Artis Best Wine Deals

A tiny production, single vineyard Riesling from the Eden, textural and aromatic Sauv Blanc from legend Tim Knappstein, fragrant and creamy PG and a zesty Sauv Blanc from Chain of Ponds. These are all drinking beautifully now and will continue to do so over the next couple of years. The Riesling, a joy now, will spread its wings over the next decade, if you have the patience. Learn More

We’ve had more than a few requests for a Pinot Gris (or Pinot Grigio) 6 pack so here it is. 2 bottles apiece of the exceptional Artis PG, packed with fruit and linear acid, plus Monterra's fruit laden and linear beauty and rounded out with the absolutely magnificent Riposte PG, made by legends Tim and Nick Knappstein. Learn More

6 brilliant Chardies, hand-picked by the tasting panel and ready for you to enjoy right now. A delicious, minerally and linear reserve from Eight at the Gate, bright zestiness from Artis, and the exceptionally delicate and stonefruit-laden Coldstream Guard from the Yarra Valley. The Curtis Heritage, which is more of a nod to Chablis, with its aromatics of citrus blossom rounded out with peach. Leconfield’s buttery beauty which is replete with stonefruit, tropicals, smoke and grilled nuts and First Creek’s delightfully medium bodied Hunter exemplar. 6 lovely Chardies, all ready to drink, right now. Learn More

We get it, not everyone wants to drink Sauv Blanc and even if you do, sometimes it’s nice to get into a pear-laden PG or a crisp and aromatic Rizza or perhaps something even more exotic! So here’s a pack with the Sauv Blancs banished! In their place, a stunning Riesling from Claymore leads the way, laden with citrus and mouthwatering acidity, plus apples and pears and a wonderfully creamy texture in the PG from Artis. First Creek’s PG is dry with a mineral edge, pear aromas and flavours along with green apple. Finally, the Dell’uva Albarino offers a palate packed with peach, lemons, green apples, spice and salinity. It is wonderful by itself and even better with seafood.

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Gris VS Grigio Gris is French for Grey, Grigio is Italian for …. wait for it, grey! Pinot Gris or Grigio, if you prefer, hails from Burgundy in France, a region much better known for producing eye wateringly expensive Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. From Burgundy, it buggered off to all corners of the globe, and never really came home. There’s not much grown in Burgundy these days, but it might surprise you to know that, whilst uncommon, it is one of the 7 allowed grape varietals in Champagne production, and at least one producer has made a Champagne entirely from Pinot Gris. Its spiritual homes are arguably in Alsace, France, as ‘Pinot Gris’ and Northern Italy, where it goes by the name Pinot Grigio. You’ll find it in Trentino Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia, and some in the Veneto, a bit further south. Alsace makes the Gris style- which is ripe and textural and can have some residual sugar. The best of these are world class, textural wines offering nectarine. honey, richness, salinity and some kind of other worldly, umami style magic. They work brilliantly with foods high in umami… Northern Italy makes an altogether crisper style, with high acidity, green apple, minerality and crispness. These go well with sushi and sashimi, a pear, rocket and walnut salad, and fried gyoza… it works with more than that, but you get the idea. PG is beloved elsewhere too, as Grauburgunder in Germany, in NZ and Australia. Early on Aussie Pinot G naming conventions didn’t follow the logic set out by the styles of Alsace and Italy, so you could pour an Aussie grigio, only to find that it was weighty, pendulous and sense enveloping… alternately, an Aussie gris which was rather sharper and less overtly ripe. So… here a pack with one Aussie Grigio – well named for its crispness and delicacy, and 2 Aussie Gris, which are riper, more complex examples All 3 are terrific. Learn More