The Hewett and Colton families sailed from England to Adelaide in 1839. Charles Hewitt moved to the Oxenberry farm site in 1840. The fruit for this appealing Shiraz is from the site where Hewet and William Colton planted McLaren Vale’s first vines, fed by a local freshwater spring. The Shiraz is beautifully crafted by McLaren Vale stalwarts, the Scarpantoni brothers, who back in 2007 won the highly prized Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy at the Royal Melbourne Wine Show. Blackberries, plum, a chocolatey texture, with smooth tannins and a touch of savoury spice, means this suits many dishes from herby lamb to tomato pasta.

We love this wine. It's medium-bodied and just rolls off the tongue with all manner of delicious appealing flavours. The palate has an enticing mix of cloves and spices with a little blackcurrant character. The palate is generous with silky tannins and nice creamy oak with a lovely delicious finish.

Everything you’d expect from an inky rich Barossa Shiraz, intensely rich and luscious. Zonte’s describe it as cool, intelligent, dark, broody and mischievous. Festive spice cuts through a jammy sweetness from sugar plums and sweet blackberry. Fine tannins and dark chocolate lead you towards a lengthy finish.

One of the best known producers of the Rhone Valley is Paul Jaboulet Aine. They produce an array of high quality wines from various appellations within the Rhone.The name of this wine comes from the craggy erosion-worn mountain that dominates the area. Gigondas wines provide some of the best value drinking in the whole of the Rhone. The wine is produced from 80% grenache, 10% syrah and 10% mourvedre grapes from vines which are 40 years of age. It exhibits notes of licorice, violets and black fruit on a concentrated, long and elegant palate.

Wolf Blass has a long and illustrious history in the Australian wine industry. Soft and approachable, this fruit driven Shiraz is easy drinking and loves red meats.

The Linder family established St Hallett Winery in 1944. For over 70 years they have built a reputation as specialists in Barossa Shiraz. The team at St Hallett, headed up by Stuart Blackwell and Toby Barlow, have done a fantastic job with this shiraz, choosing the best grapes from the vineyards to create a wine that is lush with great depth of flavour.

Two Hands is a winery that rarely puts a foot wrong, and the 'Gnarly Dudes' is no exception. The Gnarly refers to the gnarled old Shiraz vines this wine comes from. The nose jumps immediately out of the glass with hints of Asian spice, blackcurrant, rasberry, black pepper, anise and the slightest waft of perfumed violets. The palate gives up a generous hit of black cherry and liquorice. With great complexity, heavy tannins and a brilliant long length, this is a wine that will greatly reward a few years in the cellar.