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The Pet Nat craze is here to stay, and there's very few that do this style as much justice as Tim Wildman. Tim is a British Master of Wine who makes the pilgrimage from the UK down to Australia once a year for the sole purpose of making his two Pet Nats. Read more about these epic wines right here...

The Barossa Valley is home to a raft of huge wine companies that dominate the region. However, there are a few excellent artisan producers like today's spotlight producer, Michael Hall, that are making beautiful, hand-crafted wines amongst the big boys.

Our People's Choice Producer of the Year Award goes to none other than John & Belinda Hughes of Rieslingfreak. Their wines have been the recipients of many accolades from wine critics across Australia, and their obsession with a single variety makes for the country's most comprehensive exploration of Riesling. Get your freak on and read more!

It's that time... the DD Australian Wines of 2022 have been selected, and we're stoked to be bringing you this list of 6 absolutely awesome wines that blew us away in 2022. Take a read within and see if your faves made the list!

If you love natural wine, then you're certainly in for a delight today with a whole lot of brand new lo-fi arrivals. We have some highly-sought after releases from cult labels like Ochota Barrels and Lucy M., as well as some amazingly great value wines from the Great Southern from Brave New Wine and Express Winemakers! And of course we couldn't resist mentioning the fantastic range of wines from The Other Right and Geyer Wine Co.

Here comes the first instalment of celebrating the 60 producers in our Different Drop Classification!

And we're kicking it off with producers who are all resolutely individual, there are certain threads of commonality that link them. The common thread between the six highlighted today is a pioneering spirit.

September marks the beginning of DD's 9th birthday festivities, and kicks off a month-long celebration of the Different Drop Classification: comprehensive list of Australia's most exemplary, forward-thinking and sought-after artisan producers. 2022 sees six new producers added to the Classification, so read to see if your favourite has made the list this year...