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Cloof Bush Vines Cab Pin/Shrz
Sku: 7028 750ml
Retail Price: $15.74
Tom Cannavan: UK Wine Critic and Columnist "Given its luxurious recipe (i.e. ageing in French oak), the price is very low, but the wine delivers. The nose is dominated by the Shiraz, giving pepper and spice along with bright cherry and raspberry fruit.
De Bortoli 8 Yr Old Tawny Port
Sku: 7360 750ml
Retail Price: $25.98
Decanter World Wine Awards - COMMENDED
De Bortoli Deen Vat 2 Sauv Blc
Sku: 7382 750ml
Retail Price: $15.99
87 Points - James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion 2007
De Bortoli Deen Vat 4 Pet.Verd
Sku: 5412 750ml
Retail Price: $17.99
Decanter World Wine Awards 2007 - Commended
De Bortoli Deen Vat 8 Shiraz
Sku: 5413 750ml
Retail Price: $17.99
87 Points - "Wine Spectator, USA" - Harvey Steiman, May 15, 2007
De Bortoli Deen Vat 9 Cabernet
Sku: 7044 750ml
Retail Price: $16.99
88 Points - James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion 2007
De Bortoli Noble One Botrytis
Sku: 1305 375ml
Retail Price: $32.99
95 Points - James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion 2007
De Bortoli Premium Res. Chard
Sku: 7737 2000ml
Retail Price: $24.97
Toasty, nutty notes lead onto honeyed stonefruit aromas. Full-flavoured palate with slightly dominant oak character. A well balanced wine. Winestate - April 2007
De Bortoli Premium Res. Shiraz
Sku: 7736 2000ml
Retail Price: $24.97
Of the three red casks rated good in (Quaff 2007), this is my favorite. It's more perfumed and juicer, ripe but not overripe, showing red berry and plum flavours, good concentration and importantly balance. The tannins are finer and more approachable. Peter Forrestal, Quaff 2007
De Bortoli Sel.Petite Sirah
Sku: 7308 750ml
Retail Price: $12.97
85 Points - "Wine Spectator, USA" - Harvey Steiman, March 31, 2007
De Bortoli Windy Pk Pinot Noir
Sku: 3545 750ml
Retail Price: $19.99
"Windy Peak Pinot Noir is yet another TREMENDOUS wine from the epic De Bortoli Team. Matthew Jukes - Taste Food & Wine 2008
Horse Mountain Shiraz
Sku: 7136 750ml
Retail Price: $18.23
Horse Mountain Shiraz: 2005
4 1/2* -- 2008 South Africa Platter Guide
Gold Medal -- 2007 Veritas Awards
Silver Medal -- 2007 London Wine Trade Fair
Certificate -- 2007 Decanter World Wine Awards
Las Moras Tannat Reserva
Sku: 6960 750ml
Retail Price: $12.99
Wine Advocate Issue # 174 December 2007 – Robert Parker Las Moras Reserve Tannat 2004 – 86 Points BEST BUY
Mitolo GAM McLaren Shiraz 2005
Sku: 7509 750ml
Retail Price: $43.67
The Wine Advocate Robert Parker 95 points
Mitolo Reiver BV Shiraz 2005
Sku: 7508 750ml
Retail Price: $43.67
The Wine Advocate Robert Parker 94 points
Mitolo Savitar McLaren Shrz'05
Sku: 7510 750ml
Retail Price: $54.86
The Wine Advocate Robert Parker 96 points
Mitolo Jester McLaren Shiraz
Sku: 7321 750ml
Retail Price: $26.30
The Wine Advocate Dr Jay Miller 91 points "…It is outstanding value"
Shaw and Smith M3 Chardonnay
Sku: 6964 750ml
Retail Price: $38.35
The Wine Spectator “Top 25 Benchmark Australian Wines.” Jancis Robinson gives it 18.5/20
Shaw and Smith Sauvignon Blanc
Sku: 7271 750ml
Retail Price: $25.98
James Halliday The Australian Wine Companion 2007 95 points
Shaw and Smith Shiraz
Sku: 7178 750ml
Retail Price: $38.35
Harvey Steiman, The Wine Spectator 92 points.
Skillogalee Hand-Picked Riesl.
Sku: 7517 750ml
Retail Price: $23.15
90 Points, James Halliday – August 2007 – Tropical lime and citrus aromas, generously flavoured with lots of similar tropical/citrus nuances, as often, marches to the beat of its own drum. 4 1/2 Stars, The Wine Diva – www.winediva.ca Vancouver – April 2007
Skillogalee Lees-Stirred Chard
Sku: 7514 750ml
Retail Price: $22.18
4 Stars, Winestate Magazine – July 2007 – Nutty, buttery aromas with subtle peach fruit underneath. Tropical type flavours. Toasty oak picks up in the middle and continues through to the finish.
Skillogalee Sparkling Riesling
Sku: 7515 750ml
Retail Price: $27.70
Hyatt-Advertiser SA Wine of the Year Awards, August 2007– Consumer Panel runner up. Clean, fresh, Clare-fruit lemony aromas with lovely bright, crisp flavours and revitalizing structure that brings a smile to the sparkles and an uncomplicated pleasure in the wine – Tony Love
Skillogalee BP The Cabernets
Sku: 7518 750ml
Retail Price: $28.50
Silver Medal – New Zealand Wine Show 2006
4 Stars, Winestate, July 2007 – Projecting aromas of sweet fruit and savoury. Quite a sweet and complex palate, nicely rounded out by cedary oak.
Skillogalee Shiraz 2004
Sku: 7318 750ml
Retail Price: $26.12
92 points, Tony Love – Adelaide Advertiser, April 2007
91 points, Peter Scudamore-Smith – Top 100 Wines, July 2007 – A classic from Clare Valley.
90 points, James Halliday – August 2007 – Medium-bodied, smooth and supple blackberry and black cherry fruit, fine tannins, controlled oak and a long finish.
Neagles Rock One Black Dog '05
Sku: 7445 750ml
Retail Price: $48.99
95 pts Gourmet Traveller May 2008.
Blue Gold Medal at the 2008 Sydney International Wine Competition. Rich and powerful: Masses of flavour and typical Clare Valley stuffing. Starts out with herbal and oaky scents; the fruit richness grows on you. Tannins are fine and the palate is smooth and savoury. Five Stars.
Casa Catelli Pinot Grigio
Sku: 7526 750ml
Retail Price: $15.70
85 pts, Best Buy Wine Enthusiast November 2007 The Clean floral-fruit fragrances with just a hint of dry hay and pleasant golden apple aftertaste make this Pinot Grigio a unique wine of great character.
Casa Catelli Negroamaro
Sku: 7527 750ml
Retail Price: $17.87
100 Best Values of the Year by Wine & Spirits magazine. The earthy, smoky, savory flavors of this Negroamaro are as dense and delicious as moussaka, with which it would be terrific
Casa Catelli Primitivo
Sku: 7528 750ml
Retail Price: $17.87
87 Pts. THE WINE & SPIRIT MAGAZINE. "Good Value" Lush and ripe without being jammy, this is a dark, blackberry-filled primitivo. Its gamey undertones suggest a pairing with duck confit.
Casa Catelli Nero D'Avola
Sku: 7525 750ml
Retail Price: $17.87
Silver Medal San Diego Wine Competition 2008 Rich ruby red colour, intense and ethereal nose of dried flowers. On the palate it's soft and fruity with notes of cherries and spices.
Elderton Ashmead Cabernet
Sku: 7511 750ml
Retail Price: $73.33
Robert Parker's 'The Wine Advocate' - 96 POINTS.
2008 Sydney International Wine Show - BLUE GOLD MEDAL
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 92 POINTS
New Zealand International Wine Show - GOLD MEDAL
Elderton Estate Merlot
Sku: 7512 750ml
Retail Price: $32.51
Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine April/May 2008 - 5 STARS AND 93 POINTS (top Merlot of tasting)
Elderton Estate Shiraz
Sku: 7513 750ml
Retail Price: $27.04
Robert Parker's 'The Wine Advocate' - 94 POINTS
2008 London International Wine Challenge - GOLD MEDAL
Elderton Tantalus Shz/Cab/Merl
Sku: 7539 750ml
Retail Price: $16.14
"Devoted Shiraz tipplers can still get their fix from this blend, which contains 32 per cent cab sav. It is strong on flavours of plum, cherry and cassis - or blackcurrant - which turned a marinated barbeque meal into a taste sensation." - MX Magazine, Australia
Elderton Estate Cabernet
Sku: 7556 750ml
Retail Price: $27.12
2008 Sydney International Wine Show - BLUE GOLD MEDAL
Robert Parker's 'The Wine Advocate' - 93 POINTS
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar - 90 POINTS
Hungerford Victoria Pinot Gris
Sku: 7418 750ml
Retail Price: $23.29
Rating 90/100 - James Halliday. Has more than average attitude and flavour, with notes of pear, lychee and strawberry.
Leeuwin Art Series Riesling
Sku: 7521 750ml
Retail Price: $26.29
91 points Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar July/Aug 06 Pale gold. Waxy, honeyed and minerally on the nose, with vibrant fruit notes of yellow apple, Bosc pear and white peach. Then quite broad on the palate, with a wide range of fruit flavours: Meyer lemon, ruby-red grapefruit, lime and white peach. Very dry and firm on the back end, with a refreshing hit of quinine adding refreshment. The crisp minerality carries impressively through the finish.
Leeuwin Art Series Shiraz
Sku: 7519 750ml
Retail Price: $35.25
90 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October, 2007
94 Points - To 2024 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion, 2008
Classic medium-bodied shiraz, the blackberry fruit with nuances of spice and earth: greater vibrancy and purity than prior releases as the vines become older: fine tannins and quality oak.
Leeuwin Art Series Cabernet '02
Sku: 7312 750ml
Retail Price: $54.87
94 points Stephen Tanzer INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR July/Aug 2006 Saturated ruby color. Flat-out gorgeous aromas of bitter cherry, cassis, graphite, cedar, Cuban tobacco, dark chocolate and dried flowers. On the palate, juicy dark and red fruit flavors play off musky, almost decadent underbrush and tobacco, with precise but understated Asian spice notes adding even more complexity. This boasts remarkable balance and compelling intricacy of fruit, spice and earth qualities on the long, suave finish, picking up notes of violet and fresh rose on the back. For the money, this is a no-brainer in outstanding, age worthy cabernet.
Leeuwin Siblings Sauv.Bl/Semil
Sku: 7524 750ml
Retail Price: $25.37
The wine offers pungent aromatics with some green notes, mineral, fresh herbs, and bright citrus fruit. Medium-bodied, ripe, and nicely balanced, there are excellent mature flavors and a long, pure, spicy finish. Cool climate character and European elegance. Dr Jay Miller, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October, 2007
Leeuwin Art Series Chard. 2004
Sku: 7520 750ml
Retail Price: $73.54
95 pts - Jeremy Oliver, 2008 Wine Annual
94 pts - Wine Spectator's Advance, November, 2007
94 Points - Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jul/Aug 2007As usual, one of the best Australian chardonnays of the year.
93 pts - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2007 The 2004 Chardonnay "Art Series" was aged for 18 months in 100% new oak. It offers a classic Puligny aromatic profile of mineral, butterscotch, white peach, spiced apple, and poached pear. This leads to a streamlined Chardonnay with its oak totally integrated, ripe, elegant flavors, outstanding depth and concentration, and a long, pure finish. It will evolve for 2-3 years and drink well for up to a decade as a recent taste of the 1987 (92 points) demonstrates. Leeuwin Estate is one of the benchmark wineries of Western Australia.
Mt. Mary Triolet Sauv Bl. 2005
Sku: 7259 750ml
Retail Price: $82.32
95/100, Jeremy Oliver, Savoury, this elegant and shapely white blend underpins its juicy flavours of gooseberries, melon and lemon rind with a finely powered chalkiness. Backed by cloves and cinnamon, with a hint of fresh lychees and vanilla oak, it’s long and briney, finishing with texture, shape and focus.
Mt. Mary Chardonnay 2005
Sku: 7260 750ml
Retail Price: $82.32
95/100, Jeremy Oliver. Elegant, supple and shapely, with fresh flavours of white peach, melon and citrus backed by nutty, creamy and vanilla-like undertones, it’s long, taut and vibrant, with a refreshing finish of tightly integrated and lightly mineral acids. There’s a hint of toast and butter beneath its bouquet, while beneath its juicy palate lies a fine chalkiness. It becomes more powdery and austere, with lingering fruit and faint cashew-like undertones.
Mt. Mary Pinot Noir 2004
Sku: 7261 750ml
Retail Price: $139.77
94/100, Jeremy Oliver. Elegant, smooth and supple with a spicy, floral perfume of raspberries, redcurrants, cloves and cinnamon, over suggestions of sweet vanilla/cedary oak and a hint of raisins. It opens slowly, becoming more juicy, fleshy and silky, presenting a restrained array of sweet cherry/berry fruit knit tightly with fine, bony tannins.
Mt. Mary Quintet Cabernet 2004
Sku: 7262 750ml
Retail Price: $139.77
96/100 Jeremy Oliver Supremely elegant, stylish and focused, this aristocratic red has a heady, floral perfume of dark cherries, plums, cassis and blackberries backed by scents of violets and dried herbs, dark chocolate/vanilla oak and suggestions of mocha. Sumptuously flavoured but silky-smooth, it’s dark-fruited, dusty and savoury, with an intensity that builds steadily towards its palate-staining finish. Framed by fine and beautifully ripened tannins, it flaunts its considerable influence from merlot.
Torbreck Woodcutters Shiraz
Sku: 6987 750ml
Retail Price: $30.83
Robert Parker 92 points
Torbreck Struie
Sku: 6989 750ml
Retail Price: $54.98
Robert Parker 94 points
Torbreck The Factor 2003
Sku: 6990 750ml
Retail Price: $134.75
Robert Parker 96 points
Torbreck Woodcutters Semillon
Sku: 6986 750ml
Retail Price: $27.17
Robert Parker 90 points
Torbreck Cuvee Juveniles
Sku: 6988 750ml
Retail Price: $28.99
Robert Parker 91 points
Torbreck The Descendant 2005
Sku: 6991 750ml
Retail Price: $134.75
Robert Parker 97 points
Torbreck Run Rig 2003
Sku: 6992 750ml
Retail Price: $246.52
Robert Parker 99+ points
Hanging Rock Cambrian Rise Shz
Sku: 7503 750ml
Retail Price: $28.99
90/100 pts. Wine Spectator Magazine: Smooth and vivid, with spicy, sweet red pepper overtones to the cherry and black pepper flavors, lingering effortlessly against fine tannins. Drink now through 2015.
Neagles Rock Grenache Shiraz
Sku: 7743 750ml
Retail Price: $20.95
James Halliday Top 100 Wine - 2007
Neagles Rock Mr.Duncan Cab/Shz
Sku: 7744 750ml
Retail Price: $20.95
93 Points in 2008 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion - Paddy Kendley Wine Outlaw Review
Neagles Rock Riesling
Sku: 7742 750ml
Retail Price: $20.97
Silver Medal at the 2007 Canberra International Riesling Challenge
Neagles Rock Frisky Filly Res.
Sku: 7741 750ml
Retail Price: $30.45
94 Points in 2007 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion - Blue Gold Medal at the 2007 Sydney International Wine Competition - "Highly Recommended" Fresh and light. Lovely impact with mineral traces. Very fine.
Yarra Yering Dry Red No 1 2003
Sku: 7253 750ml
Retail Price: $82.70
92 Pts Wine Advocate - Exhibits a deep ruby colour along with attractive cedary, earthy and black fruits. It is a structured big distinctive Australian red boasting loads of complexity and character. It should drink well for a decade.
Starbucks Coffee Liqueur
Sku: 6592 750ml
Retail Price: $28.79
94 PTS, BEST TASTING COFFEE LIQUEUR - Beverage Tasting Institute, USA
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