Water Wheel, the famed Bendigo wine producer trots out superb reds year after year. On this occasion though, the price stopped us dead in our tracks. Especially when the sourcing here is premium all the way; the estate vineyards near Bendigo, plus top tier vineyards in Heathcote, the Pyrenees and Grampians regions. With all portions destined for far higher priced wines, this is a scoop to dive on. Cascading black and purple fruits, plush and silky from start to finish, all wrapped in lovely length and structure. Sensational!

Birthday Wine Cylinder “Hip Hip Hooray It’s Your Birthday”. A single vineyard Shiraz from the renowned Bendigo wine region. This full bodied wine offers an abundance of upfront red fruit flavours with plum and spicy overtones that continue through the pallet. Well integrated soft and elegant tannins are added through maturation in French and American Oak. The winemaker, Ian Hall, is an artisan winemaker who has been producing award-winning wines for over 25 years.

Birthday Wine Cylinder “Hip Hip Hooray It’s Your Birthday” A single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from the renowned Bendigo wine region. This full bodied wine is hand crafted using a boutique, minimalist approach. Concentrated black fruits and plum with spicy overtones are complemented by elegant tannins from maturation in French Oak. The winemaker, Ian Hall, is an artisan winemaker who has been producing award-winning wines for over 25 years.

This is a beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant. Its flavour, noticed when tasting it, only accentuates the pleasant sensations perceived in the aroma , while revealing a light but pleasant touch of roasted malt.

La Trappe is the only Trappist beer located outside of Belgium and is only one of the seven still producing Trappist beers today. The Blond is a golden blond beer that combines the Trappist fermentation process to produce an aromatic, fruity and fresh aroma. The flavour may be described as light malty and slightly sweet. A fresh and fruity beer with a hint of bitterness that evaporates quickly, resulting in a smooth and friendly aftertaste. This easy drinking beer is a finely balanced mix of complexity and simplicity.

Quadrupel is the heaviest La Trappe beer with a magnificent amber color. Matured in oak barrels, it has a warm, intense flavor that is full and well balanced. Malty sweet, slightly toasted and pleasantly bitter with a sweet aftertaste. Identifiable aromas include banana, almond and vanilla.

Blonde style from Belgium, beautiful fruit on the palate finishing clean and crisp. La Chouffe is an unfiltered blonde beer, which is re-fermented in the bottle as well as in the keg. It is pleasantly fruity, spiced with coriander, and with a light hop taste.

Birra Menabrea Lager is brewed using light barley malts and maize, for a light, crisp Lager style. A distinctive yeast strain, and a more significant amount of hops than is usual for a Lager beer add to its aromatic complexity. This, combined with a fairly high alcohol level, makes for a very full and flavourful, yet still refreshing Lager. Around 100 thousand hectolitres of beer are produced annually, part of which for export in twenty countries.

A sweetly full-bodied, high alcohol beer from the Carlsberg Brewery - brewed in Denmark.