Check out the wines featured in April. Each one has been hand-selected by Owner/Sommelier, Amelia Birch, with you in mind. They are wines she loves and wants to share with you. Whether you are a wine lover or wine curious, you will find something to enjoy.
- Traditional Sparkling
- Chardonnay
- Whitlands, VIC
- Clare Burder | Eminence Wines
Wine Description
Wow - this is a stellar 2022 vintage sparkling! Made by a grower of premium sparkling grapes in High Plateau Whitlands with admirable intentionality & precision. Zero dosage keeps the expression pure & intense, and the cool climate fruit radiates brightness, sophistication & length.
About the Winemaker
- Non-Traditional Sparkling
- Sauvignon Blanc and Shiraz
- Great Southern, WA
- Yoko Luscher-Mostert + Andries Mostert | Brave New Wine
Wine Description
A wonderfully joyous ride through aromas of cherry, wild strawberries, green capsicum and smoky ash, through to a palate with rhubarb, guava, passionfruit, sherbet, stalky green-ness & blueberry jam. It’s luscious, tart, fruity & herbaceous all at once! Fun! Fun! Fun! Jump on the rollercoaster?
About the Winemaker
- Light White
- Fiano
- Wrattonbully, SA
- Sue Bell | Bellwether Wines
Wine Description
Ooft, get a load of this wondrously oily, creamy, sensual white wine! On the nose we get curry leaf, tomato leaf & honeysuckle, followed by honeydew melon, pineapple & white pepper on the palate. From a highly respected winemaker doing it tough, 50% of profits from this wine will go to her.
About the Winemaker
- Medium White, Orange, Light White
- Muscat di Alexandria and Albarello
- Vittoria Sicily, IT
- Arianna Occhipinti | Occhipinti
Wine Description
From the ‘boss’ of Sicilian vini & viticulture we share this exquisite, textural white wine. If you’re new to, or not a fan of ‘natural wine’, I strongly suggest you try this. It’s clean, pure & balanced with acidity, minerality & fruit whilst at the same time carrying a discernible tension, it’s magical.
About the Winemaker
- Medium White
- Chardonnay
- Orange, NSW
- Rebecca Milne + Aaron Onegin-Ward | Grape Pirates
Wine Description
Ok friends, this is a go-er! Cool climate brilliance in a glass, it’s buttery, caramelised, musky & tropical. A barrel selection that highlights wonderful purity of fruit, we get coconut cream, nutty pandan, luscious peaches & passionfruit yoghurt. It’s familiar & unexpected all at once. Such sass!!
About the Winemaker
- Orange
- Chardonnay
- Granite Belt, QLD
- Dominique Gruhier + Tom Crusher | Crusher
Wine Description
Ok friends, this is a go-er! Cool climate brilliance in a glass, it’s buttery, caramelised, musky & tropical. A barrel selection that highlights wonderful purity of fruit, we get coconut cream, nutty pandan, luscious peaches & passionfruit yoghurt. It’s familiar & unexpected all at once. Such sass!!
About the Winemaker
- Rosé
- Syrah
- Batroun, LEB
- Claudine Lteif + Michelle Chami | Heya Wines
Wine Description
Our kind of pink, this is soo far from Provence it’s not funny. It has an incredible energy, minerality, and textural fruit palate. Think rhubarb, raspberry, cherry, salted plum, white pepper, olive leaf & bergamot. A melting pot that just works. Big love for these fabulous, bad-ass women in Lebanon!
About the Winemaker
- Chilled Light Red
- Cinsault
- McLaren Vale, SA
- Verity Cowley | Orbis
Wine Description
One of my fave red grapes, it features a big fat berry so the juice to skin ratio is higher & we are gifted this plush, juicy, silken wine. Here, an early pick means it comes in under 10% ABV. No compromise on flavour - wild strawberry jam, burnt sugar, white pepper, cumin & dried oregano!
About the Winemaker
- Light Red
- Pinot Noir
- Macedon Ranges, VIC
- Emily Kinsman | ECK Wines
Wine Description
This is unapologetically varietal from lawyer turned winemaker in VIC, the perfect intro to Wintery reds. On the nose you’ll find blackberries, cooked mushrooms & wet leaves - soo good! It’s giving fruit strap, earthy minerality, forest floor, fennel & plush dark fruits. The Macedon Ranges deliver!
About the Winemaker
- Chilled Medium Red
- Grenache
- Pyrenees, VIC
- Niki Nikolovska + Tom Byrne | Babche Wines
Wine Description
Chilled red lovers, start with the ‘Thicc’ gurl and then make your way down here! Opposite end of the spectrum, this is a deep and insightful red, giving liquorice and chocolate bullets, Jerusalem artichoke, star anise and roses! A fave this month, from very small-batch makers in the Pyrenees.
About the Winemaker
- Medium Red
- Barbera
- Piemonte, IT
- Sara Vezza | Josetta Safirio
Wine Description
Tart, stony and perfumed, this is a traditional Italian expression with a modern, feminine touch. Raspberries, cranberries, dried tobacco, black peppercorns and juniper berries, give way to a meaty, cigar-box, taut, chalky, bright, long finish. From 5th generation winemaker in Piemonte.
About the Winemaker
- Medium Red
- Bobal
- Valencia, SP
- María Sancho + Paco Cotino | Bodegas Montesanco
Wine Description
Though lighter on the palate than the nose gives away, this 2021 vintage, big red carries it’s weight through tertiary characteristics of dried figs, prunes and raisins, cigar box, smoke and menthol, which is beautifully reflective of its 60 year-old bush vines, indigenous to Utiel Requena in Spain.
About the Winemaker
- Heavy White
- Chardonnay
- Hawke's Bay, NZ
- Kate Radburnd | Radburnd Cellars
Wine Description
About the Winemaker
- Heavy Red
- Syrah
- Hawke's Bay, NZ
- Kate Radburnd | Radburnd Cellars
Wine Description
About the Winemaker
- Heavy Red
- Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
- Hawke's Bay, NZ
- Kate Radburnd | Radburnd Cellars
Wine Description
About the Winemaker
- Traditional Sparkling
- Chardonnay
- Whitlands, VIC
- Clare Burder | Eminence Wines
Wine Description
Wow - this is a stellar 2022 vintage sparkling! Made by a grower of premium sparkling grapes in High Plateau Whitlands with admirable intentionality & precision. Zero dosage keeps the expression pure & intense, and the cool climate fruit radiates brightness, sophistication & length.
About the Winemaker
- Non-Traditional Sparkling
- Sauvignon Blanc and Shiraz
- Great Southern, WA
- Yoko Luscher-Mostert + Andries Mostert | Brave New Wine
Wine Description
A wonderfully joyous ride through aromas of cherry, wild strawberries, green capsicum and smoky ash, through to a palate with rhubarb, guava, passionfruit, sherbet, stalky green-ness & blueberry jam. It’s luscious, tart, fruity & herbaceous all at once! Fun! Fun! Fun! Jump on the rollercoaster?
About the Winemaker
- Light White
- Fiano
- Wrattonbully, SA
- Sue Bell | Bellwether Wines
Wine Description
Ooft, get a load of this wondrously oily, creamy, sensual white wine! On the nose we get curry leaf, tomato leaf & honeysuckle, followed by honeydew melon, pineapple & white pepper on the palate. From a highly respected winemaker doing it tough, 50% of profits from this wine will go to her.
About the Winemaker
- Medium White, Orange, Light White
- Muscat di Alexandria and Albarello
- Vittoria Sicily, IT
- Arianna Occhipinti | Occhipinti
Wine Description
From the ‘boss’ of Sicilian vini & viticulture we share this exquisite, textural white wine. If you’re new to, or not a fan of ‘natural wine’, I strongly suggest you try this. It’s clean, pure & balanced with acidity, minerality & fruit whilst at the same time carrying a discernible tension, it’s magical.
About the Winemaker
- Medium White
- Chardonnay
- Orange, NSW
- Rebecca Milne + Aaron Onegin-Ward | Grape Pirates
Wine Description
Ok friends, this is a go-er! Cool climate brilliance in a glass, it’s buttery, caramelised, musky & tropical. A barrel selection that highlights wonderful purity of fruit, we get coconut cream, nutty pandan, luscious peaches & passionfruit yoghurt. It’s familiar & unexpected all at once. Such sass!!
About the Winemaker
- Orange
- Chardonnay
- Granite Belt, QLD
- Dominique Gruhier + Tom Crusher | Crusher
Wine Description
Ok friends, this is a go-er! Cool climate brilliance in a glass, it’s buttery, caramelised, musky & tropical. A barrel selection that highlights wonderful purity of fruit, we get coconut cream, nutty pandan, luscious peaches & passionfruit yoghurt. It’s familiar & unexpected all at once. Such sass!!
About the Winemaker
- Rosé
- Syrah
- Batroun, LEB
- Claudine Lteif + Michelle Chami | Heya Wines
Wine Description
Our kind of pink, this is soo far from Provence it’s not funny. It has an incredible energy, minerality, and textural fruit palate. Think rhubarb, raspberry, cherry, salted plum, white pepper, olive leaf & bergamot. A melting pot that just works. Big love for these fabulous, bad-ass women in Lebanon!
About the Winemaker
- Chilled Light Red
- Cinsault
- McLaren Vale, SA
- Verity Cowley | Orbis
Wine Description
One of my fave red grapes, it features a big fat berry so the juice to skin ratio is higher & we are gifted this plush, juicy, silken wine. Here, an early pick means it comes in under 10% ABV. No compromise on flavour - wild strawberry jam, burnt sugar, white pepper, cumin & dried oregano!
About the Winemaker
- Light Red
- Pinot Noir
- Macedon Ranges, VIC
- Emily Kinsman | ECK Wines
Wine Description
This is unapologetically varietal from lawyer turned winemaker in VIC, the perfect intro to Wintery reds. On the nose you’ll find blackberries, cooked mushrooms & wet leaves - soo good! It’s giving fruit strap, earthy minerality, forest floor, fennel & plush dark fruits. The Macedon Ranges deliver!
About the Winemaker
- Chilled Medium Red
- Grenache
- Pyrenees, VIC
- Niki Nikolovska + Tom Byrne | Babche Wines
Wine Description
Chilled red lovers, start with the ‘Thicc’ gurl and then make your way down here! Opposite end of the spectrum, this is a deep and insightful red, giving liquorice and chocolate bullets, Jerusalem artichoke, star anise and roses! A fave this month, from very small-batch makers in the Pyrenees.
About the Winemaker
- Medium Red
- Barbera
- Piemonte, IT
- Sara Vezza | Josetta Safirio
Wine Description
Tart, stony and perfumed, this is a traditional Italian expression with a modern, feminine touch. Raspberries, cranberries, dried tobacco, black peppercorns and juniper berries, give way to a meaty, cigar-box, taut, chalky, bright, long finish. From 5th generation winemaker in Piemonte.
About the Winemaker
- Medium Red
- Bobal
- Valencia, SP
- María Sancho + Paco Cotino | Bodegas Montesanco
Wine Description
Though lighter on the palate than the nose gives away, this 2021 vintage, big red carries it’s weight through tertiary characteristics of dried figs, prunes and raisins, cigar box, smoke and menthol, which is beautifully reflective of its 60 year-old bush vines, indigenous to Utiel Requena in Spain.
About the Winemaker
- Heavy White
- Chardonnay
- Hawke's Bay, NZ
- Kate Radburnd | Radburnd Cellars
Wine Description
About the Winemaker
- Heavy Red
- Syrah
- Hawke's Bay, NZ
- Kate Radburnd | Radburnd Cellars
Wine Description
About the Winemaker
- Heavy Red
- Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
- Hawke's Bay, NZ
- Kate Radburnd | Radburnd Cellars
