Wedding Luncheon for 10
Host an unforgettable midday celebration with our premium Wedding Luncheon Pack, curated for up to 10 guests. Designed for relaxed yet refined gatherings, this selection pairs beautifully with a variety of lunch menus — from fresh seafood and vibrant salads to hearty roasts and cheese platters. Whether you’re dining at home, in a private venue, or outdoors, this pack ensures every toast is paired with exceptional wine.
What’s Included:
A carefully chosen mix of sparkling Prosecco, aromatic whites, and expressive reds — offering variety and elegance for your luncheon table. From crisp Riesling to rich Shiraz, these wines are crafted to complement your menu and delight your guests.
Serving Guidance:
We’ll advise on the perfect bottle count for your guest list. As a guide:
* Each wine bottle yields around 7 glasses
* Spirits, gin, Aperol, and whisky provide 25–30 pours per bottle
With a balance of bubbles, whites, and reds, this pack ensures a well-rounded selection for every palate.
Perfect for:
Elegant wedding luncheons
Garden or terrace celebrations
Casual-chic receptions
Family-style dining
Wine List:
1 x Bottega "Gold" Prosecco Brut 2023 ~ Veneto, Italy
93/100 - 5 Stars - The Book Vinitaly (2022 vintage)
91/100 - Falstaff (2022 vintage)
Bronze - Tom Cannavan (2022 vintage)
Double Gold Medal - Sakura Award 2023 (2022 vintage)
Gold - Sommelier Choice Awards 2023 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Prosecco Masters The Drinks Business 2023 (2022 vintage)
Bronze - International Wine & Spirit Challenge 2023 (2022 vintage)
Silver - The Drinks Business The Prosecco Masters 2022 (2022 vintage)
Best Wines Product - The Travel Retail Awards 2022 (2022 vintage)
Grand Gold for packaging - Spiritz Selection Awards 2022 (2022 vintage)
Gold - Spiritz Selection Awards 2022 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Mundus Vini 2022 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Light and Fruity Category, Glass of Bubbly 2021 (2022 vintage)
Gold - The Fifty Best Sparkling Wine 2021 (2022 vintage)
Gold - The Drinks Business The Prosecco Masters 2021 (2022 vintage)
3 Rosoni - Guida Ais 2020 (2022 vintage)
Gold - CSWWC Champagne & Sparkling Wine 2020 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Decanter World Wine Awards 2020 (2022 vintage)
Gold - The Fifty Best Sparkling Wine 2020 (2022 vintage)
Gold - The Drinks Business Global Sparkling Masters 2020 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards 2020 (2022 vintage)
Falstaff "Brilliant pale straw yellow with persistent mousse. Freshly cut pear, banana, white peach and floral on the nose. The palate is carried by a delicate texture, appealing acidity underpinned by fine bubbles, juicy finish."
Tom Cannavan "This blingy Prosecco comes in a metallic gold bottle, I have to say the wine inside is a very nice, dry expression of a vintage-dated Prosecco. Extremely pale in colour, the mousse is foamy and fresh and the aromas are very summery: crisp pears and apples. In the mouth it is light and refreshing, with very good, crisp lemony acidity and a decent length too
Winemaker "Soft, harmonious and elegant, with a slim body and with lively yet balanced acidity."
100% Glera
Alcohol: 11%
Bottega alcohol brand, is a Family Vintners & Master Distillers from Italy. Bottega brand is a result of the work of three generations involved in the world of wine and grappa. Domenico Bottega was a wine trader and passionate oenologist (an expert in the arts and techniques of wine). Domenico’s son, Aldo Bottega expanded his father’s passion to grappa and together with his wife Rosina, founded the Bottega Distillery in Pianzano di Godega. After the founder of Bottega Distillery died, his son Sandro became the company director and with the support of his sister Barbara and brother Stefano, they took over the company. In a few years, the Distillery started to gain recognition thanks to their innovative distillation system and to be able to reduce the alcohol content in grappa to make it softer and more delicate to the mouth.
The premises are located in a large, 19th Century farmstead, refurbished according to state-of-the art criteria of environmental friendliness, and surrounded by 10 hectares of vineyards. The whole ground, at the heart of an area with a high density of water veins, is rich in water all year around. The area, especially suited for growing vines, lies halfway between Venice, the capital of art and culture, and the Dolomites, wonderful mountains that can be clearly seen in sunny days. With the goal of producing and distributing the best Italian wine, grappa, spirits, and food all over the world.
Bottega Gold is a Prosecco DOC, obtained by the vinification of Glera Grapes. The cultivation area of Glera grapes is located in the hilly area of the province of Treviso up to the slopes of Valdobbiandene, which is close to the Venetian Prealps. The hilly terrain is subject to high temperature ranges between day and night. This variation in temperature enables the development of finer, more elegant and at the same time more intense aromas.
1 x Mojo Prosecco NV ~ Victoria, Australia
Winemaker "....heady aromas of apple, fresh fruit and citrus. The palate is soft and approachable with a mouth filling freshness balanced with brilliant crisp acidity. Racy, apple, crunchy."
Mojo Prosecco is appealing and approachable with aromas of fresh cut crunchy green apple and zingy but creamy lemon-lime highlights, think lemon meringue and fresh strawberries. The palate is soft and approachable with a mouth filling freshness balanced with brilliant crisp acidity.
Mojo work with growers across South Australia to create a range of wines that capture the unique characteristics of each region and varietal. Free from the constraint of owning their own vineyards they believe they are able to make wines that each have their own unique story. Each harvest Mojo use the best grapes of the season in each region.
Prosecco is a pale and light grape indigenous to northern Italy that makes one of the countries most popular sparkling wines. Most Prosecco is made in an extra extra dry, or off dry, style offering fruity aromas of confected pears and peaches. A small percentage are made in a dry Brut style offering bracing green apple and citrus fruit.
1 x Corymbia Tempranillo Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon (Organic) 2016 - Swan Valley, Western Australia
95/100 Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
92/100 Wine Advocate
Organic
Mike Bernie (The Wine Front) "It is pitch-perfect, medium weight, highly perfumed, and shaped with beautifully ripe tannins. It’s delicious, but there is also a sense of detail and interest. The wine offers layers of red and blue fruits in perfume and palate, underpinned by savouriness."
Joe Czerwinski (Wine Advocate) "...it's a fruit-forward, mouthwatering bowl of mixed berries, including hints of blueberry, mulberry and raspberry. Yet while this medium to the full-bodied effort is open and soft, it's not unstructured, showing a core of resilient, ripe tannins and a long, juicy finish."
The Winemaker "A beautifully expressive aroma of Satsuma plums, black olives, rosewater and with a hint of aniseed. The wine tastes fresh and lively of pomegranate, cocoa, maraschino cherries and is complimented by Tempranillo’s characteristic coal dust tannin structure."
Gourmet Traveller Wine "The wines under the Corymbia label have been outstanding."
58% Tempranillo, 30% Malbec and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon
Gourmet Traveller Wine "Corymbia is one of the most exciting wine projects to emerge from Western Australia in a decade. The combination of a distinguished winemaking family, the reinvention of a much-maligned wine region, the unlocking of the potential of a mature vineyard and a general sense of creativity, have all contributed to a strong currency.
Organic wines are made from grapes grown without pesticides, following strict organic standards. Organic wines are produced in vineyards that do not use synthetic chemicals.Certified organic wines have been certified by Australian Certified Organic Standard (ACOS).
Corymbia is the newish project of Rob and Genevieve Mann. The Mann family, of course, are generational wine producers in WA, with a history of iconic wines and vineyards. Rob, formerly working with Hardys, Cape Mentelle and Newton Vineyard in Napa Valley, has returned home and made a mark.
The family vineyard in Swan Valley is dry grown and organically farmed. While winemaking draws on the Manns’ suite of expertise and diversity of influences, it has been pared back for Corymbia, letting the fruit and character of the wines take the spotlight.
That Swan Valley has been put on a pedestal is wonderful, and a celebration of older vineyards, unique soil profile and a general sense of generational endeavor is exciting for the region. There’s an undercurrent of winemakers amplifying the region’s potential, but arguably Corymbia is the current totem."
Huon Hooke "The Mann family are winemaking royalty in Western Australia."
Corymbia is a new winery launched by one of the founding families of Western Australian wine. The Manns have grown grapes and made wine in the Swan Valley, Western Australia's oldest wine-growing region for over a century. Corymbia wines are critically acclaimed, organically-farmed, single-vineyard wines. Founder, Rob Mann is considered one of Australia's best contemporary winemakers. He was the senior winemaker at Hardy’s Tintara, and Cape Mentelle, where during his ten-year tenure the winery was twice awarded 'Australia's Producer of the Year' and Rob 'Australian Winemaker of the Year'. Prior to founding Corymbia he was Senior Winemaker at LVMH’s Newton Vineyard in the Napa Valley.
Swan Valley is a sub-region of the Swan District wine region just north of Perth, in Western Australia. The Swan District is Western Australia’s oldest wine region, having been planted by English settlers soon after their arrival in 1829. For almost 150 years it was the only significant wine-producing region in Western Australia and today it's also home to the state's largest winery. Some of Western Australia's finest wines are produced in the Swan Valley.
1 x Bruno Shiraz 2021 - Barossa Valley, South Australia
Winemaker "Density is evident from the first whiff; a dark, brooding core of blackberry fruit with a touch of anise-like spice. On the palate, cool and poised yet generous and mouth-filling; a mash of wild blackberry, salted plum and blueberry fruits which provides a touch of mid palate sweetness and refreshing minerality. The finish is fresh and precise, with vibrant acidity, clovey spice and finely etched graphite like tannins."
100% Shiraz
Alcohol: 13.5%
Sourced from old-vine vineyards across the Barossa Valley, this wine delivers as you expect at a price you perhaps don’t. Blackberry, anise, salted plum and clove.
Bruno is a homage. A local grower whose commitment to his vines and contribution to wine are so outstanding, he deserves a nod. Bruno captures an individual’s passionate dedication to their life amongst the vines. In this release, our hero has hand selected premium blocks of Barossan Shiraz, to craft his name sake.
The Barossa Valley is an extremely important wine-producing region within the Barossa zone of South Australia, particularly associated with powerful red wines from the red wine grape variety Shiraz. A prestigious and internationally renowned region, it is not only home to some of the oldest vineyards and wineries in Australia but produces some of its most recognizable and sought-after brands. A striking feature of the Barossa Valley's wine landscape is the presence of very old vines, proudly showcased on many wine labels and during vineyard tours.
Shiraz, also known as Syrah is a popular red wine. Though the spiritual homeland of this red grape is France, Syrah has been planted throughout the world to great success. It expresses itself differently depending on the climate, soil and regional style.
Syrah is typically bold and full-bodied, with aromatic notes of smoke, black fruit and pepper spice. Stylistically, it can be round and fruity, or dense and tannic. And in warmer New World regions like Australia, Syrah is most often be called Shiraz.
1 x Tar & Roses Lewis Riesling 2022 - Central Victoria, Australia
96/100 Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion
95/100 Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion (2021 vintage)
Bronze - Aaron Brasher, The Real Review (2021 vintage)
5 Star - James Halliday
Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion "The late Don Lewis was a star riesling winemaker. This wine named in his honour lives up to the Lewis style in both fruit concentration and class and is a fine follow-up to the excellent 2021 vintage. At once delicate and floral but with a solid core of pure, intense lime and citrus. A pitch-perfect riesling embracing a touch of savoury lemongrass, a pinch of spice and a brisk sherbety tingle set to some racy acidity."
Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion "Named after a very fine man and award-winning winemaker, Don Lewis, this wine honours the former Mitchelton and Tar & Roses winemaker who loved the riesling grape. So much budding complexity waiting to break through, with lifted floral aromatics, lemon, lime, citrus peel and a touch of exotic lemongrass. Concentrated on the palate, saturated in citrus intensity and length with a ribbon of apply spice with bright acidity that keeps on going. Wow!" (2021 vintage)
Aaron Brasher, The Real Review "Pale straw and really bright and vibrant in the glass. Lifted aromas of lemon pith, bath salts, jasmine, lychee and wet stone. Quite rich, soft and full flavoured, mandarin, tangelo, in the riper citrus spectrum, apple and pear in there as well. Round, full flavoured and easy drinking..." (2021 vintage)
Winemaker "Pale straw. The wine has attractive white blossom and orange skin characters on the nose. The palate flows well with generous fruit sweetness, citrus pith flavours combined with gentle acid complexity, textural phenolics with a clean finish."
The original Tar & Roses team of famed Don Lewis and Narelle King began their winemaking journey in Priorat, Spain, immersing themselves within the classic Mediterranean wine regions and varietals. This sparked an interest in how these varietals could be grown and made back home in their native regions of Central Victoria, Australia. Don, now passed was one of Australia's legendary winemakers earning the highest honour of winemaking in Australia, the prestigious Jimmy Watson award.
James Halliday "Tar & Roses produces wines inspired by the classic Mediterranean varietals and was named after the signature characteristics of Nebbiolo. The name also ties back to the winemaking team behind the venture, the legendary Don Lewis and his winemaking partner Narelle King. Narelle is carrying on the Tar & Roses tradition after Don's passing in 2017"
100% Riesling
Alcohol: 12.5%
Tar & Roses style of wines reflects the multi-region of Spain, Italy and Australia, as well as traditional winemaking alongside the new. All Tar & Roses wines are made using fruit grown in Heathcote, Strathbogie Ranges, Alpine Valley, King Valley and Priorat, Spain.
Central Victoria, Australia, is a region that's gained recognition for its flourishing wine industry. It's known for producing high-quality wines, particularly Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, but also Chardonnay, Viognier, and other varietals. The area's diverse microclimates, varying soil types, and elevation contribute to the production of distinctive wines.
Riesling is a light-skinned, aromatic grape of German origin which is – if the majority of top wine critics are to be believed – the world's finest white wine grape variety. The Riesling vine holds a very different place in the wine world to such great grapes as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Chardonnay. While these immensely popular varieties have conquered every corner of the winegrowing world, Riesling is conspicuously absent from the core wine regions of France, Spain and Italy. Riesling's home is the regions that trace the middle Rhine and the lower Mosel, two of Europe's great wine rivers.
1 x Hewitson ""Madame M Blanc & Blanc"" 2023 – Adelaide Hills, South Australia
92/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
92/100 Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
91/100 Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
91/100 Regan Drew, Wine Pilot
91/100 Melissa Moore, Wine Pilot
90/100 Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
91/100 Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot (2022 vintage)
91/100 Regan Drew, Wine Pilot (2022 vintage)
90/100 Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot (2022 vintage)
90/100 Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion (2022 vintage)
5 Star Winery - James Halliday
James Suckling Top 100 Top Value Wine 2020
James Halliday Top 100 Winery 2017
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit "Brightly fruited and elegantly fragrant, the bouquet shows crunchy apple, green pear and lemon peel aromas with a floral overtone. It's juicy and refreshing in the mouth offering vibrant fruit flavours with crisp acidity, finishing lingering and tasty."
Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot "Ah, bring on spring and summer. Hewitson gets his inspiration from the Mediterranean coasts of Spain and Southern Italy with this distinctive and thoroughly gluggable blend of Muscat Blanc Petits Grains and Sauvignon Blanc. Light and fragrant with a cute mix of muscat and orange peel with a slightly edgy cut grass hint around the place before a dry and clean finish. A wine with character, which means you probably don’t have to wait until summer to be drinking it."
Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot "The team used free run juice only, with six months ageing in stainless steel. They have left a smidge of sweetness here to help fill out the palate. The palest lemon hue, the Muscat is, not surprisingly, very much to the fore on the nose. Lovely grapey notes, spices, lemons, citrus and mandarin. A medium length wine, fresh and with good energy, topped by a clean finish. This is quite delicious. An exuberant style providing joy."
Regan Drew, Wine Pilot "Aromatic and floral, fleshy tropical yellow fruits, green grapes, passionfruit pulp, lemon citrus and herbal leafy sage undertone. Generously fleshy with creamy fruit and a refreshing citrusy bite to the close."
Melissa Moore, Wine Pilot "Fragrant and grapey with white florals, lemon zest and green apple, this blend of Muscat Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc (Blanc and Blanc, geddit?) is pretty, textural and slips down easily, and with slightly lower alcohol at 11.5% it might just have a touch of residual sweetness that adds charm and drinkability. It’s a loving and giving sort of white and perfect with a sweet onion and anchovy tart."
Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion "Lightly coloured with heady aromas of passionfruit, melon, grapefruit and apple fruit tones intermingling with hints of bath salts, crushed stone, jasmine, citrus zest and lemongrass. Swift of cadence with plenty of crunch and inherent drinkability. Great zesty drinking."
Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot "This delightfully fragrant white wine is an unusual blend of Muscat Blanc, Petits Grains and Sauvignon Blanc. The Muscat Blanc is from the Barossa where it has been growing for more than 170 years and the light lifted Savvy is from the Adelaide Hills. Nice crisp fresh palate with a little lemon butter and light honeydew melon. It screams to be drunk with some oysters or shellfish."(2022 vintage)
Regan Drew, Wine Pilot "Star fruit and yellow melon over leafy greens, easy lemony citrus and passion fruit, some richer honey tones from the Muscat and a little green capsicum. Attractive floral palate with a little round generosity giving some flesh before a juicy finish and softly powdery texture. A friend to cold glasses, summer sunshine and fisherman’s platters." (2022 vintage)
Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot "Lots to like with this fresh and light Mediterranean styled white blend. The colour is close to transparent with just a hint of straw. Bright aromas, it almost seems that each variety is enjoying the tussle for dominance. There are some lovely grapey aromas, no doubt from the Muscat, and passionfruit with a hint of grass, representing the Sauvignon. With mouthfilling flavours, this is a mid-length wine with gentle acidity and a soft finish for drinking now." (2022 vintage)
Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion "A blend of muscat blanc à petits grains and sauvignon blanc, febrile and full of crunch with flavours of guava, lemon drop and citrus fruits and a hint of white flowers, crushed stone, fennel and marzipan. Plenty of minerally verve on show, finishing crunchy and dry with appealing clarity and a real saliva-inducing sapidity to its form. Plenty to like here and bound to be a go-to when the warmer weather hits." (2022 vintage)
77% Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains, 23% Sauvignon Blanc
Australian Wine Companion "Established in 1998 Hewitson winery is situated in the heart of the Barossa Valley on the historic Seppeltsfield Road and boasts some of the oldest vines in the world. Hewitson fruit is sourced from historic, dry-grown vineyards in the Barossa Valley and also from single site vineyards in Eden Valley, McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills."
Frederick Wildman "Dean Hewitson founded his eponymous winery in 1998. He is a highly respected Australian winemaker ...Hewitson has worked at wineries in Australia, France, Italy and Oregon. Hewitson then moved to the U.S. where he earned a Masters from UC-Davis. On his return home, Dean brought a wealth of knowledge, practical experience and a driving passion to produce wines not only from Barossa Valley, but also from the McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills regions.
Hewitson fundamentally believes great wines are the expression of the soils they are grown in and the season in which they are grown. With his longstanding focus on terroir—specific terroir plots in fact—many of Hewitson’s wines are single vineyard. He sources grapes from not only his own vineyards but also from long-standing grower contracts including a few sourced from some of the oldest living, still productive vines on plots that date back to the mid-19th century and are pre-phylloxera. His ‘Old Garden’ Mourvèdre is a single-vineyard wine, whose vines were planted in 1853 in Barossa Valley and are reputed to be the oldest Mourvèdre vines in the world. Hewitson’s ‘Miss Harry’ is sourced from a Grenache vineyard planted in 1880, also thought to be the oldest Grenache in existence.
Due to Hewitson’s education and experience in Australia, California and France, Hewitson wines combine Old-World traditions with New-World fruit purity. And while he clearly excels with Rhône Valley grape varieties, Hewitson also produces award-winning Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc. A practitioner in solar energy, water recycling and encouraging natural biodiversity, Hewitson produces wines in an environmentally sustainable fashion."
James Halliday "Dean Hewitson was a winemaker at Petaluma [one of Australia's leading wineries] for 10 years, during which time he managed to do three vintages in France and one in Oregon as well as undertaking his Masters at the University of California, Davis. It is hardly surprising that the wines are immaculately made from a technical viewpoint. Dean sources 30-year-old Riesling from the Eden Valley and 70-year-old shiraz from McLaren Vale; he also makes a Barossa Valley Mourvedre from vines planted in 1853 at Rowland Flat, and Barossa Valley Shiraz and Grenache from 60-year-old vines at Tanunda."
The Barossa Valley is an extremely important wine-producing region within the Barossa zone of South Australia, particularly associated with powerful red wines from the red wine grape variety Shiraz. A prestigious and internationally renowned region, it is not only home to some of the oldest vineyards and wineries in Australia but produces some of its most recognizable and sought-after brands. A striking feature of the Barossa Valley's wine landscape is the presence of very old vines, proudly showcased on many wine labels and during vineyard tours.
Host an unforgettable midday celebration with our premium Wedding Luncheon Pack, curated for up to 10 guests. Designed for relaxed yet refined gatherings, this selection pairs beautifully with a variety of lunch menus — from fresh seafood and vibrant salads to hearty roasts and cheese platters. Whether you’re dining at home, in a private venue, or outdoors, this pack ensures every toast is paired with exceptional wine.
What’s Included:
A carefully chosen mix of sparkling Prosecco, aromatic whites, and expressive reds — offering variety and elegance for your luncheon table. From crisp Riesling to rich Shiraz, these wines are crafted to complement your menu and delight your guests.
Serving Guidance:
We’ll advise on the perfect bottle count for your guest list. As a guide:
* Each wine bottle yields around 7 glasses
* Spirits, gin, Aperol, and whisky provide 25–30 pours per bottle
With a balance of bubbles, whites, and reds, this pack ensures a well-rounded selection for every palate.
Perfect for:
Elegant wedding luncheons
Garden or terrace celebrations
Casual-chic receptions
Family-style dining
Wine List:
1 x Bottega "Gold" Prosecco Brut 2023 ~ Veneto, Italy
93/100 - 5 Stars - The Book Vinitaly (2022 vintage)
91/100 - Falstaff (2022 vintage)
Bronze - Tom Cannavan (2022 vintage)
Double Gold Medal - Sakura Award 2023 (2022 vintage)
Gold - Sommelier Choice Awards 2023 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Prosecco Masters The Drinks Business 2023 (2022 vintage)
Bronze - International Wine & Spirit Challenge 2023 (2022 vintage)
Silver - The Drinks Business The Prosecco Masters 2022 (2022 vintage)
Best Wines Product - The Travel Retail Awards 2022 (2022 vintage)
Grand Gold for packaging - Spiritz Selection Awards 2022 (2022 vintage)
Gold - Spiritz Selection Awards 2022 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Mundus Vini 2022 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Light and Fruity Category, Glass of Bubbly 2021 (2022 vintage)
Gold - The Fifty Best Sparkling Wine 2021 (2022 vintage)
Gold - The Drinks Business The Prosecco Masters 2021 (2022 vintage)
3 Rosoni - Guida Ais 2020 (2022 vintage)
Gold - CSWWC Champagne & Sparkling Wine 2020 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Decanter World Wine Awards 2020 (2022 vintage)
Gold - The Fifty Best Sparkling Wine 2020 (2022 vintage)
Gold - The Drinks Business Global Sparkling Masters 2020 (2022 vintage)
Silver - Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards 2020 (2022 vintage)
Falstaff "Brilliant pale straw yellow with persistent mousse. Freshly cut pear, banana, white peach and floral on the nose. The palate is carried by a delicate texture, appealing acidity underpinned by fine bubbles, juicy finish."
Tom Cannavan "This blingy Prosecco comes in a metallic gold bottle, I have to say the wine inside is a very nice, dry expression of a vintage-dated Prosecco. Extremely pale in colour, the mousse is foamy and fresh and the aromas are very summery: crisp pears and apples. In the mouth it is light and refreshing, with very good, crisp lemony acidity and a decent length too
Winemaker "Soft, harmonious and elegant, with a slim body and with lively yet balanced acidity."
100% Glera
Alcohol: 11%
Bottega alcohol brand, is a Family Vintners & Master Distillers from Italy. Bottega brand is a result of the work of three generations involved in the world of wine and grappa. Domenico Bottega was a wine trader and passionate oenologist (an expert in the arts and techniques of wine). Domenico’s son, Aldo Bottega expanded his father’s passion to grappa and together with his wife Rosina, founded the Bottega Distillery in Pianzano di Godega. After the founder of Bottega Distillery died, his son Sandro became the company director and with the support of his sister Barbara and brother Stefano, they took over the company. In a few years, the Distillery started to gain recognition thanks to their innovative distillation system and to be able to reduce the alcohol content in grappa to make it softer and more delicate to the mouth.
The premises are located in a large, 19th Century farmstead, refurbished according to state-of-the art criteria of environmental friendliness, and surrounded by 10 hectares of vineyards. The whole ground, at the heart of an area with a high density of water veins, is rich in water all year around. The area, especially suited for growing vines, lies halfway between Venice, the capital of art and culture, and the Dolomites, wonderful mountains that can be clearly seen in sunny days. With the goal of producing and distributing the best Italian wine, grappa, spirits, and food all over the world.
Bottega Gold is a Prosecco DOC, obtained by the vinification of Glera Grapes. The cultivation area of Glera grapes is located in the hilly area of the province of Treviso up to the slopes of Valdobbiandene, which is close to the Venetian Prealps. The hilly terrain is subject to high temperature ranges between day and night. This variation in temperature enables the development of finer, more elegant and at the same time more intense aromas.
1 x Mojo Prosecco NV ~ Victoria, Australia
Winemaker "....heady aromas of apple, fresh fruit and citrus. The palate is soft and approachable with a mouth filling freshness balanced with brilliant crisp acidity. Racy, apple, crunchy."
Mojo Prosecco is appealing and approachable with aromas of fresh cut crunchy green apple and zingy but creamy lemon-lime highlights, think lemon meringue and fresh strawberries. The palate is soft and approachable with a mouth filling freshness balanced with brilliant crisp acidity.
Mojo work with growers across South Australia to create a range of wines that capture the unique characteristics of each region and varietal. Free from the constraint of owning their own vineyards they believe they are able to make wines that each have their own unique story. Each harvest Mojo use the best grapes of the season in each region.
Prosecco is a pale and light grape indigenous to northern Italy that makes one of the countries most popular sparkling wines. Most Prosecco is made in an extra extra dry, or off dry, style offering fruity aromas of confected pears and peaches. A small percentage are made in a dry Brut style offering bracing green apple and citrus fruit.
1 x Corymbia Tempranillo Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon (Organic) 2016 - Swan Valley, Western Australia
95/100 Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
92/100 Wine Advocate
Organic
Mike Bernie (The Wine Front) "It is pitch-perfect, medium weight, highly perfumed, and shaped with beautifully ripe tannins. It’s delicious, but there is also a sense of detail and interest. The wine offers layers of red and blue fruits in perfume and palate, underpinned by savouriness."
Joe Czerwinski (Wine Advocate) "...it's a fruit-forward, mouthwatering bowl of mixed berries, including hints of blueberry, mulberry and raspberry. Yet while this medium to the full-bodied effort is open and soft, it's not unstructured, showing a core of resilient, ripe tannins and a long, juicy finish."
The Winemaker "A beautifully expressive aroma of Satsuma plums, black olives, rosewater and with a hint of aniseed. The wine tastes fresh and lively of pomegranate, cocoa, maraschino cherries and is complimented by Tempranillo’s characteristic coal dust tannin structure."
Gourmet Traveller Wine "The wines under the Corymbia label have been outstanding."
58% Tempranillo, 30% Malbec and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon
Gourmet Traveller Wine "Corymbia is one of the most exciting wine projects to emerge from Western Australia in a decade. The combination of a distinguished winemaking family, the reinvention of a much-maligned wine region, the unlocking of the potential of a mature vineyard and a general sense of creativity, have all contributed to a strong currency.
Organic wines are made from grapes grown without pesticides, following strict organic standards. Organic wines are produced in vineyards that do not use synthetic chemicals.Certified organic wines have been certified by Australian Certified Organic Standard (ACOS).
Corymbia is the newish project of Rob and Genevieve Mann. The Mann family, of course, are generational wine producers in WA, with a history of iconic wines and vineyards. Rob, formerly working with Hardys, Cape Mentelle and Newton Vineyard in Napa Valley, has returned home and made a mark.
The family vineyard in Swan Valley is dry grown and organically farmed. While winemaking draws on the Manns’ suite of expertise and diversity of influences, it has been pared back for Corymbia, letting the fruit and character of the wines take the spotlight.
That Swan Valley has been put on a pedestal is wonderful, and a celebration of older vineyards, unique soil profile and a general sense of generational endeavor is exciting for the region. There’s an undercurrent of winemakers amplifying the region’s potential, but arguably Corymbia is the current totem."
Huon Hooke "The Mann family are winemaking royalty in Western Australia."
Corymbia is a new winery launched by one of the founding families of Western Australian wine. The Manns have grown grapes and made wine in the Swan Valley, Western Australia's oldest wine-growing region for over a century. Corymbia wines are critically acclaimed, organically-farmed, single-vineyard wines. Founder, Rob Mann is considered one of Australia's best contemporary winemakers. He was the senior winemaker at Hardy’s Tintara, and Cape Mentelle, where during his ten-year tenure the winery was twice awarded 'Australia's Producer of the Year' and Rob 'Australian Winemaker of the Year'. Prior to founding Corymbia he was Senior Winemaker at LVMH’s Newton Vineyard in the Napa Valley.
Swan Valley is a sub-region of the Swan District wine region just north of Perth, in Western Australia. The Swan District is Western Australia’s oldest wine region, having been planted by English settlers soon after their arrival in 1829. For almost 150 years it was the only significant wine-producing region in Western Australia and today it's also home to the state's largest winery. Some of Western Australia's finest wines are produced in the Swan Valley.
1 x Bruno Shiraz 2021 - Barossa Valley, South Australia
Winemaker "Density is evident from the first whiff; a dark, brooding core of blackberry fruit with a touch of anise-like spice. On the palate, cool and poised yet generous and mouth-filling; a mash of wild blackberry, salted plum and blueberry fruits which provides a touch of mid palate sweetness and refreshing minerality. The finish is fresh and precise, with vibrant acidity, clovey spice and finely etched graphite like tannins."
100% Shiraz
Alcohol: 13.5%
Sourced from old-vine vineyards across the Barossa Valley, this wine delivers as you expect at a price you perhaps don’t. Blackberry, anise, salted plum and clove.
Bruno is a homage. A local grower whose commitment to his vines and contribution to wine are so outstanding, he deserves a nod. Bruno captures an individual’s passionate dedication to their life amongst the vines. In this release, our hero has hand selected premium blocks of Barossan Shiraz, to craft his name sake.
The Barossa Valley is an extremely important wine-producing region within the Barossa zone of South Australia, particularly associated with powerful red wines from the red wine grape variety Shiraz. A prestigious and internationally renowned region, it is not only home to some of the oldest vineyards and wineries in Australia but produces some of its most recognizable and sought-after brands. A striking feature of the Barossa Valley's wine landscape is the presence of very old vines, proudly showcased on many wine labels and during vineyard tours.
Shiraz, also known as Syrah is a popular red wine. Though the spiritual homeland of this red grape is France, Syrah has been planted throughout the world to great success. It expresses itself differently depending on the climate, soil and regional style.
Syrah is typically bold and full-bodied, with aromatic notes of smoke, black fruit and pepper spice. Stylistically, it can be round and fruity, or dense and tannic. And in warmer New World regions like Australia, Syrah is most often be called Shiraz.
1 x Tar & Roses Lewis Riesling 2022 - Central Victoria, Australia
96/100 Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion
95/100 Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion (2021 vintage)
Bronze - Aaron Brasher, The Real Review (2021 vintage)
5 Star - James Halliday
Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion "The late Don Lewis was a star riesling winemaker. This wine named in his honour lives up to the Lewis style in both fruit concentration and class and is a fine follow-up to the excellent 2021 vintage. At once delicate and floral but with a solid core of pure, intense lime and citrus. A pitch-perfect riesling embracing a touch of savoury lemongrass, a pinch of spice and a brisk sherbety tingle set to some racy acidity."
Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion "Named after a very fine man and award-winning winemaker, Don Lewis, this wine honours the former Mitchelton and Tar & Roses winemaker who loved the riesling grape. So much budding complexity waiting to break through, with lifted floral aromatics, lemon, lime, citrus peel and a touch of exotic lemongrass. Concentrated on the palate, saturated in citrus intensity and length with a ribbon of apply spice with bright acidity that keeps on going. Wow!" (2021 vintage)
Aaron Brasher, The Real Review "Pale straw and really bright and vibrant in the glass. Lifted aromas of lemon pith, bath salts, jasmine, lychee and wet stone. Quite rich, soft and full flavoured, mandarin, tangelo, in the riper citrus spectrum, apple and pear in there as well. Round, full flavoured and easy drinking..." (2021 vintage)
Winemaker "Pale straw. The wine has attractive white blossom and orange skin characters on the nose. The palate flows well with generous fruit sweetness, citrus pith flavours combined with gentle acid complexity, textural phenolics with a clean finish."
The original Tar & Roses team of famed Don Lewis and Narelle King began their winemaking journey in Priorat, Spain, immersing themselves within the classic Mediterranean wine regions and varietals. This sparked an interest in how these varietals could be grown and made back home in their native regions of Central Victoria, Australia. Don, now passed was one of Australia's legendary winemakers earning the highest honour of winemaking in Australia, the prestigious Jimmy Watson award.
James Halliday "Tar & Roses produces wines inspired by the classic Mediterranean varietals and was named after the signature characteristics of Nebbiolo. The name also ties back to the winemaking team behind the venture, the legendary Don Lewis and his winemaking partner Narelle King. Narelle is carrying on the Tar & Roses tradition after Don's passing in 2017"
100% Riesling
Alcohol: 12.5%
Tar & Roses style of wines reflects the multi-region of Spain, Italy and Australia, as well as traditional winemaking alongside the new. All Tar & Roses wines are made using fruit grown in Heathcote, Strathbogie Ranges, Alpine Valley, King Valley and Priorat, Spain.
Central Victoria, Australia, is a region that's gained recognition for its flourishing wine industry. It's known for producing high-quality wines, particularly Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, but also Chardonnay, Viognier, and other varietals. The area's diverse microclimates, varying soil types, and elevation contribute to the production of distinctive wines.
Riesling is a light-skinned, aromatic grape of German origin which is – if the majority of top wine critics are to be believed – the world's finest white wine grape variety. The Riesling vine holds a very different place in the wine world to such great grapes as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Chardonnay. While these immensely popular varieties have conquered every corner of the winegrowing world, Riesling is conspicuously absent from the core wine regions of France, Spain and Italy. Riesling's home is the regions that trace the middle Rhine and the lower Mosel, two of Europe's great wine rivers.
1 x Hewitson ""Madame M Blanc & Blanc"" 2023 – Adelaide Hills, South Australia
92/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
92/100 Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
91/100 Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
91/100 Regan Drew, Wine Pilot
91/100 Melissa Moore, Wine Pilot
90/100 Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
91/100 Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot (2022 vintage)
91/100 Regan Drew, Wine Pilot (2022 vintage)
90/100 Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot (2022 vintage)
90/100 Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion (2022 vintage)
5 Star Winery - James Halliday
James Suckling Top 100 Top Value Wine 2020
James Halliday Top 100 Winery 2017
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit "Brightly fruited and elegantly fragrant, the bouquet shows crunchy apple, green pear and lemon peel aromas with a floral overtone. It's juicy and refreshing in the mouth offering vibrant fruit flavours with crisp acidity, finishing lingering and tasty."
Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot "Ah, bring on spring and summer. Hewitson gets his inspiration from the Mediterranean coasts of Spain and Southern Italy with this distinctive and thoroughly gluggable blend of Muscat Blanc Petits Grains and Sauvignon Blanc. Light and fragrant with a cute mix of muscat and orange peel with a slightly edgy cut grass hint around the place before a dry and clean finish. A wine with character, which means you probably don’t have to wait until summer to be drinking it."
Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot "The team used free run juice only, with six months ageing in stainless steel. They have left a smidge of sweetness here to help fill out the palate. The palest lemon hue, the Muscat is, not surprisingly, very much to the fore on the nose. Lovely grapey notes, spices, lemons, citrus and mandarin. A medium length wine, fresh and with good energy, topped by a clean finish. This is quite delicious. An exuberant style providing joy."
Regan Drew, Wine Pilot "Aromatic and floral, fleshy tropical yellow fruits, green grapes, passionfruit pulp, lemon citrus and herbal leafy sage undertone. Generously fleshy with creamy fruit and a refreshing citrusy bite to the close."
Melissa Moore, Wine Pilot "Fragrant and grapey with white florals, lemon zest and green apple, this blend of Muscat Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc (Blanc and Blanc, geddit?) is pretty, textural and slips down easily, and with slightly lower alcohol at 11.5% it might just have a touch of residual sweetness that adds charm and drinkability. It’s a loving and giving sort of white and perfect with a sweet onion and anchovy tart."
Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion "Lightly coloured with heady aromas of passionfruit, melon, grapefruit and apple fruit tones intermingling with hints of bath salts, crushed stone, jasmine, citrus zest and lemongrass. Swift of cadence with plenty of crunch and inherent drinkability. Great zesty drinking."
Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot "This delightfully fragrant white wine is an unusual blend of Muscat Blanc, Petits Grains and Sauvignon Blanc. The Muscat Blanc is from the Barossa where it has been growing for more than 170 years and the light lifted Savvy is from the Adelaide Hills. Nice crisp fresh palate with a little lemon butter and light honeydew melon. It screams to be drunk with some oysters or shellfish."(2022 vintage)
Regan Drew, Wine Pilot "Star fruit and yellow melon over leafy greens, easy lemony citrus and passion fruit, some richer honey tones from the Muscat and a little green capsicum. Attractive floral palate with a little round generosity giving some flesh before a juicy finish and softly powdery texture. A friend to cold glasses, summer sunshine and fisherman’s platters." (2022 vintage)
Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot "Lots to like with this fresh and light Mediterranean styled white blend. The colour is close to transparent with just a hint of straw. Bright aromas, it almost seems that each variety is enjoying the tussle for dominance. There are some lovely grapey aromas, no doubt from the Muscat, and passionfruit with a hint of grass, representing the Sauvignon. With mouthfilling flavours, this is a mid-length wine with gentle acidity and a soft finish for drinking now." (2022 vintage)
Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion "A blend of muscat blanc à petits grains and sauvignon blanc, febrile and full of crunch with flavours of guava, lemon drop and citrus fruits and a hint of white flowers, crushed stone, fennel and marzipan. Plenty of minerally verve on show, finishing crunchy and dry with appealing clarity and a real saliva-inducing sapidity to its form. Plenty to like here and bound to be a go-to when the warmer weather hits." (2022 vintage)
77% Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains, 23% Sauvignon Blanc
Australian Wine Companion "Established in 1998 Hewitson winery is situated in the heart of the Barossa Valley on the historic Seppeltsfield Road and boasts some of the oldest vines in the world. Hewitson fruit is sourced from historic, dry-grown vineyards in the Barossa Valley and also from single site vineyards in Eden Valley, McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills."
Frederick Wildman "Dean Hewitson founded his eponymous winery in 1998. He is a highly respected Australian winemaker ...Hewitson has worked at wineries in Australia, France, Italy and Oregon. Hewitson then moved to the U.S. where he earned a Masters from UC-Davis. On his return home, Dean brought a wealth of knowledge, practical experience and a driving passion to produce wines not only from Barossa Valley, but also from the McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills regions.
Hewitson fundamentally believes great wines are the expression of the soils they are grown in and the season in which they are grown. With his longstanding focus on terroir—specific terroir plots in fact—many of Hewitson’s wines are single vineyard. He sources grapes from not only his own vineyards but also from long-standing grower contracts including a few sourced from some of the oldest living, still productive vines on plots that date back to the mid-19th century and are pre-phylloxera. His ‘Old Garden’ Mourvèdre is a single-vineyard wine, whose vines were planted in 1853 in Barossa Valley and are reputed to be the oldest Mourvèdre vines in the world. Hewitson’s ‘Miss Harry’ is sourced from a Grenache vineyard planted in 1880, also thought to be the oldest Grenache in existence.
Due to Hewitson’s education and experience in Australia, California and France, Hewitson wines combine Old-World traditions with New-World fruit purity. And while he clearly excels with Rhône Valley grape varieties, Hewitson also produces award-winning Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc. A practitioner in solar energy, water recycling and encouraging natural biodiversity, Hewitson produces wines in an environmentally sustainable fashion."
James Halliday "Dean Hewitson was a winemaker at Petaluma [one of Australia's leading wineries] for 10 years, during which time he managed to do three vintages in France and one in Oregon as well as undertaking his Masters at the University of California, Davis. It is hardly surprising that the wines are immaculately made from a technical viewpoint. Dean sources 30-year-old Riesling from the Eden Valley and 70-year-old shiraz from McLaren Vale; he also makes a Barossa Valley Mourvedre from vines planted in 1853 at Rowland Flat, and Barossa Valley Shiraz and Grenache from 60-year-old vines at Tanunda."
The Barossa Valley is an extremely important wine-producing region within the Barossa zone of South Australia, particularly associated with powerful red wines from the red wine grape variety Shiraz. A prestigious and internationally renowned region, it is not only home to some of the oldest vineyards and wineries in Australia but produces some of its most recognizable and sought-after brands. A striking feature of the Barossa Valley's wine landscape is the presence of very old vines, proudly showcased on many wine labels and during vineyard tours.