2023 Wine Packs

Four wonderful whites, all of which are drinking well now – no further cellaring required. We lead off with the Curtis 94 point Riesling, which is textural and packed with fruit and a lick of sweetness - perfect with spicy Asian dishes. The Growers Gates are easy drinking, with great texture, and the Cape Jaffa is clean, crisp and tropical. Read more about the winedirect.com.au Wine Club here or contact us at wineclub@winedirect.com.au for more info. Learn More

Sometimes only a chilled glass of Sauvignon Blanc will do. So here are six exceptional examples for you to have a crack at, from WA, Coonawarra and the Adelaide Hills.

Picardy’s Sauv Blanc Sem (85% SB) is superb and age-worthy. Three distinct clones of Sauv Blanc are used along with two different yeast strains. On opening it seems soft and delicate, but as it airs, minerality, guava, lime, passionfruit and all manner of complexities emerge. Deep Wood's trophy-winning Margaret River SSB is also a cracker, as persistent as it is aromatic and laden with citrus and tropicals. The Chain of Ponds SB is crisp and offers a lovely mix of greenery and passionfruit.

The Riposte, made by the legendary Tim and Nick Knappstein, is textural, succulent and pungent; a joy to drink. Howard are major growers in the Adelaide Hills and supply substantial quantities of fruit to what are arguably the two best known producers of SB in the region. This, their own bottling, is of course excellent too. Finally, the Cape Jaffa SB is also lovely with tropical fruits, citrus and more at play.

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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

When Pinot is good, it's absolutely magical... and generally terrifyingly expensive. Common refrains of inveterate Pinot drinkers include 'that's bloody good for $30', and the slightly unconvincing 'nice Pinot', uttered with equal parts relief and lament, 'cos it's decent and tastes like Pinot, but doesn't offer that ethereal, magical, sense-enveloping and expanding magic that Pinot can deliver, albeit frustratingly infrequently. We're here to fix that today, with this Pinot six-pack, which includes: 2x $28 Pinots that are better than most $40 Pinots. This is the Knappstein; light to medium bodied, fragrant, with great acidity. A lovely, moreish drop. 2x $40 Pinots which are excellent, perfumed, powerful and yet light on their feet. This is the Heirloom Velvet Fog; wafting an ethereal and refined Pinot fug, medium bodied, powerful, long and lovely. 2x $70 a bottle, best in class, Burgundian cloned STUNNERS. This is the Picardy, which is in the top handful of Pinots made in Aus. Medium bodied, superlative fruit and glassine, Burgundy-like tannins to finish. Over the past couple of vintages, at least two wine writers have named Picardy their fave Pinot of the year. It's that good! Learn More

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

A ripping selection in the August Platinum Wine Club. Smalltown's stone fruity and textural Chardonnay, Jeanneret's achingly pure Clare Riesling and Hastwell's subtle and saline Vermentino. For the reds, the perfectly cellared re-release Peppertree Shiraz, Red Deer's barnstorming old vine Shiraz and Mazza's fragrant, red fruited Touriga. All superb!

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A ripping selection of whites in the August Platinum Wine Club selection. Smalltown's stone fruity and textural Chardonnay, Jeanneret's achingly pure Clare Riesling, Kilikanoon's world-class, deeply fruited Clare Riesling and Hastwell's subtle and saline Vermentino. All wonderful.

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A wonderfully flavoursome mix of wines that are ready to go right now. Hastwell's Vermentino is crisp and saline; a perfect wine to pair with seafood. The Lloyd Brothers Rosé is a lovely Sunday arvo sipper, and the Smalltown Chardy is all tropical fruits and texture. Hastwell's Cab blend is plush and aromatic with a hint of star anise - perfect with lamb. The Colab Shiraz is full bodied, full throttle McLaren goodness and the Scepter Coonawarra Cab offers violets, blue fruits and great length. Read more about the winedirect.com.au Wine Club here or contact us at wineclub@winedirect.com.au for more info. Learn More

A wonderfully flavoursome mix of whites, ready to go right now. Hastwell's Vermentino is crisp and saline, a perfect wine to pair with seafood. The Lloyd Brothers Rosé, a lovely Sunday arvo sipper. Atze's Vermentino is textural and lush - a powerful wine with plenty of presence. And finally, the Smalltown Chardy is all tropical fruits and texture.

Read more about the winedirect.com.au Wine Club here or contact us at wineclub@winedirect.com.au for more info.

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We like to think of this as a South Australian Riesling sampler pack... once you find your favourites, hit us up for mates rates. Included is the 95 point pristine old vine Dandelion Riesling from the Eden Valley; a 95 point Riesling from Riesling masters Kilikanoon; Lone Palm's 95 pointer, Gomersal's Gold winner, Miss Zilm's magical 95-pointer and more. These are all terrific! Learn More

For the 15th consecutive year, winedirect.com.au has had the honour of being asked to curate the Official Royal Adelaide Wine Show Dozen. This is unequivocally the best to date.

It contains the winners of the following trophies:

1: Most Outstanding Red Wine in Show

2: Best Shiraz in Show

3: Best Shiraz 2020 Vintage and Older

4: Best Shiraz 2021 Vintage and Younger

5: Best Grenache in Show

6: Best Other Varietal Red in Show

7: Best Dry White Blend in Show

8: Best Sauvignon Blanc in Show

Yep, for the first time ever, we’ve managed to secure 8 trophy winners. The quality of each wine is utterly exceptional. Incredibly, 10 of the 12 wines in this dozen were not just gold medal winners, but Top Gold winners, pointed equal top of their class in the initial judging. These wines have done well elsewhere too. The Majella Cab is Winestate’s Cabernet of the year and has won 4 trophies to date. The Redbrook Shiraz has picked up 9 gold medals in other wine shows. We suspect this pack will sell fast. Grab one while you can.

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So much goodness here in what is our most premium white pack in ages. It includes two First Creek Semillons, both of which picked up 96 points from Halliday, placing them equal fifth in a field of 180 tasted so far. Then there's a 96 point White Burgundy (aka Chardonnay) from Jean Loron which retails for $120 a bottle. Grant Burge's Savvy Blanc, which picked up the best SB trophy at the Adelaide Show. Plus Jeanneret's $40 a bottle, 96 point Watervale Riesling and Dowie Doole's exceptional, old vine Chenin Blanc. A bit more detail on this one, cos Chenin is not as well known as Rizza, Sem and Chardy. As Kim Brebach wrote when reviewing this wine, 'The best Aussie Chenin Blanc I’ve tasted, by a mile. The wine was matured in French oak, with some lees stirring I suspect. That has added complexity without suppressing the vibrant fruit ... Crunch and real backbone, and will improve with age, even, like those wines from Vouvray on the lower Loire in France. Unheard of. Brilliant.' Learn More