Some little time back you may recall I was creating a Top 30 wines at $30 or under.
Here is what I came up with.
A few criteria I used.
There had to be a mix of sparkling, still, fortified, whites and reds as below.
The wines had to be still available to buy, preferably reasonably widely. (Nothing worse than reading about a great wine, and its been sold out for 6 months!)
Mixed audience, wine lovers, non wine lovers.
Well, here's my list. I put it here for open discussion. What do you think I got right, wrong etc?
Speak up,
Oh, its in October 27th Time Life.
Top 30 Australian wines for 2004 Under $30
Sparkling Whites
1) 1999 Hardys St James
2) 2001 Seppelt Salinger
3) Jansz Premium NV Cuvée
Sparkling Reds
4) 2002 Seppelts Original Sparkling Shiraz
5) Yalumba 1998 Black D
White Wines
6) 2004 Heartland Stickleback
7) 2004 Mr Riggs Riesling
8.) 2004 Brian Barry Judds Hill Riesling
9) 2004 Dowie Doole Chenin Blanc
10) 2004 Shaw and Smith Sauvignon Blanc
11) 2004 Voyager Estate Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
12) 2000 McWilliams Elizabeth Semillon
13) 2004 Yalumba Viognier
14) 2002 Scorpo Chardonnay
15) 2002 Houghton Pemberton Chardonnay
Red Wines
16) 2004 Turkey Flat Rose
17) 2002 Pirramimma McLaren Vale Grenache
18.) 2002 Wirra Wirra Church Block
19) 2001 Port Phillip Estate Pinot Noir
20) 2001 Balnaves Cabernet
21) 2002 Kays Amery Cabernet Sauvignon
22) 2001 Seppelts Chalambar Shiraz
23) 2002 Mamre Brook Cabernet
24) 2002 Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz
25) 2002 St Hallett Blackwell Shiraz
Sticky (Dessert Wines)
26) De Bortoli Noble One
27) 2003 Margan Botrytis Semillon
Fortified
28.) Seppelt DP 63 Rutherglen Grand Muscat
29) Seppelt DP 57 Rutherglen Grand Tokay
30) Seppelt Para Liqueur Port
