Heading away for the weekend? Or projecting some lazy, staycation vibes? Here’s a wild witch's brew you should absolutely work into your plans. Full of foraged botanicals, herbs and spices from the immediate vicinity of the winery in the basket ranges in Adelaide Hills. Lighter, more delicately styled Vermouth made drink however the hell you love it!!

Ochota Barrels Botanicals of the Basket Range Vermouth 2024

Bright and crunchy with cherry pips, cranberry and drops of boysenberry that shine through along with some trademark Sangiovese dusty tannin, and crispy acidity

Carlotta Sangiovese 2023

I used to surf a lot with a friend who constantly claimed he was getting barrelled and practically living in the green room. Maybe I’ll gift him a bottle of this delicious Grenache with its peppery, twangy tannin and bouncy juicy, pomegranate vibes. Just because we don’t surf together anymore, doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be nice to share a wine.

Ochota Barrels Green Room Grenache 2024

We love wines with that characteristic, that age in the glass with incremental warmth and grow luscious and supple with cherry and a persistent granite. The thread holding it all together is the tannin, and here it’s dusty, and coiled in a tightly wrapped, but thin acidity.

Ochota Barrels Texture Like Sun Gamay 2024

Bonilla A La Vista Chips 500g (tin)

Good Land Paper Boy Hazy American Pale Ale 440ml

Good Land Hey Jude West Coast IPA 440ml

Good Land Fuzzy Bubble NZ Hazy IPA 440ml

Evil Twin Molotov Cocktail TIPA 355ml (can)

From the dusty tannins and ripe acidity that are the core of the profile to the lifting aromatics and unique, alpine freshness and minerality that seems to come through with just a smidge of mint. This is delicious vino to elevate your meal, or company.

Triacca Alpi Nebbiolo 2021

Nomad Extra Squeezy Grapefruit XPA 375ml

Genie Chardonnay 2023

Fresh as a daisy and a certified juicy banger as well as certified Biodynamic! Claus uses a blend of semi-carbonic and full carbonic treated Zweigelt, St Laurent and Pinot Noir, brought together for a real slurpy good time. Bright and fresh, it's full of light fruits of the forest and cherry notes—it's just too yummy!

Claus Preisinger Puszta Libre! 2022

Dutch Rules Thai Gin 700ml

His Rain pours iridescent and glows a red/ruby and smells a little like Beaujo Nouveau, so this is 100% for the Gamay lovers out there. It also offers a heap of forest berries and lovely aromatics to go with the whole pure and lifted profile. Tannins are chalky, and the price means there’s a fair bit of value.

Dr Edge Pinot Rain Pinot Noir 2024

Imagine your tongue was a sheet of raspberry and fuji apple flavoured bubble wrap and every sip caused pop, pop, pops! Yes, you can chill it, but we wouldn’t leave it in the fridge and forget about it. Undergoes a little carbonic maturation so those pops will be lively, and only serve to blow your mind.

Nick O' Leary Pinot Meunier 2023

Cornu Bourgogne Rouge 2022

Light and dry, but full of jubey fruit and berry flavours that taste better than the chemical-compound, squishy alternatives and might be cheaper than the punnets required to make an actual bowl of mixed berries at the moment. It’s a chilled red, so drink it when you’re chilling in the park, or when you want to keep refreshed while eating a roast chook.

Fin Le Vin du Rosier 2024

Light and fragrant with a little fleshy melon and salad leaves. This is simple and clean and for all you who want a racy Riesling over lunch-dinner, but offers enough to think about. There’s some nice power here and it’ll do you some shine through if you bring it to the park and dance, glass in hand, to Juliane Werding’s Großstadtlichter after dark.

Winzerkeller Seewinkel Gruner Veltliner 2022

We love this, and think it applies to refreshing wines in that if you want someone to feel refreshed, you should give them a refreshing, delightful Chardonnay that’s full of lemon leaf, citrus peels and just enough nutty creaminess to make the experience more textural.