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The question "Is This Australia's Best Winery Right Now?" may seem hyperbolic or click-baity on its face, but it's a legitimate question we've been asking ourselves since tasting the latest icon release with Yangarra General Manager and Chief Winemaker Peter Fraser earlier this week.

Frankland Estate are one of the leading producers in the Frankland River region of Western Australia. Family owned and operated since 1988, their focus is on certified organically grown fruit that reflects the unique terroir it hails from rather than the hand of the winemaker.We've just received our limited allocation of their new Isolation Ridge releases, which are all crafted with only the very best parcels from the oldest vines on the estate.

Burn Cottage is one of the most celebrated Pinot Noirs in New Zealand. Today we are pleased to present our limited allocation of the excellent 2020 vintage of this Central Otago benchmark that has received very high praise from the wine media with 96 points from Bob Campbell MW at The Real Review and 95 points from Mike Bennie at The Wine Front. Extremely limited release, so secure yours now.

Our 2022 International Producer of the Year is Bodega Chacra from Patagonia, Argentina! Chacra is a magical producer that gave us some of the most excellent examples of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that we tasted from any corner of the world in 2022, and it is absolutely no surprise to us that these wines have soared to international notoriety. 

The first stop on the DD Wine Guide to the Galaxy tour is none other than the land of the free and the home of the brave, the grand ol' USA! Our imports buyer, Ian Barr, has been hard at work selecting his top picks from our American wine collection - and after a couple of bottles, he's managed to nail it down a few favourites...

The latest release from this iconic Margaret River estate is sensational.

We've been huge fans of Ryan O'Meara's work for years now. This humble but uber-talented and hard-working winemaker has been on the rise and rise. ...

99 point Pinot Noirs from one of Central Otago's finest producers.

The Dune boys are shaking things up in McLaren Vale, challenging the regional status quo, just as their father did before them.