After a century and a half amongst the world's greatest vineyards, Louis Jadot make Burgundy and nothing else. The unique geological formations and propitious limestone clay soils, impart the wines of Burgundy with a distinctive richness and sublime elegance. Harmony between the soil and vine are . An exquisitely balanced, judiciously medium bodied wine, blossoming with cherries, violets and spice, its plump fruit characters and silken textures, are supported by round, gentle tannins. Elegant and refined, its exquisite bouquet leads to a long, delicious finish.

The creation of Beaujolais is a long process that must be followed with considerable care and patience to allow the wine to evolve naturally. Combe Aux Jacques is vinified from Gamay grapes grown to vineyards in the Rhone and Saone et Loire region, Lantigne, Lancie and Regnie, where some of the finest Beaujolais Villages appellations are located. Among the 55,000 acres of vineyard in Beaujolais, approximately 15,000 are entitled to carry the Beaujolais Villages AOC, which is the intermediary appellation between Beaujolais and the ten individual Crus.

Longview Vineyard lies just a little south of the renowned winemaking township at Macclesfield. Originally one of the region's largest dairy farms, the splendid site has now been planted to some of the most auspicious vines in Adelaide Hills. Yakka is a vigorous Shiraz in contemporary styling, flattering oak and piquant spice, lengthy with flavour over a lasting, clean finish. Grapes are all hand picked to minimize any damage, inoculated and vinified on skins in open fermenters, softened by a course of malolactic and treated to fifteen months in a mix of seasoned and new French oak barriques.

A sensational accord of two stately arcadian varietals which coalesce into a dulcet harmony of sweet, savoury and spiced red winegum characters. Grapes are all hand picked and de stemmed, crushed and traditionally fermented in open top vessels, followed by a year's maturation in a mix of well seasoned French oak hogsheads. Shiraz bring the bouquet forward with spicy peppered currant notes, the palate brimming with crunchy berry fruits, Barbera contributes a measure of juicy, cherry brightness, taut acid backbone and wonderfully seamless structure.

In complete symbiosis, alongside the low yielding Shiraz vines at Longview, are the native flora and fauna of Adelaide Hills. The property is home to kangaroos, geese, ducks, sheep, horses, so many different species of indigenous animals and birds within the Heritage Reserve. To maintain the natural beauty of the existing land, Longview Vineyard employs the most environmentally friendly, sustainable viticulture.

Situated among some of the most picturesque vineyard country, Longview's salubrious southerly vistas are leading the charge of contemporarily styled Adelaide Hills reds, drawing international critical acclaim and a swag of awards. Longview make wine the way nature intended, as an expresssion of the soil and season in which they are cast. Nebbiolo in the Vino Novello style, redolent of fragrant florals and fashioned for early drinking, the perfect suitor to rosemary lamb, duck breast in berry jus or Italian style sheperd's pie with oven dried tomatoes and basil eggplant. Yum.

Longview is just south of the historic township of Macclesfield in Adelaide Hills. Once a dairy farm, it's been meticulously restored and developed into an award winning estate vineyard, now crafting the most spectacular, regionally articulate wines. Devil’s Elbow is a hairpin turn on the old Adelaide freeway, Longview's oldest vines are planted here, a place of shallow, sandy loams, ironstone and quartz topsoils. The quality of Cabernet is spectacular, in regal Adelaide Hills fashion, its overture of wild cherries, capsicum and fresh herb, resolving on a lengthy, black bramble finish.

Longview are one of the most highly awarded wineries in Adelaide Hills, having claimed trophies and medals at conspicuous national tasteoffs. The predominantly northeast facing slopes and valleys, combined with the cool climate of the Adelaide Hills and superior winemaking practices, have produced outstanding vintages. A forward drinking effort with distinctive violet and cassis Cabernet characters mixed through with spicy Shiraz fruit. The seamless palate is lined with ripe berry flavours, soft tannins and a long, seamlessly savoury finish.

From the bespoke Manno Vineyard at Hillier in Mt Lofty Ranges, off vines over fifty years of age, planted to grey alluvial loams over limestone substrate. Treated to a traditional old world vinification of open top, whole bunch ferments and hand plunges, a good old fashioned basket press and twenty two months in a selection of seasoned French and American oaks. Its elegant, silky palate in support of clove and dark chocolate fruit flavours, it continues to build, dark and full of old vine power, its fine tannins drawing out the long satisifying finish.

Two Gawler high school mates mooted the idea of making Adelaide wine. Vineyards were surveyed, the major requirement being that old vines were essential. They fortuitously secured for themselves supply from some precious old sites which had survived the pullout schemes of the 1980s. Grapes are picked off old to very old vines, grown in auspicious sandy loams, nestled amongst the river red gums of Mt Lofty. Components are cannily assembled to achieve a unique construct of the established Cabernet Sauvignon style.

Long Flat have enjoyed a strong following among enthusiasts ever since inaugural release in 1966. So let's give a warm welcome to Long Flat Shiraz, a delicious wine with a tantalizing profile of juicy plums and supple spice, softly oaked, in a generously flavoured, forward drinking and approachable style. If ever a wine was made to add atmosphere to the proceedings of a good Sunday roast, this is the one. Enjoy with lamb, crisp skinned chicken or beef, an excellent match to tomato ragu pastas or lasagna melanzane.

The Long Flat viticultural team take great care throughout the growing season to encourage full physiological ripening in the grapes. Parcels with a concentration of flavour are treated to a highly skilled vinification and term of maturation in a selection of fine oak. Exhibiting the solid structure of a Cabernet wine, replete with varietal blackcurrant cassis characters, complimented by the plum and berry fruits of good Merlot. Drinkability, balance and a long fine finish, Long Flat wouldn't be out of place at a five star event.

A welcome arrival at the platform on Yering Station, Little Yering is no mean featherweight, a generously proportioned Pinot Noir with the focus on varietal charm, richness of palate and a youthful appeal that makes it a good choice alongside today's cosmopolitan faire. Gentle handling and careful treatment has allowed the expression of quality Yarra Valley Pinot to shine through. Fine French oak has softened the tannins without overpowering the fruit, Little Yering is all about elegance and poise, making it a fine choice as accompaniement to all good food.

St George is the archetypal full bodied, engaging and complex Coonawarra Terra Rosa Cabernet, sourced from the celebrated twelve hectares of St. George Vineyard, known to feature some of the eldest, most reputable plantings in all Coonawarra. St George is the fruit of painstaking viticulture, treated to a century and a half of accumulated skill in the vinification, as practised by the most skilled members of the award winning Lindemans team.

Pyrus retains an everlasting tenure within the pantheon of great Australian wines, one of the few to win the illustrious Jimmy Watson Trophy. This statuesque Medoc cépage of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Franc, picked off the most elite Coonawarra vineyards, is exactingly crafted by the most accomplished winemakers within the Lindemans team, into a dark, rich red accord of extraordinary complexity, remarkable integration, stylishness and intensity, paradoxically an Australian icon wine which can be enjoyed in its youth.

Distinguished Langtons Classification. Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz from forty year old vines planted to the peerlesss Limestone Ridge property, planted directly above an escarpment of limestones which form the backbone of Coonawarra's famous cigar shaped Terra rossa strip. The depth of top soils are particularly shallow, making for an exceptionally well drained, low yielding vineyard. Limestone Ridge is a Coonawarra classic, endowed with layers of rich, peppery fruit, the finest structure and legendary ageing qualities.

There's never very much of it around but Hunter Valley Shiraz commands respect, as much for its personable regionality as its esoteric, epicurean appeal. Dr Lindeman planted his first Shiraz in 1843, labelling it Cawarra Claret for export to Europe and the Empire, where it claimed honours at the prestigious competitions of London and Paris. The legacy of some great old vineyards endures, crafted to the timeless Hunter Valley style, elegant with savoury fruit over a structure of lithe tannins, cosseted by a veneer of refined and polished oak.

Bin 40 offers the solid structure and fragrant spiced cherry plum character of the finest Shiraz, albeit in an early drinking style, for enthusiasts who prefer their wines young and fruit forward. A match to seared snags or stir fried beef, sticky pork ribs, charcoal grills or smartly dressed lamb.

Lindemans know from good red wines, custodians of the most distinguished Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in Coonawarra. Bin 45 is an early drinking style, the fruit is up front, supported by soft, gentle tannins. Fashioned from parcels of the finest grapes, hand chosen by one of the most decorated winemaking teams in the land, Lindeman's deliver, for those who enjoy a younger Cabernet wine, that drinks beautifully alongside barbeques, braises and beef.

Lindemans retain access to a rich endowment of superior vineyards. A full, even ripening of fruit is encouraged by the viticultural team at vintage time, as great Merlot can only be made from the best harvests. Fashioned to a fruit forward, plum and cherry filled style, supported by judicious treatment of gentle oak. Bin 40 Merlot combines easily with friends and good food.

Lillydale Estate's vineyards are set amongst the rolling hills near Seville in Yarra Valley, where the cooler, slow ripening climes produce elegant and concentrated, world class Pinot Noir. The food friendly Victorian epicurean of choice, to accompany succulent duck breast or rare tuna escalope with truffled purée and Pinot Noir Jus.

The Yarra Valley is characterised by cool weather patterns and slow consistent ripening conditions, enhancing the fruit with complex flavours. With a proud history of winning competitions, including Trophy at the Royal Melbourne for Best Victorian Red, Lillydale was amongst the very first Yarra Valley estates to emerge during the rekindling of interest in Australian table wines during the 1970s. The climes around the estate's Morning Light and Sunnyside vineyards yield fully ripened, well concentrated and elegantly flavoured black grapes.

River Block is planted to a gentle easterly slope of rich red terra rosa soils over a limestone bluff alongside the Mitchell River, an opportune terroir that's heaven sent for the realization of world class vintages Shiraz. Grapes are all selectively hand picked and gently destemmed into small open fermenters, hand plunged twice daily and treated to a hundred days of maceration before filling to an extravagantly high proportion of new French oak. Magnificently balanced, seamless and profound, little more than a hundred dozen can be made each vintage.

Is there a place on the Australian mainland that's as condusive as Gippsland for the realization of fleshy, fragrant Shiraz wines of remarkable balance and stately structure? Myrtle Point Vineyard was established in the right way, chosen after an exhaustive search to isolate the perfect site for cool climate viticulture. An elegant construct of Gippsland Shiraz, perfumed with punnets of dark plum, opaque berries and milled spice, its peppery black cherried palate is supported by a length of malleable allsort tannins and sophisticated French oak.

Crafted from small parcels of single vineyard fruit, treated to the traditional old world regimens of whole bunch and wild yeast ferments. This is Pinot Noir to match the classic Cru La Bourgogne, the cool ripening Gippsland climes provide the perfect chill to encourage optimal fruit sugars and velvet tannins. Exclusively Myrtle Point grown Pinot Noir, its bright sasafras, cherry and plum fruit complexity are supported by charming pastoral elegance, a touch of barnyard, French oak sophistication and the soundest structure.

Lightfoot & Sons call on the peerless quality of fruit, picked off a superb parcel of vine, clone MV6 Pinot Noir, planted to the superior Cliff Block on the family farm in East Gippsland. Myrtle Point Vineyard always yields an exceptional harvest, the smaller bunches and tightly packed berries of this exquisite patch however are something that's even more special. An outstanding articulation of the excellence which can be achieved from cool climate, Gippsland grown Pinot Noir, a mere two thousand bottles of this exquisite wine are made annually.