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- 2025 Two Tonne Tasmania TMV Riesling
- 2025 Tim Smith Bugalugs Blanc
- 2024 Domaine Fazi IGP Ile de Beaute Rose
- 2025 Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Noir
- 2024 Dominique Portet Fontaine Cabernets
- 2022 Varney Wines GSM
2025 Two Tonne Tasmania TMV Riesling
Riesling from the Tamar Valley here (TMV) from young winemaker, Ricky Evans.
This is a tightly coiled and refined Riesling of streamlined fruit character and finesse. A smidge of residual sugar gives this a lovely balance in the mouth, making it brilliant to drink immediately and a gem for the cellar, depending on when you like to drink your Riesling.
Ricky continues to impress, a rising star of the Tasmanian wine scene and one to keep a close eye on. If you love Riesling from cooler climes, this is absolutely worth a look.
2025 Tim Smith Bugalugs Blanc
Tim Smith has been making wine in the Barossa for more than 20 years and is well regarded as one of the best value small-scale producers in the region. This bargain little white blend is a prime example of why - it's the Rhone Valley meets the Barossa Valley at under $30 a bottle.
The Bugalugs Blanc brings together Grenache Blanc, Marsanne and Roussanne - three Rhône varieties that do well in the Barossa’s warm days and cool nights.
The 2025 vintage is a clean, textural white that tastes of pears, citrus and a little spice, with gentle grip through the finish. It’s made as a wine that Tim wants to drink every day (and so do we!), with wild fermentation, a short rest on lees for texture, and bottled nice and fresh.
If you like a dry whites with shape and flavour but none of the oak heaviness, this one will hit the mark. It’s easy to drink, works with food, and shows why Tim Smith’s wines have built such a loyal following.
96 points
"Serious white wine with beautiful texture, deft balance and drinkability."
- Nick Ryan (The Australian)
2024 Domaine Fazi IGP Ile de Beaute Rose
A refined introduction to the distinctive, mineral-driven style of Corsican rosé.
Crafted from a blend of Nielluccio, Syrah, Grenache, and a touch of Sciaccarellu, this wine balances the island's hallmark tension and salinity with a hint of generosity from its international varieties. It’s lean and sophisticated, offering a bone-dry profile underpinned by granitic minerals and vibrant energy.
On the palate, expect a taut and refreshing experience with notes of pink grapefruit, watermelon, citrus rind, and delicate red fruits, complemented by a fine, peppery texture and a long, crisp finish. It’s both elegant and energetic, perfect for warm days or as an aperitif.
This is terrific value for a stylish, slippery rose from the other side of the world.
2025 Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Noir
Every year, Barney Flanders takes a selection of some of his favourite Pinot parcels from his Mornington sites - Balnarring, Red Hill, Merricks Grove and now Merricks North - and throws down a Pinot that makes the rest of the $35ish crowd in the region look a bit undercooked.
Merricks North leads the blend this year, with plush, perfumed Dijon clones lifting the deep, structural MV6 from the other sites. Whole berries, wild ferments, a short spell on skins, then time in large oak and concrete before bottling it with no fining and no filtering.
It’s got a real Mornington weight and presence to it. Ripe red fruits, a flicker of spice, and a smooth ride of tannin through the finish. When we tasted the 2025, we commented that it feels like Barney's pulled back on the structure and upped the slurpability in this release. It's hard to picture a better value entry into Mornington Pinot than this little beauty.
This is one of our most popular wines every year. How Barney manages to get this quality at this price point never ceases to amaze us but we're glad he does and hope he never stops!
2024 Dominique Portet Fontaine Cabernets
With Bordeaux in their blood, the Portet family have always had a soft spot for cabernet blends, and the Fontaine Cabernets is their way of showing that pedigree in an easy, everyday style. The 2024 is cabernet sauvignon at the core, with merlot, malbec and cab franc rounding things out, all from vineyards scattered across the Yarra Valley.
The season was cool and steady, giving fruit that’s vibrant and finely balanced. Hand-picked, gently fermented, then aged for 10 months in French oak (only a splash of new), it’s a wine that feels polished without being fussy. Medium-bodied, full of dark berries and violets, with silky tannins that make it just glide along.
And while it’s made to be approachable, this vintage really over-delivered - it picked up 95 points from the Halliday Wine Companion and impressively went on to win the Trophy for Best Red Wine at the Yarra Valley Wine Show. Pretty amazing for something still comfortably under $30 a bottle.
This is Bordeaux know-how with Yarra freshness, and one of the best-value reds you’ll come across. Back up the truck!
"An excellent edition of this perennially good and well-priced wine... One of the Yarra's absolutely best buys."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
2022 Varney Wines GSM
This is the quintessential McLaren Vale GSM.
It's a classic case of right varieties grown in the right place. Alan Varney knows how to put these blends together in just the right way thanks to years of experience making wine in South Australia.
He's nailed this wine. The rosy red fruits of the bush vine Grenache coupled with the sweet dark fruits of the Shiraz and the savouriness of the Mataro, it's a winning combination.
95 points
"I cited this as the finest GSM in Australia a number of years ago. While subsequent vintages have been good without being stellar, this is a proud return to form."
- Ned Goodwin MW
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| Price Bracket | $30 or Less |
| Size | 3 |
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