Small Gully "Mr. Black's Concoction"

South Australia, Australia
96% Shiraz / 4% Viognier

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Deep garnet in color, the Mr Black's Concoction Shiraz has pronounced savory aromas of smoked game, toasted nuts and espresso over warm mulberries, dried plums, fresh figs and kirsch. Crisp in the mouth with medium to firm, very finely grained tannins, this is a big, weighty, opulent wine with a good balance of savory, spice and berry flavors. It has a long, layered finish. Viognier is added as a ode to France's Rhone Region to give the fruit a "Lift."

Morse Code Shiraz, Padthaway, Australia
100% Shiraz

Deep garnet-purple in color, it is intensely scented of warm blackberry, eucalyptus and a touch of forest floor. Great acid and plenty of berry fruit with soft tannins all play well together and leads to a long dark berry finish. The winemaker, Renae Hirsch creates this wine with amazing zip and feel!

Padthaway has a very diverse and site specific range of soils. This provides many outstanding opportunities for blending options which then allows for the development of the complexities so evident in Padthaway wines.
The climate of Padthaway is best described as Mediterranean with the coastal influences, days during ripening are generally dry and sunny and the nights cool.

Morse Code, Padthaway, Australia

100% Shiraz

Deep garnet-purple in color, it is intensely scented of warm black-blueberry, and a touch of forest floor. High acid and plenty of juicy berry fruit with soft tannins are all in harmony leads to a long and pleasing dark-berry finish. Intensely beautiful!

Fetish Wine Company, "The Watcher"

Fetish Wine Company, "The Watcher"

Those darn Ausies are at it again with the creative names and that almost always means creative wine!

Vibrant, this is a medium-weight wine stuffed with blackberry-plum-white-pepper! A kiss of white chocolate enlivens the finish. This Barossa Valley wine is 15% shaven French oak, 30% shaven American oak, and the rest in third-fill American wood for 10 months. Wow, does not suck!

WOW wines from the OJAI Vineyard

 Ojai vineyard is some serious Central Coast yum. They focus on single vineyards and channel each vineyards uniqueness straight to the glass!


Solomon Hills Chardonnay - aromas of pear and earth. Precision and grace in the texture that leads to a rounding subtle finish.

Bien Nacido Chardonnay -  Big nose, with pear and coconut notes [french oak?], High acidity [very food friendly], Still retains intense chardonnay mouth-filling flavors.

Thompson Vineyard Grenache - Looking for something different? This Grenache is perhaps the best choice for all around yum with dinner. And a tremendous turkey wine [turkey is a game bird, NOT chicken!] Then this wine is for you Full flavor, aromatic, and complex red fruits swirling around for several minutes into a long layered finish.

Santa Maria Valley Syrah - Bold fruit aromas and toast scream into dark-plumy-goodness, finishes with pepper and floral notes.

Santa Barbara County Syrah - Peppery aromas waver into exotic spices that dance on the palate. Fruity-ness holds on to keep the wine refreshing then dives into mother-earth in the finish.

Sta Rita Hills  "Fe Ciega vineyard" Pinot Noir – Floral notes give way to blackberry fruits [not typical strawberry?] slams into an intense damp earth and racy spices in the finish.