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Auld & Burton Barossa Valley Shiraz Mataro 2014
$12.80The oldest Mataro vines date back to around 1892 though it was a popular variety in previous eras as a productive, non-irrigated bush vine this before the arrival of trellised vine rows and drip irrigation. We do know that the early makers of Barossa Valley Shiraz added 10-15% of Mataro to many blends as they found this added strength and character to the wine. So Mataro was the variety which was never on the label yet was always in red wine.
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Fareham Estates Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Original price was: $15.60.$10.00Current price is: $10.00.A big rich, juicy Cabernet, minty, intense flavours, being part of the ‘five star red haul’ we stumbled across in mid-2024. Five stars being the winery rating of the wine writer James Halliday. Halliday published ‘Clare Valley-the history the vignerons and the wines’, in 1985. He devotes a section to Fareham Estate which was founded in 1966.
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Hopcroft & Cornock McLaren Vale Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2022
$13.80Sourced from surplus barrels of a post-1990s McLaren Vale winemaker, this Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2022 has been matured in large, seasoned oak and bottled when at its finest, offering a rich, balanced expression of the original wine.
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Borderland Estates ‘Tumbleweed’ South Australia Shiraz Viognier 2022
$8.00This 2022 blend came from a winery in the Southern Barossa Valley.
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Glug ‘Bethany Road’ Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
$14.20Barossa Cabernet is different to those from cooler districts being warmer and riper on the palate and this ‘one off’ is very much in the Glug style.
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Limited Release Batch BX7 Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022
Original price was: $14.80.$11.00Current price is: $11.00.Glug makes wine plus we are opportunity buyers of wines made by others. We know the wines we like and to make Glug blends like this BX7 we create bench trials that combine out large stocks with these small amounts we purchase from others. Such small blends add variety to your drinking though are true to the Glug style of big flavour.
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Goat Square Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
$15.80Cabernets can shine to reveal a different expression to those of cooler maritime localities.
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Glug Exploring The Full Flavoured Reds of SA Mix
$120.00The reds of South Australia are very special. The reason is the geography of the premium vineyard regions means the climate is a balance between cooling and ripening in a way which is not found anywhere else on the globe.
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Glug ‘North Block’ Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022
$14.60The point of Barossa Shiraz is its unique depth and ripeness. Pale, delicate and light has its place as does a wine like this which is the opposite. Look for an intense depth of ‘sweetness’ along the mid palate which is a feature that seems to be unique to the Barossa Valley. I hasten to add the wine is dry its just that the taste appears as described.
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Langdorf Kaldukee Barossa Valley Mataro 2020
Original price was: $12.40.$8.00Current price is: $8.00.Bit by bit the status of Mataro is growing with Glug seeing Mataro as a variety of great significance from warm climate regions.
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P.B. Burgoyne Eden Valley Riesling 2023
$11.60Eden Valley is considered a cool climate district. Cool climate districts though are not all the same since coolness can come from elevation or latitude or a combination.
Further variations are created by the closeness to the ocean, being a source of cool air, and rainfall as humidity seems to play a role in creating the taste.
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Hopcroft & Cornock McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020
$14.80Yet another reason why you should regularly drink the wines from this fascinating district.
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Glug ‘Sunday Drive’ Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2023
Original price was: $14.60.$9.00Current price is: $9.00.Adelaide Hills vineyards are small and variable. A bit of good ground here and a further tiny parcel over the hill crest. Pocket handkerchief vineyards. Less common is exposure to the summer heat which ripens Shiraz and this ‘Sunday Drive’ we found irresistible and so purchased from a small garagiste maker. Cool climate though in the style of Eden Valley.
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Glug ‘GH53’ Winemaker’s Individual Barrel Selection Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Original price was: $14.20.$10.00Current price is: $10.00.Since 2016 we have been bottling the best of the best which are always in small volumes, and can be single barrels. The first bottled in-house single barrel was released in late 2017. They are now a regular part of the Glug yearly production.
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Crayford Barossa Valley Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2023
$14.80Shiraz forms the stable known base. Grenache has alcoholic strength but less palate taste and brings to the blend beguiling aromas and a different palate impression to Shiraz. Yet what are these two without Mataro which maintains order by rearranging both and providing a strength of character particularly on the back palate. Still the genius of this wine remains the Grenache.
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Hopcroft & Cornock McLaren Vale Merlot 2019
Original price was: $14.20.$8.00Current price is: $8.00.High quality and low prices is a sum we like, hence this remarkable wine from McLaren Vale, a district with a climate well suited to this variety.
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Mount Eagle Eden Valley Shiraz 2021
Original price was: $14.10.$10.00Current price is: $10.00.Excellent Eden Valley Shiraz.
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Crayford Barossa Valley Shiraz Durif 2022
$14.80What varieties can be used to make wines that create a taste that carries the global badge ‘made in Australia’. Shiraz for sure as it takes on another dimension in our warm regions. Of the many hundreds of other varieties it is work in motion though a Glug favourite for stardom is Durif.
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The Universe
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