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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.

The Rose boom has, simply, been spectacular. So let's get in to the nitty gritty. What is Rose wine? How long can I keep a Rose? What grapes make the best Rose? Are darker Rose wines sweeter? All your Rose wine questions answered here...

The producers we're featuring today are some of the best value producers in the country - in our opinion, at least. Dollar for dollar, they consistently offer some of the best buys from their respective regions. If you're looking for bang for your buck, this is where we'd be spending our hard-earned dollarydoos!

We love wine, that much is for certain, but more than that we love the people behind the wine. The great side of Aussie wine - that is, the small, independent side - is packed with personalities and stories of tiny producers making extremely special wines that march to the beat of their own drum.

We love Tassie wines, as might be indicated by the fact that Tasmanian producers dominated the Classification this year. With no fewer than eight of the sixty producers in this year's class hailing from the Apple Isle, it's safe to say they make a great wine down south.

In today's instalment of the DD Classification, we're shining a light on six of these Taswegian rockstars and their brand new releases.

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...