The 2014 Yalumba Y Series Tempranillo has aromas of blueberry, black cherry and fennel seed leaping from the glass. It is juicy and plush on the palate with apparent dark berries and mocha tannins. The finish is rustic and savoury. Enjoy with salt and pepper grilled lamb cutlet.

The ability to source fruit away from their home base in the Hunter is paying dividends for Brokenwood. This Cricket Pitch is a ripe, fully flavoured red blend - this is the ideal BBQ companion.

It's made by the talented John Quarisa, who has enjoyed a “distinguished career as a winemaker spanning over 20 years” (Halliday). John likes his wines to express big personality and juicy fruit and value for money – he’s certainly achieved that here! Ripe and round blackberries conspire with flavours of plum and cinnamon spice. On the palate, rich red berries and brewed coffee make for a very appealing wine.

Yalumba has set the benchmark for reasonably priced Shiraz Viognier with this label. Aromatic sweetly fruited and silky it shows flavours of liquorice and plum with hints of apricot and soft tannins.

This appealing dry red by Wolf Blass is soft and spicy with mouth filling flavours of ripe berries well matched with light tannins. As part of the Red Label range, this Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon is an everyday drinking style which delivers real value for money.

A medium bodied red wine with flavours of cherry, plum and raspberry and spice, Wolf Blass Red Label offers great value for money. Soft, juicy and so easy to enjoy with a good meal.

Abracadabra and just like that the grapes from the vines magically turn into flavoursome wine. This deep ruby Tempranillo with notes of raspberry, red plum and sweet spices lift across that palate leaving smooth tannins and a long finish. Perfectly suited with grilled meats and vegetables.

Wolf Blass Red Label Shiraz Grenache is extremely soft and approachable, displaying rich plum and cherry characters with a hint of spice. Awarded the best-value red trophy at this year's Royal Sydney Wine Show, this punches way above value. It selects vibrant cherry fruit in first gear, then shifts into an easygoing drinkability with a dash of spice to liven up the palate. Dependable in the glass it suits light, Mediterranean foods. - Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 07 Jun 2014, Tony Love.

McGuigan Wines is going alcohol-free, well at least for these Zero range of wines. The varieties include shiraz, sparkling, rosé, chardonnay and sauvignon blanc and are now available at your local first Choice Liquor Market store. The wines were in development for over two years and use the latest spinning cone technology, working at low temperatures to gently remove alcohol after the fermentation process, ensuring the wines maintain their delicate fruit flavours. The wines were created to maintain strong varietal characteristic, it added, containing no artificial sweeteners or additives.