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Australian Grenache is enjoying a golden era, with producers across the country redefining what the variety can achieve.
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The Featured Library
Château Lafite Rothschild
Five vintages of Bordeaux's most storied First Growth, from 2007 to 2022. Curated for the collector, priced from $1,420.
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In print · Regional Traveller
Yarra Valley: Victoria's playground for wine lovers
Brenden's love letter to the Yarra, as it appeared in Regional Traveller magazine, May / June 2025.
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Coming up · Thursday 6 August
Standish: The Shiraz Event
Twelve Standish wines, three vintages of each, at Cinder Private Dining, Fitzroy. Thirteen seats only.
Book from $399
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Tell us your budget, how many bottles, and what you're into. Brenden hand-picks the wines, wraps the box, and sends it your way. It's the fastest way to discover something you'd never have found on your own.
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2024 Standish Release, My Thoughts
Site-driven Shiraz across the Barossa and Eden Valley: which bottles to chase, which to age, which to open tonight.
April 2026
Domaine Guilbert-Gillet: Burgundy's Hottest Producer
The name to know if you're building a cellar of white Burgundy right now. A profile of the estate and its releases.
January 2026
Leeuwin Estate: The Royalty of Australian Chardonnay
Inside the Art Series Chardonnay, and why Leeuwin remains Australia's benchmark bottle three decades after the fact.
December 2025Curated by Brenden
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Wines for the cellar
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Bordeaux, France
2022 Château Lafite Rothschild
$1,450
Bordeaux, France
2015 Château Lafite Rothschild
$1,420
Bordeaux, France
2009 Château Lafite Rothschild
$1,790
Bordeaux, France
2007 Lafite Rothschild — Magnum
$2,900
Margaret River, WA
2023 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay
$159
Yarra Valley, VIC
2024 Yarra Yering Chardonnay
$159
Yarra Valley, VIC
2023 Mount Mary Réflexion 'Cabernets'
$64
Champagne, France
2013 Dom Pérignon — Gift Box
$385
Featured producers
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Bordeaux, France
Château Lafite Rothschild
The pinnacle First Growth. A five-vintage library ready to cellar.
Yarra Valley, VIC
Yarra Yering
Bailey Carrodus's enduring legacy of Australian classics.
Eden Valley, SA
Henschke
The Eden Valley icon and the family behind Hill of Grace.
Margaret River, WA
Leeuwin Estate
Art Series Chardonnay: Australia's benchmark, since 1980.
Wine Animal · In print
Brenden's love letter to the Yarra Valley, in print
Regional Traveller · May / June 2025
Yarra Valley: Victoria's ultimate playground for wine lovers
Just an hour from Melbourne, the Yarra Valley delivers world-class Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, a food scene worth booking around, and the region's calling card of misty mornings above the vines. Brenden's guide to the Yarra, as it appeared in Regional Traveller magazine.
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