We compare the best selection of brand name wines for you to buy online in Australia. Save money and time when you buy wine online from the best Australian online wine stores.
Don't pay too much! When you buy wine online you take advantage of low overheads and fantastic deals resulting in much lower prices for you. There are some great bargains to be had ranging from the cheaper wines under $10 a bottle through to top of the range, premium wines.
Buy Wine Online – Top 5 Hottest Deals This Week
Huge Savings on Quality Barossa Cleanskin Chardonnay
Great chance to pick up some good quality Barossa chardonnay at a vastly reduced price. This lot is being sold off after a production over-run and is on sale at just $6.49 instead of over $21 a bottle. It’s an absolute bargain.
Big Savings on a Barossa Zinfandel
Great value Barossa Zinfandel from a Halliday Rated winery. Pay $6.25 per bottle instead of $21 a bottle.
Aromas of Asian spices and dark berry fruits. The palate is medium bodied and has distinctive white pepper and berry fruit flavours with soft French oak tannins that give the palate persistence and length.
Under Half Price Marlborough Chardonnay – $99 a case
Lovely Marlborough Chardonnay which has to be sold off at a bargain price of just $8.25 a bottle. Perfect with summer salads and barbequed fish. Fantastic value for money!
Tyrrell’s Pinot Noir Chardonnay $19.17, Save $5.82 a Bottle
A lovely sparkling wine with a yeasty, creamy texture and generous fruit flavours. It has been bottle fermented which allows for excellent weight structure and a lovely finish. Good savings of $5.82 a bottle.
Clean, Crisp, WA Semillon Sauvignon Blanc – Less Than Half Price
A classic blend of semillon and sauvignon blanc, clean and crisp with lively citrus and gooseberry aromas. This wine would normally sell for $16.99 a bottle but it’s on offer at less than half price which makes it a bargain.
Wine Gifts
Matching Wine and Chocolate On Valentines Day»
Wine and chocolate is a combination that springs readily to mind when thinking about romantic Valentine’s Day meals or a Valentine’s Day gift. It can be tricky to make this combination work however. Chocolate has intense flavours with the sweetness and sometimes bitter sweetness if you choose dark chocolate. It’s a complex tasting experience and [...]
Shop Online
Tips for Buying Wine Online»There are deals to be had when you buy wine online that you just don’t see in bottle shops. This can be due to a variety of reasons:
The online wine stores have strong relationships with producers and get access to discounted wine.
Wine sometimes has to be sold off cheaply for reasons that have nothing to [...]
Wine Industry News
World’s Best Riesling Challenge»As reported by WineBiz, the 10th Canberra Riesling Challenge is taking place from 12-17 October in Canberra.
This event started off ten years ago as a small Canberra event to find the World’s best Riesling and is now a world class wine event. This year, the competition has broken previous records for the number of entries [...]
Wine Regions
Yarra Valley Wine»The Yarra Valley wine region surrounds the Yarra River in Melbourne. It is a long established wine region with a cooler climate. The region is renowned for Pinot Noir in particular but also excellent chardonnay and sparkling wines. There are over 70 wineries in the Yarra Valley and it is a top tourist destination.
Pinot wines [...]
Grape Varieties
About Shiraz Viognier»
Shiraz Viognier is a blend of red and white grapes. The shiraz grape variety is the most popular red wine variety in Australia. Viognier is much less known but the blend of the two varieties has become popular in recent times.
The blending of wine usually occurs after the wine has been made. However, in the [...]
Food and Wine
Mulled Wine Recipe»
As the weather gets a bit colder, it’s a great time to relax with some warm, spicy mulled wine. You can experiment with different recipes and adjust the quantities of wine, water and sugar depending on whether you want a stronger or sweeter drink. This is how I make it.
1 bottle of medium to full [...]
Wine Accessories
tchillbag: the funky, smart, ice bucket»
The Tchillbag is a new, funky, clever, wine accessory. It’s a sturdy, reusable bag made out of treated PVC. You add ice and water, put in your bottle of wine and enjoy a great looking and useful ice bucket. When chilled, the bag becomes rigid so it’s stable and won’t topple over. It’s also environmentally [...]
Merchants
Brewtopia: The people’s company!»We’re profiling Brewtopia today. They describe themselves as “not your average company”. In 2002 they created the people’s beer. Thousands of people from all over the world had a say in the development and production of a product. It was something different and it paid off for Brewtopia.
They’ve expanded into wine and have a fantastic [...]
wine and food pairings
Matching Wine and Chocolate On Valentines Day»
Wine and chocolate is a combination that springs readily to mind when thinking about romantic Valentine’s Day meals or a Valentine’s Day gift. It can be tricky to make this combination work however. Chocolate has intense flavours with the sweetness and sometimes bitter sweetness if you choose dark chocolate. It’s a complex tasting experience and [...]
Wine Education
Corks or Screwtops?»
It’s getting harder to find corks in wine bottles. Screw tops are dominant now which is an interesting development considering that wine bottles have been sealed with corks since the 1600s.
So what are the arguments for and against and what has caused the shift?
Wine History
A Very Short History Of Wine»
Wine making goes back 8000 years and is thought to have originated in Persia. It is almost certain that wine was discovered by accident due to the natural fermentation of the grapes.
Wine was known in all the ancient civilisations around the Mediterranean region. Ancient Egyptians are credited with developing pruning methods and stored wine in [...]
