Theme: Wines from the Sea
Wine 1
Pipers Brook
Ninth Island
Sparkling Rose
Pipers Brook,Tasmania
A beautifully balanced, medium-bodied dry wine.
Aromas of freshly picked white peaches and nectarines lift from the glass, leading to an expressive, textural palate bursting with flavours of grapefruit and preserved lemon. A vibrant line of acidity keeps it fresh and focused.
Alcohol 12.5 %
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Wine 2
Azulejo
Albarino 2023
Albarino
Rias Baixas, Spain
Azulejo Albariño 2023 is a crisp, dry white wine from Spain’s Rías Baixas region, crafted by Casa Santos Lima.
It offers bright aromas of stone fruit and citrus, balanced by a vibrant, mouth-watering acidity and a signature hint of salty minerality that pairs perfectly with fresh seafood.
Alcohol 12.5%
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Wine 3
Pikes
Riesling, 2025
Clare Valley, South Australia
The aroma is perfumed lemon blossom, zest of lime, granny smith apples, under-ripe white stone fruit.
It has an immediately approachable palate with lashings of fresh lime juice edging towards lime cordial. Finely balanced with generous fruit, taught acid line and minerality drawing out the finish.
Alcohol 12%
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Wine 4
The Hidden Sea, 2021
Rose
Limestone Coast, South Australia
The Hidden Sea Rosé is a vibrant, vegan-friendly Australian wine known for its crisp, fruit-forward profile.
On the palate it shows notes of raspberry and strawberries-and-cream. It is clean, crisp, and slightly dry with zesty acidity, and subtle spice, with a vivid pale magenta color.
For every bottle purchased, the company removes and recycles 10 plastic bottles from the ocean.
Alcohol 13.5%
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Wine 5
Taylor’s, Discoveries, 2021
Shiraz
Barossa Valley, South Australia
This is a full-bodied Shiraz with a soft, fruit-driven approach. It offers ripe plum, red currant, and spice aromas with subtle oak and chocolate flavours, finishing silky and smooth.
Alcohol 14%
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Dessert
DeBortoli
Deen Vat 5 2022
Botrytis Semillon
Riverina, New South Wales
Pale gold in colour.
A nose with subtle spices such as nutmeg
and cedar wood, which explodes into pineapple and orange rind notes.
The palate is long and fine. With barley sugar & dried apricot flavours leading the charge.
Alcohol 10%