Bridget Mac's wines are some of my favourites. They're deeply inspired by the cool-climate greats of Alsace, Austria and Germany, but made in the wild soils of southern Australia. After cutting her teeth at Lethbridge, Giant Steps and Chatto, Bridget launched Werkstatt in 2022 with a single (delicious!) riesling. Since then, she’s added a number of gems to the lineup, all sourced from a site she stumbled across and quickly fell for in Mount Gambier, which sits on ancient marine limestone transformed by volcanic heat into marble. That detail feels important, in more ways than one. Not only is this unique but the metamorphosed limestone gives the wines a concentrated, stony edge.. clarity, a quiet depth.