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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.

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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!

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Usually, a dozen priced for everyday drinking means a few cut corners — lesser regions, entry-level wines, and not much to get excited about. But not this lot. These are seriously good reds, starting with the legendary Leasingham Bin 61 Shiraz from Clare Valley, and Manser’s 95-point Dad’s Cut Shiraz made from A-grade fruit in the Adelaide Hills. There’s Houghton’s Frankland River Shiraz — from one of Australia’s best regions for the variety — and a 93-point, estate-grown Cabernet from Norfolk Rise in Mount Benson. And the kicker? A bottle of Yaldara’s Grand Barossa Shiraz —a $250 a bottle stunner is included in the pack. Everyday price, yes. Everyday wine? Not even close.

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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.

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A couple of McLaren Vale Fianos, both in fine drinking fettle, a Halliday 96 point Sem you can decant and drink now, or cellar for 10+, a couple of mindbendingly good Rieslings from the Clare and Eden respectively, and a delicious blend from low-fi Barossa winery, White Gate. Learn More

A meditation on all things red that aren't Shiraz or Cab. We've got Touriga, Grenache, Tempranillo, Mataro, Montepulciano, Negroamaro and Aglianico happening here, and a smidge of Shiraz in the Kilikanoon GSM and the Purple Hands GSM. All things alt red, all offering a very different pathway to pleasure than straight Shiraz and Cabernet. Not that there's anything wrong with that!

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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!

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We love Chardy here at WD, well, most of us do, the ones with good taste... and if you are like most of us, this might just be the pack for you. There's 4 bottles each of the Solaris Adelaide Hills Chardy, a textural lovely replete with ripe and pendulous stonefruits along with rockmelon, vanilla, crème brûlée and brioche. The Dowie Chard, from an elevated, low yielding and sandy soiled single vineyard in Blewitt Springs is also textural, creamy and packed with flavours. The Katnook shows restrained tropical notes, fresh herbs, grilled nuts and butter. Learn More