Colour Bright crimson red.

Stewed, fleshy, dark and berry fruits - raspberry, plum and cherry. Elemental cocoa powder aroma at this stage, with dark chocolate, mocha and ground coffee about to unfold. Youthful.

Expansive and mouthfilling. Concentrated, with chewy ripe tannins and lingering sweet fruit. Flavours of pan forte -- warm spices, chocolate, dried fig and dates. A benchmark Bin 28 with excellent medium to long-term cellaring prospects -- an impressive leap from the 1997.

Bright crimson red.

Coonawarra varietal notes with green tobacco and a whiff of spice, white pepper and menthol. Beguiling lift of Chinese pork, freshly shelled walnut and pistachio.

Lively, rich, ripe Coonawarra shiraz with damson plum, beetroot and blackberry flavours. Generous, sweet mid-palate with rounded, softened oak tannins. A lovely, ripe Bin 128, a confident follow-up to the floral, peppery 1997.

As a tribute to the matriarch of Australia's best known winemaking and sailing family, the first Eileen Hardy Shiraz was released in 1973. Eileen actively influenced the Hardy company between 1938 and 1975 and was awarded an OBE in 1977 for her outstanding contribution to the wine industry.

In recognition of this great lady, each vintage the winemakers select the very best Shiraz to carry the "Eileen Hardy" label. This 1997 vintage is a blend of McLaren Vale fruit and was produced using the time honoured winemaking techniques of open fermentation and basket pressing at Hardys Tintara winery. It was then matured for 2 years in a combination of new and one year old French oak barrels.

Fresh black cherry, blackberry and cracked black pepper aromas are complexed by spice and herbal aromas of rosemary, nutmeg and cloves. The flavours on the palate are exceptionally long and similar to those on the nose, with hints of liquorice and sage while the mouthfeel is lively, velvety and powerful. A seamless finish which possesses fine structured tannins and subtle toasty vanillin oak characters is well integrated into the body of the wine. Careful cellaring for 7 to 10 years and decanting the wine before serving is recommended.

The E&E Black Pepper Shiraz emanates from 60 year old vines grown in the harsh north-east of the Barossa Valley. Whilst producing only a meagre yield each year, these carefully selected vines produce fruit with intense concentration of flavour. The close relationship between winemaker and grower ensures that this wine continues to build on its reputation as a flagship Barossa Shiraz.

The 1997 vintage is a powerful wine with rich Shiraz fruit flavours and well-balanced oak complexity. The wine has great length of flavour with gripping, velvety tannins.

Tintara is Hardys premium red wine making facility, producing wines of rare richness and quality. The Tintara Shiraz was hand crafted using the time honoured traditions of open fermentation and the basket press, producing a rich, full flavoured, soft wine with fine tannin structure.

An impressive wine with excellent fruit intensity and lift, the aromas and flavours of blackberry and dark plum are complexed by hints of liquorice, musk, pepper and cloves. Matured in a combination of French and American oak for two years the 1998 Tintara McLaren Shiraz displays great finesse, but will develop further elegance and complexity with 5 - 8 years cellaring.

Over one hundred and fifty years ago Johann Christian Henschke came from Silesia to settle and farm at Keyneton in the Barossa Ranges.

By the time the third-generation, Paul Henschke, took over the reins in 1914, the famous Hill of Grace Shiraz vines were over fifty years old. They were planted in rich alluvial soil in a shallow fertile valley, opposite a beautiful stone church euphoniously named Gnadenberg, meaning "Hill of Grace".

Cyril Henschke, the fourth generation, made the first individual vineyard wines from these vines in the early 1950's. The 130 year old vines continue to produce wines of concentration, supple structure and great longevity.

The Henschke family have been winemakers at Keyneton, South Australia, for five generations with a proud heritage and a philosophy for exceptional wines from outstanding vineyards.

Over one hundred and fifty years ago Johann Christian Henschke came from Silesia to settle and farm at Keyneton in the Barossa Ranges.

By the time the third-generation Paul Alfred Henschke took over the reins in 1914, the famous Hill of Grace Shiraz vines were over 50 years old. They were planted in rich alluvial soil in a shallow fertile valley, opposite a beautiful stone church euphoniously named Gnadenberg, meaning "Hill of Grace".

Cyril Henschke, the fourth generation, made the first individual vineyard wines from these vines in the early 1950's. The original vines, now over 140 years old, are still producing Hill of Grace.

The Henschke family have been winemakers at Keyneton, South Australia, for five generations with a proud heritage and a philosophy for exceptional wines from outstanding vineyards.

Very deep crimson in colour. A sweet ripe complex exotic nose of prunes, plums, blackberries, cedar and chocolate aromas. A rich sweet succulent palate, complex and wellstructured with excellent concentration and texture, finishing long with velvety tannins.

In 1920 Ronald Angas planted Shiraz vines on sandy loam soil on the eastern slopes of Mount Edelstone high in the Eden Valley region near Keyneton. This vineyard came to be known as Mount Edelstone, meaning gemstone.

The 75 year old ungrafted dry grown vines from this historic vineyard are low yielding producing intensity of colour, depth of fruit flavours, complexity and palate length. The Shiraz was hand picked in mid April and matured in new and seasoned American and French oak hogsheads for eighteen months. Mount Edelstone has received awards at National Wine Shows every year since 1956.

The Henschke family have been winemakers at Keyneton, South Australia, for five generations, with a proud heritage and a philosophy for outstanding quality.

Grange is recognised as Australia's and indeed one of the world's finest red wines. This great wine, developed by Max Schubert commencing with the 1951 vintage, is made from low yielding Shiraz vines grown at selected vineyards in South Australia and matured in new American oak hogsheads prior to bottling.

During an extensive tour of the Bordeaux region of France in 1950, Max Schubert studied winemaking practices that have now become an integral part of Penfolds' winemaking technique. He also observed the practice of maturing wine in new oak casks, a method previously untried in Australia. The development of Grange represented the beginning of a new era in Australia's red winemaking tradition. This knowledge, combined with Max Schubert's foresight, skill and dedication, has resulted in Grange, the definitive Australian dry red table wine, acknowledged to be among the world's classic wine styles.

Dense plum red merging to brick red on rims. Intense blackcurrant and plum with malt, fig and liquorice aromas that leap from the glass. This has all the characters of a classic Grange. What is promised on the nose is delivered on the palate - a powerful, concentrated, opulent wine. Layers of Shiraz fruit and first class oak manifest themselves into a seemingly endless variety of flavours - deep plum, liquorice, black olive, chocolate, cedar, coffee, etc, all compressed into a silken, round mouth feel. Forceful, ripe tannins are balanced by sheer weight of fruit. It is hard to believe that 100% new American oak was used - the intensity of fruit has all but soaked it up.

Grange has been almost unbeatable in wine shows, whether it be in the young vintage classes or the old open classes, having accumulated since 1962 some 117 gold, 63 silver and 34 bronze medals, plus 27 trophies and 7 championship awards.

Grange is recognised as Australia's and indeed one of the world's finest red wines. This great wine, developed by Max Schubert commencing with the 1951 vintage, is made from low yielding Shiraz vines grown at selected vineyards in South Australia and matured in new American oak hogsheads prior to bottling.

During an extensive tour of Europe in 1950, Max Schubert studied winemaking practices that have now become an integral part of Penfolds' winemaking technique. He also observed the practice of maturing wine in new oak barrels, a method previously untried in Australia. The development of Grange represented the beginning of a new era in Australia's red winemaking tradition. This knowledge, combined with Max Schubert's foresight, skill and dedication, has resulted in Grange, the definitive Australian dry red table wine, acknowledged to be among the world's classic wine styles.

Deep red. Complex with masses of concentrated plum, raspberry and blackberry fruit aromas and hints of leather, dark chocolate and spice. Displaying all the classic hallmarks one would expect of Grange, this is a full-bodied, richly flavoured wine with ripe, dark stewed fruits and mixed spices with seamless, perfectly integrated oak and chewy tannins.

Grange has been almost unbeatable in wine shows, whether it be in the young vintage classes or the old open classes, having accumulated since 1962 some 117 gold, 63 silver and 34 bronze medals, plus 27 trophies and 7 championship awards.

Magill Estate in Adelaide is the spiritual home of Penfolds. It was here that Penfolds was founded when Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold established his first vineyard in 1844. Having played a part in many great Penfolds reds of the past, this vineyard today consists entirely of Shiraz vines, vintaged exclusively for The Magill Estate label.

1996 was an outstanding year yielding some of the most exciting wines for several years from Penfolds. Only 2118 dozen bottles were produced.

Concentrated, bright crimson. Rich, spicy berry fruits with mocha lying beneath. Subtle floral, and cedar oak nuances combine with smoky barrel ferment characters to evolve and complex in the glass. Medium bodied in style, exhibiting flavours of compote of dark berries, plums and prune, with a lively spice lift. Classy cedary oak and vanilla barrel notes align with rounded pronounced tannins to create this crafted and complete Shiraz style.