South Australia

The "historic heart of Australian wine."

Key varieties: Shiraz (syrah), cabernet sauvignon, grenache, riesling

"South Australia is a very important wine producing state responsible for almost 50% of Australia’s annual production. It is also home to some of the most famous regions, historic estates and the oldest vines in the country. 

Straddling the centre of Australia, South Australia produces the majority of the nation’s wine. The State also boasts some of the oldest vines in the world. The venerable old vines found in South Australia’s Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley and Adelaide Hills, through their isolation, survived the great phylloxera plagues that wiped out the vines of North America, Europe and Australia’s eastern vineyards. 

Quarantine restrictions were introduced that saved South Australia’s vines from phylloxera and ensured the State retained its grape growing status. 

There is a multitude of different soil types and local mitigating influences such as altitude and cooling ocean breezes that allow for a wide range of wine styles and qualities. South Australia also has a diverse range of regions from the relatively warm temperate climate of the Barossa Valley; to the maritime precincts of McLaren Vale, the Fleurieu Peninsula's Currency Creek, Langhorne Creek and Southern Fleurieu; the cooler Adelaide Hills region and the hot climate of the Riverland region on the Murray River. " - Wine Australia

Map courtesy : James Halliday’s Wine Atlas of Australia (Hardie Grant Books 2008)

  • Sons of Eden Freya Riesling 2023

    Sons of Eden Freya Riesling 2023

    Region: SA- Eden Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly

    DECANTER - 96 POINTS!

      "Floral lemon blossom aromas lead to delicate citrus characters seamlessly backed by flinty notes. A long fine profile is well balanced with mid-palate flesh and zesty acidity typical of great dry Eden Valley Rieslings. Blended from Craneford...

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  • Grosset Springvale Riesling 2024

    Grosset Springvale Riesling 2024

    Region: SA- Clare Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    95 POINTS! - HALLIDAY
    95 POINTS! - WINE FRONT

      "Polish Hill has this covered but this is still a fabulous Springvale Riesling. It’s an interesting wine, driven by lemon and lime as you would expect but with anise, marshmallow and pretty floral characters floating about. The anise is...

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    Current stock: 20

    $54.00
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  • Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2024

    Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2024

    Region: SA- Clare Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    98 POINTS! - TYSON STELZER
    97 POINTS! - HALLIDAY
    97 POINTS! - WINE FRONT
    97 POINTS! - WINE ADVOCATE

      "Polish Hill 2024 is as desperately gorgeous as any of the highlights of (Grosset's) lauded career. Dainty white lily, granny smith apple and lemon blossom of pinpoint perfection rise in a dramatic crescendo over a powerful core of talcum powder...

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  • Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2023

    Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2023

    Region: SA- Clare Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    WINE FRONT 96 POINTS!
    JANCIS ROBINSON 18/20!

      "It’s a wine of great beauty." - Campbell Mattinson   "As is so often the case with this wine, it’s much more restrained, shy and delicately aromatic compared with Grosset’s other single-vineyard Riesling, the Springvale...

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    $78.00
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  • Grosset Springvale Riesling 2022

    Grosset Springvale Riesling 2022

    Region: SA- Clare Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    WINE FRONT 95+ POINTS! JAMES HALLIDAY 95 POINTS!

      "Gentle lime and lemongrass aromatics, almost shy at present, precede a palate that, even at this early stage, shows evidence of its quality and impeccable balance. It has pristine lemon, lime flavours that are powerful, intense and bright. This...

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  • Grosset Springvale Riesling 2020

    Grosset Springvale Riesling 2020

    Region: SA- Clare Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    ERIN LARKIN 96 POINTS!

      "Lime zest, pith, limestone and white pepper.  Freshly crushed granny smith apple (skin on) and brine in there too.  There is a salty lick that forms the backbone of acid that runs through the very core of this wine.  It...

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