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)

  • Grant Burge Meshach Shiraz 2013

    Grant Burge Meshach Shiraz 2013

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    POWERFUL YET BEAUTIFULLY BALANCED

        "The wine was fermented in a combination of stainless steel statics and traditional concrete open fermenters with header boards. Temperatures were allowed to reach 28C. Pump overs on the stainless-steel fermenters were performed four...

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  • Clos Clare Riesling 2017

    Clos Clare Riesling 2017

    Region: SA- Clare Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly

    MATTHEW JUKES TOP 100 WINE 2018!

      "‘Off the scale’, were the first few words written in my notes for this wine. The freshness and attack of fruit is unnerving and it is so much pointier and piercing than the languid, lush 2016. With more brio and zip, added to an...

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  • Wynns Michael Shiraz 2015

    Wynns Michael Shiraz 2015

    Region: SA- Coonawarra
    Farming Sustainably-made

    JEREMY OLIVER 97 POINTS! JAMES HALLIDAY 96 POINTS!

       "Perfumed and musky, meaty and earthy, with pristine dark fruits, restrained oak and gentle, crunchy tannins. Long and supremely elegant." - Jeremy Oliver   "Coonawarra shiraz is an interesting conversation. A dialogue between cool...

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  • Wynns Black Label Shiraz 2016

    Wynns Black Label Shiraz 2016

    Region: SA- Coonawarra
    Farming Sustainably-made

    ANDREW CAILLARD 97 POINTS! CAMPBELL MATTINSON 93 POINTS!

       "A fascinating wine that is as much Coonawarra genetics, stamped across its sinuous tannins, as it is cool climate medium-bodied shiraz of blueberry, mulberry, lilac scents and sash of peppery acidity." - James...

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  • Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

    Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

    Region: SA- Coonawarra
    Farming Sustainably-made

    HUON HOOKE 98 POINTS! WINE FRONT 95 POINTS!

      "Very deep purple colour; the bouquet young and fresh, the fruit aromas bright and reminding of blueberry, raspberry and mulberry. A hint of dried banana on the nose is the only inkling of oak that is given. A very elegant wine, intense and...

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  • Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz 2014

    Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz 2014

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    AN EXPRESSIVE AND POWERFUL WINE

      “This release is very much in the established Filsell style, but it’s a better rendition of it than we’ve seen from recent vintages. This is rich, plush, dark and hearty, all of which you’d expect from Filsell, but...

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  • Ulithorne Paternus Cabernet Shiraz 2013

    Ulithorne Paternus Cabernet Shiraz 2013

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    JAMES HALLIDAY 94 POINTS!

      "This wine exhibits a beautifully deep crimson colour alongside plentiful aromas of blackcurrant, raspberry, and mulberry on the nose. The palate is bursting with ripe dark fruit such as plum and juicy blackberry, which are complemented by pepper...

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  • Petaluma Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot 2010

    Petaluma Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot 2010

    Region: SA- Coonawarra

    96 POINTS - GOURMET TRAVELLER!    "As always pairs cabernet sauvignon with merlot. I found a very attractive, fragrant bouquet of red fruits, particularly raspberry, with oak and cedary bottle-age all nicely melded. Peter Bourne agreed,...

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  • Grant Burge Meshach Shiraz 2012

    Grant Burge Meshach Shiraz 2012

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    98 POINTS! JAMES HALLIDAY

      " The fruit for this wine has tremendous concentration and intensity, making Meshach a powerful, yet beautifully balanced wine.Winemaking with grapes from such old vines is kept simple. After crushing, the grapes were inoculated with yeast and...

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  • Clarendon Hills Astralis Shiraz 2013

    Clarendon Hills Astralis Shiraz 2013

    Region: SA- Clarendon

    JAMES SUCKLING 97 POINTS!

      "This has very complex aromas of exotic spices with graphite and dark plums, as well as black tea, iodine, white pepper and some redder plum, too. The palate has a striking level of concentration of rich red plums and blackberries. Super-fine,...

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  • Clos Clare Riesling 2016

    Clos Clare Riesling 2016

    Region: SA- Clare Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly

    WINE FRONT 94 POINTS!

      "Lovely site and place to visit is Clos Clare. Almost cumin spiced top note over lemon barley, lime and lillies. Intense acidity and burst of lemon/lime flavour, firm chalky texture, a sort of lavender perfume wafting in the finish, but...

    Qualifies for 10% discount in a straight dozen

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  • Saltram No. 1 Shiraz 2009

    Saltram No. 1 Shiraz 2009

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    SUMPTUOUS FULL-BODIED RED

      "Ripe plums, black olives and dark cherries complemented with hints of cocoa and anise. This full-bodied red wine has a velvety palate with an excellent line of fruit flavours, chalky tannins and a fine lingering finish. The palate is dense with...

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  • Clarendon Hills Domaine Clarendon Syrah 2012

    Clarendon Hills Domaine Clarendon Syrah 2012

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    FANTASTIC, STAND-OUT VINTAGE FOR THIS REGION AND PRODUCER

      "Sweet-berried fruit with aspects of tar, aniseed and black forest cake; robust and full-bodied; warm but juicy/spicy through the finish. If you ordered this from a restaurant list, looking for a big-but-modern red to melt into, you wouldn't be...

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  • Clos Clare Riesling 2015

    Clos Clare Riesling 2015

    Region: SA- Clare Valley
    Farming Vegan-friendly

    AGED RIESLING DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS!

      “Riesling is the Clare Valley's signature variety and this is our sixth vintage from clos Clare's Riesling patch, adjoining the historic 'Florita' vineyard in Watervale. The 45-year-old dry grown vines were hand-harvested on the 19th of...

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  • Greenock Creek Roennfeldt Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

    Greenock Creek Roennfeldt Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    Phillip White 96+++ Points!"The nightshades are profuse in this remarkable wine. This family of flowering plants " the Solonaceae " range from the deadly datura and belladonna through the mandrake, tobacco and petunia tribes to many essential edibles:...

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  • Clarendon Hills Astralis Shiraz 2011

    Clarendon Hills Astralis Shiraz 2011

    Region: SA- Clarendon

    WINE FRONT 96+ POINTS!

      "The deep garnet-purple 2011 Astralis offers a nose redolent of Christmas pudding, allspice, mocha and anise along with a lovely core of prunes, black cherry preserves and dusty earth. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the mouth with elegant,...

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  • Saltram No. 1 Shiraz 2008

    Saltram No. 1 Shiraz 2008

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    GOLD! International Wine and Spirits Competition

      "Nearly black purple colour ; massive black cherries and brambles, toasty oak coming through on the nose ; seamless structure with bright acidity and velvet tannins well-integrated with the fruit and oak, concentrated. Lingering finish. Rich and...

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