Delicious. Fermented entirely in steel, and packing wild, clean cherries and berries. This is energetic and fun, but it’s refined – like dancing at a gala. A blend of Corvina, Rondinella, Corvinone and a couple of other varietals.

La Ragose Valpolicella Classico 2022

Pretty florals and delicate, lacy fruits that are very true-to-style for Pinot from Western Victorian - yes, that means a little forest floor depth and a slightly raspy tannin. Just delicious. Step aside Snape and Patrick Bateman, we may have a new favourite Anti-Hero. P.S. If I had to 'spoiler alert' that Snape quip, then you're probably too young to be buying wine.

Heroes Anti - Heroes Yeowarra Hill Pinot Noir 2023

Frantz Chagnoleau Saint-Veran Prélude 2023

Frantz Chagnoleau Mâcon-Villages Clos Saint Pancras 2023

Squishy, full-blooded fruits that keep lively thanks to some rose water/potpourri notes. Taken from 20-year-old vines, and grown in a good but challenging season, there’s real concentration and some genuine savoury tannin here.

Schmolzer & Brown High Altitude Nebbiolo 2024

Mon Dieu this is good!!! Full of vivid florals and fresh fruit that has a concentrated, granite aspect to it and just enough dried herbs and sweet spices to elevate things. Super impressive.

Phillipe Viet Fleurie Poncie Gamay 2023

Coating, impressive and full of blossoms, from delicious white florals to citrus zest. Despite maturation in French oak only, the profile is lean and everything tastes as if it has been rinsed over stones.

Joshua Cooper Regional Series Chardonnay 2024

Six months on lees for a more tactile finish that sits soft and lets all the lemon pulp, orchard fruits and honey soak into your palate and warm your soul. Loire Valley Chenin is a special thing so this is a great gifting wine.

Béatrice et Pascal Lambert Le Droit Chenin Blanc Chinon 2023

Soft, supple and svelte with plums and blueberry compote that drip across the palate with ease. If you’ve never had Mencía, this is a brilliant place to start, but be warned, you're starting near the top so replicating the effortless brilliance might be a challenge.

Bloomfield Mencia 2024

Rosende is a single vineyard that’s all granite and flecked sand underground. This produces a lot of texture on the palate but overall, the wine is elegant and clean with handfuls of pomegranate in every glass. We’d recommend decanting this one for 30+ minutes.

Envinate Lousas Rosende Mencia 2022

Groiss Gemitscher Satz Braitenpuechtorff 2022

Tart redcurrant, a hint of green capsicum and savoury whole bunch spice with gentle, well-integrated tannins.

Municipal Cabernet Franc 2021

Get the decanter out, and please swirl, a little air will really open up all the deep Lenswood oomph. Sips are full of dark berries, autumnal bliss, earthy spice and clean acidity.

Field Walk Pinot Noir 2023

Super minerals, like the kind people fly to Iceland to bathe in. Okay okay, this won't get your skin glowing, but it will have you smiling thanks to all the crispiness that’s rounded out with a lil blackcurrant juiciness – trademark Mosel.

Karthauserhof Bruno Riesling Kabinett Feinherb 2020

Joannes Violot-Guillemard Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Beaune La Foulotte Blanc 2020

SC Pannell Single Vineyard Little Branch Grenache 2022

Trebbiano is another one of those special Italian white wine varietals that we just can’t get enough of. If you love a citrussy concentration that washes through layered with chamomile, lime and tart green apples, then this is the bottle you belong with.