Reginald Langdon Buller served in the Australian Navy during both world wars. In 1951 he acquired land at Beverford near Swan Hill for the purpose of expanding his winemaking operations outside of Rutherglen. Following the establishment of new vineyards, a winery and distillery, Buller looked forward to releasing wines under the Beverford label. After many vintages, the mature vines are yielding some of the region's most exquisite Cabernet Sauvignon. Beverford offers great depth, sophistication and weight of fruit in a completely satisfying everyday wine.

$1299each $153DOZEN EACH DOZEN Beverford is a sleepy hamlet on the Murray Valley Highway in northeast Victoria, within the fruit growing appellation of Swan Hill. The region is blessed by a sunny climate, good soils and ample water, it enjoys the added security of managed irrigation, an insurance against the dry years. It is an ideal place to grow fruit of all types and has become a major contributor to the Australian winegrowing industry. Production at the ancient Buller family winery has grown significantly over the years with the addition of storage tanks, the most up to date facilities and state of the art refrigeration. Beverford has been treated to a spell of maturation in a combination of tightly grained oak hogsheads. Alcohol 14.0%

Clear ruby red, dark cherry hues on the swirl. Clean developing aromas of ripe cassis and strawberry with a nuance of warm toasted cashew. Full bodied flavours of blackcurrant and raspberry preserve. Integrated rounded tannins carry through to a long finish of sweet bright cherry and nutmeg. Ready upon release to enjoy alonhside spiced venison sausages or traditional lasagna.

Debut best illustrates the remarkable power, intense flavour profiles and sophistication of Merlot grown to good vineyards around Geographe Bay. One of the few major family owner operated wineries in Western Australia, Capel Vale have grown enormously in stature as a purveyor of the finest Merlot through a succession of highly acclaimed editions.

$1699each $201DOZEN EACH DOZEN Winemakers Dr Peter and Elizabeth Pratten have spent the last thirty years pursuing their dream of the finest quality wine, proud regional styling and true elegance. Eighty acres of capel Vale vineyards are named after the original Capel Shire subdivisions, the Stirling district being one of the earliest areas surveyed in the entire state. Merlot grapes are partially hand picked from a split canopy trellising system and de-stemmed without any crushing for maximum whole berry inclusion. The must is then chilled and cold soaked for up to five days followed by a traditional vinification. The wine is pressed, settled and racked off gross lees for malolactic and maturation in a selection of older oak barrels to soften and form structure.

Plum / cherry coloured. Bouquets of kirsch and plum, blackcurrants, bramble and spice, luscious dark blueberry fruits are complemented by mint, autumn leaves and leather. Maturation in French oak barriques produces flavours and aromas reminiscent of sweet plum and cherry with hints of mint, tomato, autumn leaves and leather, complemented by subtle spice, chocolates and tobacco. The palate is rich and generous whilst maintaining elegance and finesse, fine tannins leading to a dry finish. Match it with lamb, osso bucco or hard, pungent cheese.

Capel Vale have played an important role in the establishment of the Western Australian wine industry and the recognition of southwestern Australia as a premium winegrowing region. They established their first vines in 1974 after determining that the Capel are near Geographe Bay was ideally suited to viticulture. Capel Vale have enjoyed runaway success with their second tier Debut label, having claimed gold medal at the National Canberra wine show and Blue Gold at the Sydney International for Shiraz.

$1699each $201DOZEN EACH DOZEN The winemaking philosophy at Capel Vale is to make intensely fruit driven and complex, powerful yet elegant wines, from fruit grown specifically to the mesoclime that's most favourable. Every Capel Vale vineyard was established from day one with the grape varieties most appropriate for the climate and terroir. Shiraz grapes are destemmed but not crushed for a maximum inclusion of whole berries. Musts are chilled and cold soaked for several days. Choice yeasts are added to initiate a traditional vinification in controlled fermenters. Upon completion, the batches are pressed, settled and racked off lees for a course of malolactic and maturation in a selection of older oak barrels.

Bright garnet hue. Licorice nose, red berries and black pepper spice. Succulent berry and black pepper fruit flavours skillfully balanced by spicy French and American vanillin oak. A liingering finish on a note of plums, currant and spice. Will accompany many food styles but is the accompaniement of choice to red game meats, lamb and rich beef recipes.

Why the fifth leg? Recognised as one of Margaret River's great winemaking estates, Devil's Lair is situated on the southern end of Leeuwin Peninsula and produces some of the most meritorious wines in Western Australia. Devil's Lair know about stylish red blends and have brought their smart vinification techniques to bear on a complex cépage of varietals. This funky ensemble of vibrant Cabernet playing alongside the plummy beat of Merlot and rhythmic rumba of spiced Shiraz will make your taste buds dance and groove and have some real fun.

$1799each $213DOZEN EACH DOZEN You'd be barking up the wrong tree if you couldn't match a Fifth Leg to any occasion. Even if the food or company isn't up to the event, you know that you and the wine will have a devil of a time together. Elegance and finesse are qualities which set Fifth Leg apart. These characteristics are expressed strongly in every Fifth Leg, the combination of geology, geography and climes that are so unique. The core of fruit is sourced from good vineyards in Geographe and Margaret River. Following harvest and the crush, inoculation and vinification, some components are matured for a year in seasoned French oak barrels to add spice and complexity, the balance remains unoaked to retain vibrant, fresh fruit flavours.

Bright ruby red with purple hues. A concentrated fruit focused nose exhibiting a complex array of cassis, dark berry and chocolate aromas, supported by well integrated cedary oak. Juicy on the palate, cherries and plums from the tender Merlot component, the underlying chocolateyness of the subtle oak combined with lovely Shiraz spice and all things nice. A complex and inviting wine, very classically Fifth Leg, the bright inviting fruit flavours and full middle palate are finished by subtle but present tannins. Have it with good company and fine cheese, Fifth Leg's a wine of great balance and harmony, eminently drinkable now, will comfortably hang out in the cellar until you're ready for it.

Gnangara have consistently delivered opulent, mouth filling red wines which are charged with the definitive West Australian style and charm.

$1199each $141DOZEN EACH DOZEN Grapes in each vineyard block is tasted twice weekly to ensure harvest at optimum ripeness. Merlot is picked between midnight and early morning to ensure it reaches the winery as cold as possible. Fruit is gently destemmed and transferred to a fermenter where it is held cold for three to four days, infusing aromatics, stable colour and soft texture. Cabernet is picked during the day for immediate vinification. Each parcel is fermented for six days, thoroughly aerated every eight hours along with seed removal. Upon completion, each parcel is pressed, racked off yeast lees and treated to a balance of French oak and tank maturation followed by assemblage and filtration. Alcohol 14.0%

Dense purple in colour with a bright red, purple rim. Lifted ripe plums and red berry fruit notes on the bouquet, complimented by hints of clove and vanilla bean spices. Supple fruit core of juicy dark plum and bright red berry fruit notes dominate, held together by a lovely acid line and supporting oak. The tannins are just there, velvety, the palate extends itself with persistence, to a long dry finish. Cuisine? Have Gnangara with yearling beef and porcini.

Discovering an unoaked Chardonnay with full palate and fine textures can be a pleasant surprise.

$1199each $141DOZEN EACH DOZEN Harvests of Chardonnay are sourced from good vineyards around the warmer regions of the Swan Valley through to Blackwood, Geographe and Margaret River, to the cooler areas of Pemberton and Manjimup. Three months lees contact achieves a complexity of flavour that covers an enticing array from ripe peach, nectarine, and rockmelon, through to the leaner pineapple and grapefruit characters associated with cooler climates. After being destemmed and crushed, the fruit undergoes a controlled cool fermentation through select strains of yeast, to retain the full spectrum of Chardonnay characters. The final wine is assembled completely unwooded and unoaked.

Colour is a clear pale straw with brilliant green hues. Lifted pear, green apple, honeydew melon and zesty lemon citrus characters. Further romas of guava and mango, cashew nuts and zabayon. The palate is generous and rich with fresh, clean tropical fruit and stone fruit flavours, excellent acidity and subtle notes of sherbet. Enjoy with Fish & chips or Moroccan chicken.

Gnangara has a proud thirty year heritage. Evans & Tate's new look is inspired by the vitality and natural beauty of Australia's most endowed wine growing regions, perfectly styled to enjoy with good food and friends. Gnangara is a bright and fresh, fruit driven and pleasantly drying young white, completely unoaked in contemporary styling.

$1199each $141DOZEN EACH DOZEN As his business career matured, John Tate was able to turn one of his lifelong dreams into reality when he purchased a small vineyard with friend and business partner John Evans. The following year the Tate involvement in the industry became absolute with the purchase of a small winery called Gnangara in the historic Swan Valley just north of Perth. Fruit is harvested in the cool of the night, delivered immediately to the winery, and promptly vinified to capture the vital expressions of the vineyard. The juice was settled, inoculated and fermented in clean steel tanks at a cool temperature to retain varietal freshness. Gnangara was filtered immediately post ferment to provide a fresh early drinking style. Alcohol 12.5%

Very pale straw with a green tint. The nose shows tropical fruit salad characters along with fresh green apple, lemon zest and nectarine. Secondary impressions of pineapple and vanilla bean, sugar pea and lychee. The palate is fresh and crisp with lively apple flavours, the savouryness of asparagus with grain, quartz and cumquat, followed by a clean citrus finish. Enjoy Gnangara with seafood, salads and chicken.

Since 1859 the historic Houghton Winery in Western Australia has been famous for its distinctive wines. Today, Houghton continues the tradition by consistently producing award-winning wines of finesse and character. The 2005 vintage allowed for near perfect ripening of the Chardonnay. Select fruit parcels were sourced from WA's premium wine growing regions including the Margaret River, Frankland River, Swan Valley & Gin Gin. This wine can be enjoyed at any occasion while young or would benefit from cellaring.

$1199each $141DOZEN EACH DOZEN Spring 2005 was warm with late rains, but sunny days in between. This translated to good vine growth with healthy canopies. The lack of extended hot weather meant that acid levels were sound; fruit was soft with low pH's increasing the perception of fruit flavours. Careful winemaking served to enhance the richness and complexity of the juice derived from these grapes, resulting in a wine that is eminently drinkable. Alcohol 14.5% Sugar 3.8g/litre pH 3.17 Acidity 6.02 g/litre.

Pale straw in colour, this wine has a nose of melons and peach with just a touch of oak. The palate is soft full flavoured and rich, with an abundance of fruit and supporting oak, which gives the wine texture and flavour. A broad palated, fully flavoured Chardonnay that offers distinctive Western characters and vigorous dry fruit. Enjoy this light wine with a roast chicken or perhaps grilled fish.

Houghton operate many of Western Australia's most bountiful vineyards. Nature however plays the biggest role in creating a late harvest wine with lingering ripe fruit characters, supporting acidity and exquisite balance. This exciting Verdelho wine is creamier and nuttier than most, almost Alsace in character, it exudes a perfumed nose of hazelnut and lychee before a generous palate brimming with ripe and developed, elegant fruit flavours followed by a crisp clean finish, making it the ideal accompaniment to consomme, desserts and high tea.

$1499each $177DOZEN EACH DOZEN Houghton's diversity of vineyards throughout the length and breadth of Western Australia's viticultural precincts present a rare opportunity for the winemaking team to select the right fruit for each individual style. Late picked grapes make for richer wines. Each contributing mesoclime infuses the berries with unique characters. Verdelho is harvested throughout the cool of night to capture the luscious flavours which evolve late in the season. Fruit is crushed, pressed and chilled before draining. Juices are vinified at cooler temperatures to retain freshness. Following fermentation, the wine is prepared with minimal handling and fining prior to early bottling, retaining all the exuberant late harvest flavours. Approx 11.0%

Bright appearance, light straw hue. Fresh and clean with tropical fruit aromas, rich on the palate with good texture, displaying tropical characters all the way to a fruity, full flavoured finish.

According to local folklore, the tranquillity of Mad Fish Bay is broken when two tides meet, driving schools of small fish to go quite completely bonkers, as they jump about to avoid being gobbled up by the incoming tide of hungry, larger fish. A mostly Cabernet Sauvignon wine with smaller components of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, from a corner of Australia that does the Medoc proprietary blends so uncannily well. Superbly balanced, highly polished, affable and quaffable, assembled into a wine that's intense, approachable and complete.

$1599each $189DOZEN EACH DOZEN Cabernet Sauvignon forms the backbone, showing dark cassis flavours, elegant tannins and refined acidity to give length. Merlot brings a sweet essence, plumpness and juicy fruit flavours. Cabernet Franc contributes beautiful aromatics. Grapes are sourced from good vineyards in Margaret River, Great Southern and Geographe, all of which are notable for the quality of Cabernet. Following harvest and the crush, grapes are vinified in tank with traditional pumpovers to extract colour, flavour and tannin. The wine is then pressed direct to French oak barriques for eight months maturation, achieving a wine packed full of ripe fruit flavours, supported structurally by fine, savoury oak tannins.

A bright dark crimson red colour with great intensity. The wine jumps from the glass with aromatic black cherry, blueberry and chocolate. These aromas continue on to the palate with complex flavours of roasted coffee beans, mulberries and savoury dusty tannins. An easy drinking West Australian which offers the smoothness and ripe fruit flavours to make it immediately approachable, the perfect partner to relaxed dining.

Millbrook is a boutique winery situated in the historic town of Jarrahdale on the Perth Hills. The origins of the estate's Chestnut Farm winery date back to the nineteenth century when the original owner, Joseph Batt, planted an orchard and the first grapevines in 1860. Today's Millbrook has been specially designed for high quality, small batch wine production.

$1799each $213DOZEN EACH DOZEN Millbrook is now one of the largest vineyards established in the recently recognised wine growing region of Perth Hills. Barking owls are birds which live in the forests surrounding the estate's home vineyard. It seemed only fitting to name the wines after these noisy creatures which, on a moonlit night, can often be seen perched at the end of the vineyard rows. Parcels of Shiraz and Viognier from choice wineyards in Geographe, the Great Southern and Perth Hills are co-fermented and hand plunged for two weeks in open fermenters to extract good colour and flavour. Barking Owl has been aged in a combination of new and seasoned oak barrels for eighteen months. Approx 14.5%

Deep ruby magenta red. Barking Owl exudes a rich and spicy bouquet with lifted red fruit characters of cherry, plum, blueberries and red currants supported by floral Viognier aromatics over nicely scented vanillin oak. Dry, firm and chewy tannins with plum, blueberry and cherry flavours that are enhanced by spicy supporting oak. A well balanced wine showing focus and forming a strong backbone supporting the lovely regional fruit. Medium to full bodied, Barking Owl over delivers in weight of fruit and soaked berry flavours, it displays richness and persistence throughout the palate. A long, savoury finish with an added dimension of oak and complexity at the close of this wonderful Shiraz.

Moondah Brook is a contemporary range of varietal wines sourced from premium Western Australian vineyards. This is a fine example of how the variety prospers in Western Australia. Moondah Brook Chenin Blanc is a traditional drier style.

$1599each $189DOZEN EACH DOZEN A unique Western Australian style showing fresh and flavoursome tropical fruit characters.As a true expression of each variety, Moondah Brook wines are fruit driven with spicy full-flavoured styles. Intensity and texture, together with premium WA fruit, make them perfect food wines. .

Pale straw, highlighted by soft golden hues. A rich array of fresh pineapple, citrus and passionfruit aromas provide an intense and vibrant bouquet. A medium bodied palate displays exquisite fruit intensity and freshness. Soft creamy textures are balanced by fine lemon acidity which carry the fruit characters. This wine can be cellared with confidence for up to five years to obtain further complexity.