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Cost of living’s up. Your wine bill doesn’t have to be.

Here’s our attempt at rebalancing the equation: 12 seriously good reds for just $12 a bottle — and not a quaffer in sight

Highlights? Glad you asked:

Griffin’s 93pt Adelaide Hills Shiraz – Black fruit, spice, and a graceful balance that puts pricier wines to shame. A tasting panel favourite.

Red Deer 95pt Langhorne Creek Shiraz – One of our top sellers. Big fruit, warming spice, incredible value.

Norfolk Rise Cab from the Limestone Coast – 93pts, medium-bodied and varietally spot-on with fine tannins and a cedar lift.

Leasingham Bin 61 Shiraz A legend. Over 50 vintages of history in this bottle. Rich, powerful and beautifully drinkable right now (or lay it down if you’re patient).

All up, $144 for the dozen.

That’s $12 a bottle for reds that easily drink well above their price point.

Only 200 packs available – once they’re gone, that’s it.

An amazing cobbling together here of good things, 13 of them, valued at $550, which will set you back just $169. Yep $13 a bottle.

There's Turkey Flat's achingly beautiful mid-weight Barossa GSM, 3 Rings' stunning Barossa Shiraz, Leasingham's Bin 61 Shiraz - a delicious wine which has been in production for over 50 years, and Griffin's delightfully spiced and black fruited Adelaide Hills Shiraz.

3 each of the wines above, plus a bottle of Yaldara's magical super premium Grand Cuvée Shiraz!

Quaffing prices here for quality reds inc Barossa Shiraz, Adelaide Hills Shiraz, Langhorne Shiraz, a stunning, old vine Clare Shiraz from Mitchell, a cracking reserve Clare Shiraz and a very special $250 a bottle Barossa Shiraz behemoth. All up $672 worth for just $180.

If alternative whites are your jam, butter up! Here's a selection of 6 slippery suckers with nary a Chardonnay or a Sauvvy Blanc in sight. All tasted and retasted by our panel and all given the thumbs up. Langmeil’s gold medal winning blend of Rhone varietals Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne. A couple of superb Fianos from McLaren Vale. A magic Sem from the Hunter and a couple of gorgeous PGs- one from the Clare and the other from the Adelaide Hills. All drinking beautifully, right now!

Given times are tight at the moment, we're putting extra effort into the value side of the equation whilst, as always, striving to offer the best wines possible. So, here's a $180 baker's doz we think comfortably passes the Pub Test.

Inside, you’ll find:

3 bottles of a 93-point Estate Grown Limestone Coast Cabernet

3 bottles of a delicious 93-point Adelaide Hills Shiraz

3 bottles of Three Rings' superb Barossa Shiraz

3 bottles of Showblock’s powerhouse 95-point Cab Shiraz

The 13th? Oh, that's just a bottle of Martin’s $150 a bottle McLaren Vale Shiraz—a super-premium stunner and longtime best-seller.

Great wine, serious value. Hard to go wrong with this one.

A premium alternatives pack which we think is a bit of a no-brainer. We kick off with the following four Aussie alternatives. After Five's 5 trophy winning Barossa Montepulciano, which is as good a Monte we have ever seen. From Kilikanoon, their stunning, $96, 96 point, flagship Grenache. Artis brings us a magnificently perfumed Nero and Songlines, an old vine, 100% whole bunch Barossa Grenache. Then we have a Riserva Chianti from the low yielding and fabulous 2020 vintage, and a densely powerful Rioja, made by one of just 2 producers who are more than a century old. These are all excellent and we've no doubt you'll have as much fun with them as we do..