REPORT ON WINE SOUTH AUSTRALIA TASTING OF SEPTEMBER 2025
The Date and Time: Monday, Sept 22, 2025 12:30PM to 4:30PM
The Event: trade showcase of wines
The Venue: National Club
The Target Audience: wine media, sommeliers, agents.
The Availability/Catalogue: there were 27 wines in the walkaround, with lists of varietals, vintages, prices, and agents.
The Quote/Background: most of the wines were from McLaren Vale, Fleurieu, Clare, Coonawarra, Langhorne Creek and a "generic" South Australia.
The Wines: I could not taste every wine.
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Angove Warboys Single Vineyard Shiraz McLaren Vale 2020 $64.95
-Angove ESTd 1886 Chardonnay South Australia 2024 $16.95
-Wakefield St. Andrews Shiraz Clare Valley 2021 $70 [best red in show]
-Wakefield Jaraman Cabernet Sauvignon Clare Valley Coonawarra 2022 $28.95
-Wakefield Estate Chardonnay Padthaway Clare Valley 2024 $17.95 [best white]
-Randall Black Chook Shiraz/Viognier South Australia 2022 $19.95
-Randall One Pound Per Acre Chardonnay South Australia 2024 $10.95[best value]
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (86 – 89 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Angove Family Crest Cabernet Sauvignon McLaren Vale 2020 $19.95
-Mollydooker Miss Molly Sparkling Shiraz NV McLaren Vale $35.95
-Wakefield Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Clare Valley Limestone Coast 2022 $19.95
-Mollydooker The Boxer Shiraz McLaren Vale 2022 $32.95
-Wakefield Estate Shiraz Clare Valley Limestone Coast 2023 $19.95
-Mollydooker Maitre'd Cabernet Sauvignon McLaren Vale 2022 $32.95
-Treasury Wine Estates Wynns Shiraz Coonawarra 2021 $21.99
-Zonte's Footstep Chocolate Factory McLaren Vale 2021 $19.95
-Treasury Wine Estates Wynns Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra 2021 $24.95
The Food: From the National Club -- cheese board, meat board, cured salmon, lots of veggies and dips and pickled items, spring veggie rolls, lamb lollipops later.
The Downside: the masterclass time conflicted with the Italian masterclass at Aria.
The Upside: a good range of wines, all affordable.
The Contact Person: amanda@predhomme.ca
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 92
The Date and Time: Monday, Sept 22, 2025 12:30PM to 4:30PM
The Event: trade showcase of wines
The Venue: National Club
The Target Audience: wine media, sommeliers, agents.
The Availability/Catalogue: there were 27 wines in the walkaround, with lists of varietals, vintages, prices, and agents.
The Quote/Background: most of the wines were from McLaren Vale, Fleurieu, Clare, Coonawarra, Langhorne Creek and a "generic" South Australia.
The Wines: I could not taste every wine.
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Angove Warboys Single Vineyard Shiraz McLaren Vale 2020 $64.95
-Angove ESTd 1886 Chardonnay South Australia 2024 $16.95
-Wakefield St. Andrews Shiraz Clare Valley 2021 $70 [best red in show]
-Wakefield Jaraman Cabernet Sauvignon Clare Valley Coonawarra 2022 $28.95
-Wakefield Estate Chardonnay Padthaway Clare Valley 2024 $17.95 [best white]
-Randall Black Chook Shiraz/Viognier South Australia 2022 $19.95
-Randall One Pound Per Acre Chardonnay South Australia 2024 $10.95[best value]
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (86 – 89 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Angove Family Crest Cabernet Sauvignon McLaren Vale 2020 $19.95
-Mollydooker Miss Molly Sparkling Shiraz NV McLaren Vale $35.95
-Wakefield Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Clare Valley Limestone Coast 2022 $19.95
-Mollydooker The Boxer Shiraz McLaren Vale 2022 $32.95
-Wakefield Estate Shiraz Clare Valley Limestone Coast 2023 $19.95
-Mollydooker Maitre'd Cabernet Sauvignon McLaren Vale 2022 $32.95
-Treasury Wine Estates Wynns Shiraz Coonawarra 2021 $21.99
-Zonte's Footstep Chocolate Factory McLaren Vale 2021 $19.95
-Treasury Wine Estates Wynns Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra 2021 $24.95
The Food: From the National Club -- cheese board, meat board, cured salmon, lots of veggies and dips and pickled items, spring veggie rolls, lamb lollipops later.
The Downside: the masterclass time conflicted with the Italian masterclass at Aria.
The Upside: a good range of wines, all affordable.
The Contact Person: amanda@predhomme.ca
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 92
Dean Tudor, Prof Emeritus T'karonto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) School of Journalism
Treasurer of Wine Writers' Circle of Canada http://www.deantudor.comhttp://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
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