Hunter Valley Semillon is Australia's most profound contribution to the pantheon of conspicuous international white wine styles. Already showing development after some years in the bottle, the plain label behind this splendid rendition of Hunter Semillon belies the quality of fruit within. A generous wiine with evolving toastyness and sublime middle palate richness.

From parcels of fruit grown to choice vineyards in the premiere viticultural districts of Victoria. A style of Shiraz that is distinctly Yarra Valley, by a prominent winemaking estate, to surpass all expectations of what can be expected from a bottle without a label. Dominated by bright varietal fruit and lovely soft tannins, a medium bodied red wine with an attractive colour, alluring bouquet and mouthfilling palate. Representing excellent value, having developed complexity after a spell of ageing, its ripe and ready to enjoy today with all good faire.

Good growers know that to produce exceptional wines, they must start with top quality fruit. The scale of operations for most Yarra Valley vineyards borders on the boutique, making impracticable the automation which other regions enjoy. Hands on viticulture and a reliance on the vagaries of mother nature may be traditionalist and old hat, but close contact with the vines yields the finest fruit. A Chardonnay that's elegant with exuberant aromas of stonefruit and vanilla, closely followed by a buttery palate of cashews and citrus, melon and peach.

Cabernet grapes, grown to the higher altitudes of good Yarra Valley vineyards enjoy long and favourable growing seasons, brought about by cooler climes. Such slower ripening conditions encourage layers of intense flavours and varietal complexity. This unlabelled Yarra Valley exhibits characters which reflect the influences of the region and skill of the winemaker. Outstanding value in a Cleanskin Cabernet Sauvignon, exhibiting ripe varietal blackberry and cassis flavours, gentle background oak and sleek tannins.

Outstanding value in a cleanskin, by one of Australia's best. The winemaker has made the most, of highly specialised vineyards by matching the right fruit to the most extravagant vinification techniques. This sparkling Yarra Valley Cuvée is set to impress even the most discerning artiste.

Crafted with fine food in mind, nature has played a big part in contributing to the flavour profile of this crisp and aromatic, decidedly fruit driven wine. Sourced from good growers operating superior vineyards, the focus being to create a Sauvignon Blanc of excellent varietal definition, a lingering palate and lovely clean finish. Minimally handled to retain the vibrancy of fruit character, cooler ripening sites contribute an intensity of flavour. The addition of parcels from earlier ripening blocks imparts balance and length to the finished wine.

Traditionally vinifed from choice parcels of precious, dry grown vineyard fruit, treated to a no expenses spared vinification which includes a closely managed extraction to ensure that only the softest of tannins are extracted, before ageing in a selection of fine oak barrels. A generous red wine delivering rich flavours of cherries and plum, bramble and liquorice, a further component contributes intense ripe berry fruit characters, dark chocolates and spice over a bed of soft ripe tannins. A full bodied, sumptuous wine of intensity and finesse.

A luxury Chardonnay crafted at one of the Mclaren Vale's oldest operating wineries. Originally intended for labelling under one of Australia's most internationally recognized brands and destined for consumption by the most discerning Chardonnay enthusiasts. An intensely flavoured wine with a complex and engaging palate that belies its packaging and pricepoint, it carries the essential expression of premium McLaren Vale fruit, fashioned to an extravagant vinification and cellared at the winery for extended ageing and development.

Unlabelled Sauvignon Blanc by one of Marlborough's most reputable estates. In a unique and distinctively recognizable growing region such as Marlborough, the most critical work to produce beautiful wine must be done in the vineyard. There is no substitute for well balanced fruit and the maker here has clearly spent time amongst the vines applying the most exacting standards of viticulture right up until harvest. Portions were treated to a luxurious fermentation in oak barriques and puncheons, which contributes a supple undertone of smoky savouriness.

Margaret River makes intensely flavoured, varietally articulate, astonishingly well balanced wines. The remarkable microclimes, within the exclusive coterie of vineyards on the peninsula between Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leeuwin, have a style all their own. Cabernet Sauvignon from these beatified soils makes a world class wine, eerily similar to it's varietal siblings from Bordeaux. An intensity of dark berry flavours, brimming with enticing perfumes and the most gracious tannins, culminate on an intense closet spice, currant and ribena finish.

King Valley is the source to some of Australia's most conspicuous Pinot Grigio wines. The descendants of Italian migrants seem to have retained their traditional flair and intimate understanding of this splendid style of pure varietal wine. Here we have a generously flavoured Grigio crafted by one of the King Valley's more auspicious winemaking estates, recently assigned a breathtaking five star rating by gentleman James Halliday. The palate is clean and crisp with a luxurious minerality supporting all the requisite mix of ripe pear, stonefruit and nut characters.

Here's an exciting King Valley red that offers a spectrum of fragrances and flavour over lively tannins, a mouthfilling assembly of Merlot and Sangiovese grown to cool climate, high country vines. An engaging red with a seamless palate and distinctive Italianate stylishness to savour with all good food, exhibiting many of the meaty spice and plum characters of the lofty Tuscans. A nose and palate of dark fruits and pepper, wrapped in subtle toasty oak, the tannins are brisk, the flavours are long, fully integrated yet complex, the acids invigorating and dry.

The higher altitudes of the King Valley yield some of the finest, slowly ripened wine grapes. Spring runoffs and retentive soils nourish the vines and stimulate the fruit to achieve maximum flavour profiles. Good canopy management is essential to defend the fruit against native fauna and extremes in weather. The fully ripened grapes are quite often the secret ingredient in many of Victoria's most cherished wines. Here's a bottle aged, fully aproachable Merlot wine that never quite made it to labelling, superb value and drinking beautifully.

A well balanced Chardonnay wine with ample palate texture, crisp grapefruit acidity and soft varietal stonefruit characters by one of the most distinguished winemakers in Hunter Valley. The vines were planted to soils and aspects where the excellent growing seasons and favourable ripening conditions yield grapes exhibiting splendid concentration. Nature has played a big part in contributing to the flavour profile of this generously proportioned Chardonnay, decidedly fruit driven with richly textured palate and lovely, lingering clean finish.

Coonawarra remains unassailable in it's production of Australia's most praiseworthy Cabernet Sauvignon. Stocks from choice vineyards across several vintages are assembled to form the ideal base for this luscious, creamy wine. A generous and mouth filling sparkler, exhibiting a palate of persistent red and black bramble flavours, cherry ripe and festive spice, garnished by notes of winegum, dark chocolate and cassis. Effusive and engagingly complex, it's well balanced and finely integrated palate is supported by liquorice tannins and supple seasoned oak.

Coonawarra Cabernet has established itself as a unique genre of Australian wine. The vibrant Terra rossa soils which lie under tiny Coonawarra's superlative vineyards, impart powerful flavours and magnificent richness to the finished wines. This unlabelled offering exudes the characteristic blackberry and currant highlights which distinguish the noble Cabernet, accompanied by spice and vanilla characters that are the hallmarks of quality oak. Excellent value, which in less bountiful years would be branded with the winemaker's label.

Clare Valley Riesling can be found on the finest winelists around the world. This unbranded Riesling exhibits the graceful balance of an artisanally crafted estate grown wine. Variations from one vintage to the next, particularly relevant to cool climate white wine, all contribute to the unique balance between floral, orange blossom aromaticness, brisk lime acidity and powdery, quartz textures. A deeply engaging and envigorating young Riesling to accompany the freshest seafood, designer salads or wet, runny cheese.

A beauty of a wine that was crafted to the highest standards and never meant to be distributed without a label. A solid Shiraz with a backbone of fruit from distinguished Barossa sites, already exhibiting the endowments of bottle age and development, showing the complexity achieved from maturation in a selection of the finest French oak barriques. A long palate by virtue of the quality fruit from choice vineyards. The bouquet is rich, sweet and complex with a hint of spiced coconut oak, a palate that fully delivers with smooth soft tannins that seem to go on forever.

The Adelaide Hills are making finer and more conspicuous editions of Sauvignon Blanc every year, a sampling of the fresh crisp whites from this region tells you why. Some of the most highly prized vintages of Sauvignon Blanc are coming right out of Adelaide Hills, new local wineries and small batch makers are blitzing the competitions. We've discovered an early drinking cleanskin that offers clean and racy varietal fruit, is extremely well balanced with distinctive regionality and zesty acidity, while displaying fine length and a well rounded finish.