Restrained red fruit with a background of menthol, leather and tobacco on the nose leads to a big mouthful of cherries, vanilla and plums with good intensity. A nicely balanced wine, drinking very well.

Hardys R&R Shiraz shows plenty of value for money. Pepper and spice flavours are complemented by soft tannins and oak. Now available in a value pack 1 Litre bottle.

Yalumba Y Series Merlot is soft and supple, with sweet, ripe fruit flavours and a hint of liquorice or anise. Merlot is an excellent alternative to the heavier and more tannic red varieties.

A savoury, spicy Shiraz from Margaret River offering lively flavours of dark cherry, plum and pepper. Medium bodied and seamless in texture, it is a great drink now style with finesse.

McGuigan are the champions of rich, full-bodied red wines for fantastic prices. The Cabernet Sauvignon is jam packed full of charming cherry and blackberry highlights. It is a wine with a subtle oak influence of chocolate and vanilla. Densely full flavoured with a rich finish.

Full of dark berries and plums this richly-coloured and -flavoured wine is from South Eastern Australia. An excellent everyday wine it suits hearty soups and slow cooked lamb making it a perfect choice for winter evenings.

Crimson with violet hues. Spiced plums and peppercorns with fruit cake and forest floor aromas. The palate is a mix of violets and spice with hints of dutch licorice and lingering plum and cherry flavours. This is a fruit driven, medium bodied wine with soft, silky tannins and a savoury, persistent finish.

McGuigan produce another fantastically smooth and rich Merlot from their Black Label range. It is a soft and flavoursome wine with ripe fruit flavours of raspberry, cherry and plums integrated with subtle oak.

McGuigan provides a luscious and smooth drinking Cabernet Merlot here with nice concentration from the Cabernet Sauvignon balanced well with smooth, silky Merlot. Plums and blackcurrants cover the palate complimented by a silky finish.

John Tate's Shiraz Cab Merlot is a beauty of a red blend fresh from Western Australia. With luscious red fruit and plush dark berries, it delivers mouth-filling flavour on a soft, lengthy palate, that will pair like a dream with a rich roast lamb dinner.