We are pleased to present to you today what we believe to be the defining Clare Valley label of our generation - the wonderfully eclectic and extremely delicious wines of Damon and Jono Koerner. These are thrilling, moreish wines that are unlike anything else in the region and we're certain this is the Koerner's best release to date.
When there's an emphatic consensus amongst wine critics that Australia has a new benchmark producer from an unexpected region, it's worth taking notice. Swinney Wines, in Western Australia's Frankland River, has become something of a century-in-the-making overnight success story in Australian wine - check the range out here.
We've been huge fans of Charlie Seppelt and Skye Salter's work at Paralian ever since their very first vintage in 2018, and we are thriled to be able to offer you a small pre-release allocation of their stunning 2022s this week. Stocks are small, the reviews are large - we won't have them for long!
We are thrilled to bring you anexclusive offertoday forthe most exciting wine collaboration in Australia this year: the much-anticipated debut release of theVanguardist X Tonic GSM, available exclusively at Different Drop!
Thistledown is a Grenache-obsessed South Australian-based producer founded by two Masters of Wine, Giles Cooke and Fergal Tynan. Their high-scoring single vineyard wines are made in small batches only so get in quickly for your chance to sample. They're wines of great finesse, interest, quality, and most importantly - they're downright delicious.
Rob Mack has taken the Grenache game at Aphelion to a whole new level this year, with the culmination of a seven-year project to isolate the best parcels of Grenache from his top vineyard sources. This is as good as Grenache gets in Australia. Lap it up.
In 2019, Peter Schell of Spinifex was named as a finalist for the 2019 Gourmet Traveller WINE Winemaker of the Year Awards. It was long overdue recognition for this champion of the much talked about "New Barossa".