From the highly specialised De Bortoli estate vineyard at King Valley. Some blocks of Sangiovese are cane cut to partially raisin the fruit. This creates fantastic richness and concentration of flavours as well as conferring signature rustic savouriness which adds dryness, food friendliness and extra interest to the palate.

De Bortoli have spent many years developing specialised sites and husbanding vines to yield the most exemplary quality of fruit, for a generously flavoured construct of effervescent Pinot Chardonnay. A radiant sparkling wine with cherry/ peach on the nose and palate, combining soft biscuit characters together with elegant berry flavours. Windy Peak offers an appealing balance of fruit character, elegance and finesse. A superb aperitif and perfect accompaniement to the freshest faire.

A delicious new world interpretation of Italy's most food friendly white wine grape, yet with more body than it's continental siblings, fully aromatic with heightened flavour profiles and pronounced varietal fruit. King Valley offers the ideal aspects and most conducive microclimes for growing Pinot Grigio, so very similar to the grape's original home in Veneto and Trentino. Generous in flavour and highly textural, in the tradition of the finest old world styles of Pinot Grigio, Windy Peak is just perfect for bringing out the best in all good food.

An exciting style, vinified from a complex cepage of varietal grapes by the ever progressive Windy Peak. The crispness of Sauvignon Blanc is toned down by the warming stonefruit flavours of Pinot Grigio and dry flintyness of Semillon. The mix is further revved up by some Sardininan savouriness and zest, courtesy of a splash Vermentino. Match Windy Peak with pasta and shellfish, a Vietnamese pho or marinated and barbequed rosemary quail.

King Valley is to Pinot Grigio what the Veneto region is to the invigorating white styles of northeast Italy. Tobacco farmers established vineyards here decades ago to make good wine for their own consumption, the affinity of the Victorian Alps to Italian varietals made a new home for the fresh and engaging Pinot Grigio. The pick of our KIng Valley samplings, an outstanding Pinot Grigio by Victoria's most accomplished viticultural team, a five Halliday star winery, 100% guaranteed to please, arrives fully labelled, without any delivery fee to every destination in Australia.

From the King Valley in Victoria's high country, a good deal of pruning and thinning of Syrah and Dolcetto vines, together with some hand picking and selection of fruit. Cane cutting techniques have shrivelled the berries, concentrating the sugars and bittersweet grape tannins, whilst still on the vine. A wine of explosive Dolcetto characters with flavours akin to the shed dried styles of Italy's Veneto region, De Bortoli have achieved, an exciting fresh red, fully Euro in styling with the emphasis on fruit, suppleness and food friendliness.

A totally different style, this one is made for immediate drinking, and is packed with vibrant cherry fruit. A true barbecue stopper. Excellent value and highly recommended.

Scotchman's Hill can source grapes from the higher altitudes of King Valley, where the crisp and saturate microclimes develop Chardonnay that's renowned for sparkling wine. A backbone of fruit grown to vineyards nearby the Geelong winery is vinified alongside parcels of cool ripened King Valley Chardonnay, achieving a remarkably mouthfilling blanc de blancs style exhibiting elegance and poise. Offering excellent varietal definition and superb balance, the sparkler of choice to serve at every ocassion, as a smart aperitif or to accompany your favourite cuisine.

Esoteric varietal wines grown to higher altitudes reflect the diversity of King Valley. Fruit for the Sunday Morning is harvested off sites grown to elevated, slow ripening mesoclimes, covered by snow in winter and shrouded by cloud at other times of year. Parcels from the Cavedon Vineyard at Whitfield form the wine's vivacious backbone. Grapes are harvested in pristine condititon exhibiting bright aromas and excellent flavours. This articulate Pinot Gris presents poignant nut and floral characters within a structure of fine texture and ripe orchard fruit.

One of the earliest wine grapes on historical record, a small parcel of Fiano was planted to a lofty hilltop site with breathtaking vistas of the surrounding vineyards at Myrrhee in Valley King. Treated to an old world style, wild yeast barrel ferment, lees stirring battonage and eight months of age in a selection of seasoned French oak barriques. Feijoa, basil and lemon, thyme, supported by subtle creamyness and a fine seam of crisp minerality, a splash of varietal sibling Garganega contributes yet another layer of interest to an intriguing wine.

Emily is a wine to be enjoyed at any time and to celebrate every occasion, Emily is the life of the party! The Redbank spirit commemorates the ingenuity and courage of early Australian settlers. Punished by hardships, searing droughts and flooding rains, these pioneering men and women took up the challenge but never gave up their thirst for relaxation and celebration at every opportunity. Emily is fashioned by the canny girls at Redbank to drink beautifully alongside good company and your favourite fare.

From the highest elevation vineyards in King Valley, up to 860 metres, the chilly climes extend the ripening for full development of crisp, elegant flavours. Treated to an extended term of twenty three months bottle age on sedimentery yeast lees, a choice component is sent to seasoned oak barrels for a course of maturation and added complexity. A finely beaded style of delicate zest perfumes, almond pralines and strawberry over supple rose floral, the palate is finely structured with an underlying core of fresh citrus acidity that drives through to the finish.

Pizzini operate vineyards on the gently undulating slopes and terrace flats of King Valley which lead down to the river. Wine impresario Gary Crittenden was instrumental in assisting Alfred Pizzini to source their Sangiovese rootstock. Pizzini are all about showing the robust yet approachable side of Sangiovese, it's made for drinking day or night. The palate is classic Sangiovese in that it bursts to life with vibrant, crunchy cherry flavour and delivers just enough savoury tannin to get the appetite firing. Match it with fine Italian cuisine and piquant Asian faire.

Fruit driven, high altitude Merlot in all its splendor, grown to reclaimed tobacco country, as fashioned by a team that has stewarded their vineyards from infancy. Trials with different clones, the continual search for the perfect oak to suit each vineyard parcel, and the team's passion for contemporary styles, are all keystones to ensuring Pizzini remain a leader in the production of fine high country Merlot. A gentle red wine that's wonderful with food, well supported by smooth, soft tannins and gentle oak, finishing with a juicy, fruit filled crunch.

Pizzini delight in the diversity of Italian varietal wines, grown to the idyllic microclimes of Victoria's Alps. Alfred Pizzini pioneered Arneis in the King Valley after establishing that the area was so very highly suited to Italian white wine grapes. Viticulture here is a highly specialized affair which requires skillful clonal planting regimes and vine trellising techniques. Old world tradition and new world skill achieve a fresh, crisp Arneis wine with lingering flavours of green apple, nashi pears and tropical fruits, a good match with crisp skin chicken or ripe hard cheese.

Garry and Rollo Crittenden are dedicated vignerons who channel their efforts into producing small batches of fine wine. Arneis is a rare varietal originating from Piedmonte in northwest Italy which came close to extinction. Crittenden was the first commercially released Arneis made in the southern hemisphere. A backbone of fruit is sourced from good vineyards in the King Valley which is a region endowed with a climate almost identical to Piedmont. An addition from Crittenden's site in Mornington contributes vibrant fruit characters and aromatics.

Brangie Vineyard is a demure two acres of King Valley vine, established in the late 1990s along the banks of Hurdle Creek, on a site that's fortuitously positioned for red wine viticulture. A half acre each of Tempranillo and Touriga Nacional, planted to sandy clay loams which restrict the vigor of vines and concentrate characters in the fruit, yield a precious harvest of the most intensely flavoured grapes with each vintage. A cherry filled wine of lithe spice and winsome florals, Mario's Blend resolves on a length of sweet and savoury fruits, supported by the finest chalky tannins.

A consistent performer on the wine show circuit as it hails from a microclimate that is ideally suited to growing Chenin Blanc grapes with vibrancy and distinctive varietal characters. John Gehrig is a fourth generation winemaker, a descendant of Victoria's oldest winemaking family which settled in the late 1850s at Barnawartha at Victoria's northeast. From Chenin Blanc grown on the Gehrig family estate in Oxley along the King River which lies between Milawa and Glenrowan, a pure varietal wine with a full palate, exquisite balance and clean crisp finish.