserva Malbec, Langhorne Creek
NV Calabria Family Wines Kings of Prohibition Muscat, Riverina
NV McWilliam’s Hanwood Estate Rare Tawny Aged 20 years, Riverina
NV Seppeltsfield Dry Apera DP233, Barossa
NV Morris Old Premium Rare Topaque, Rutherglen
2024 The Story Wines Super G Grenache Syrah Mourvèdre, Grampians
2024 Billy Button Wines The Surreptitious Schioppettino, Alpine Valleys
2022 Lillypilly Estate Noble Blend, Riverina
2024 Seppeltsfield Nero d’Avola, Barossa
2023 Hungerford Hill Single Vineyard Malbec, Hilltops
2022 Flame Hill Vineyard Lagrein, Granite Belt
2023 TarraWarra Estate Estate Nebbiolo, Yarra Valley
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