Wine Heroes
This page is dedicated to our wine heroes – the wines, winery and winemakers that have shaped our vinous journey over the past 20 years.
We have followed, bought, and collected all the wines that feature on this page for many years, and their quality, vintage upon vintage, is without question.
In short, these are the wines we drink, and we hope you will love them as much as we do.
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2020 'Cuvée Boz', Blanc de Blancs, Sugrue
This very limited production wine, Sugrue’s first Blanc de Blancs, is winemaker, Dermot’s tribute to his late brother Boz. A complex and harmoniou...
View full detailsDemi-Sec, Champagne Collet
This delicious sweet style champagne has light aromas of meringue and praline that are swirled in delicate notes of violet and stewed fruits, throu...
View full detailsFemme de Champagne Grand Cru , Champagne Duval-Leroy
This bottle with its harmonious curves preserves the charms of a great champagne, gilded as a jewel and sweet as a perfume, which will seduce the f...
View full detailsRosé Premier Cru Prestige, Champagne Duval-Leroy
A glass of complex rosé champagne with a fine mousse of bubbles and mouthwatering notes of wild cherries, ripe red berries and fresh figs. Made fro...
View full detailsBrut Réserve, Champagne Duval-Leroy
This is the definition of an under-the-radar Champagne. A Champagne house with a storied history, top-quality vineyards and award-winning products,...
View full details2021 'The McRae Wood' Shiraz, Jim Barry
This Shiraz honours the vision of pioneer Clare Valley winemaker Jim Barry. In 1964, Jim purchased 28 hectares of prime land from Duncan McRae Wood...
View full details2021 Shiraz 'Watervale Single Vineyard', Jim Barry
Clare Valley Midnight Dark, vivid and beautifully composed, the 2021 Watervale Single Vineyard Shiraz captures the cool elegance of Clare Valley fr...
View full details2021 Sauvignon Blanc Pioneer Block 1 Foundation, Saint Clair
This Sauvignon Blanc is a powerful and intense wine with an aromatic nose of white currant, capsicum and fragrant tropical fruit with a hint of thy...
View full details2022 Capmartin Bordeaux Blanc, Château Lestrille
A smooth, ripe wine bursting with white peach flavours and superb lemon freshness. Concentrated apricot flavours on the palate are generously kisse...
View full details2022 'Origin' Pinot Noir, Saint Clair
This is Marlborough Pinot Noir with ripe fruit, gentle spice and a lovely savoury thread. Black cherry, cranberry and red plum lead the nose, follo...
View full details2013 The Holy Trinity GSM, Grant Burge
The Velvet Hymn This is Barossa GSM with warmth, depth and a wonderfully old-school sense of generosity. A blend of Grenache, Shiraz and Mourvèdre...
View full details2021 Chianti Classico Riserva, Querciabella
The Velvet Heart of Chianti This is Sangiovese with polish, depth and a very Tuscan sense of purpose. It opens with black cherry, ripe red plum, wi...
View full details2014 Côte-Rôtie, Maison Rouge, Georges Vernay
This 2014 Côte-Rôtie from Georges Vernay is a masterclass in elegance and restraint. The nose is seductive yet poised with violet, black cherry, an...
View full details2017 Gran Reserva Viña Arana, La Rioja Alta
Glowing garnet in the glass with a soft cherry-red rim, the 2017 Viña Arana Gran Reserva is Rioja elegance dialled all the way up. The nose is imme...
View full details2020 Viña Alberdi Reserva, La Rioja Alta
The 2020 Viña Alberdi Reserva is 100% Tempranillo from vineyards that are 40 years old and at a high altitude of 500-600 metres above sea level. Th...
View full details2016 Gran Reserva 904, La Rioja Alta
Elegance, Aged to Perfection. The 2016 Gran Reserva 904 is Rioja refinement distilled, graceful, poised, and beautifully composed. Aromas of red ch...
View full details2023 Châteauneuf-du-Pape 'Cuvée Barberini', Domaine de la Solitude *Magnum*
Domaine de la Solitude’s wines are renowned for their characteristic elegance whilst expressing the true origins of their terroir. The Cuvée Barber...
View full details2023 Châteauneuf-du-Pape 'Cuvée Barberini', Domaine de la Solitude
Domaine de la Solitude’s wines are renowned for their characteristic elegance whilst expressing the true origins of their terroir. The Cuvée Barber...
View full details2023 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine de la Solitude
Domaine de la Solitude’s wines are renowned for their characteristic elegance whilst expressing the true origins of their terroir. This 2023 is ...
View full details2022 Pinot Noir, Sanford
Pacific Coast Pinot A beautifully poised Pinot from the cool, windswept Sta. Rita Hills. The 2022 opens with bright aromas of fresh cherry, wild st...
View full details2023 Chardonnay, Sanford
California, With Restraint This is Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay in beautifully judged form, elegant rather than overblown, sunlit but sharpened by th...
View full details2021 Pinot Noir Block 14 ‘Doctors Creek’, Saint Clair
Neal and Judy Ibbotson were pioneers in the Marlborough wine industry, first planting vineyards in the valley in 1978 and then establishing Saint C...
View full details2025 Malagousia, Ktima Gerovassiliou
Aegean Blossom Fragrant, luminous and full of Mediterranean ease, the 2025 Malagousia is one of those whites that feels generous from the first swi...
View full details2018 Bordeaux Supérieur, Château Lestrille Capmartin
A medium-bodied Bordeaux showing concentrated fruit aromas backed by delicate woody notes. In the mouth is has good freshness, while the structure ...
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