Australian Wine Journal

- Southern Tasmania - $45-$55 - Screwcap - 13.5%alc Easily in my top handful of Tasmanian pinot noir, Stefano Lubiana's Estate takes...

- East Coast Tasmania - $63-$80 - Screwcap - 13.5%alc According to Langton's, who chose Freycinet as the sole Tasmanian pinot noir i...

- Macedon Ranges, VIC - $49-$60 - Cork (Vintage dated Diam) - 13.5%alc Honest, informed opinions go a long way in (independent) wine ret...

- Mornington Peninsula, VIC - $32-$39 - Screwcap - 14.0%alc Ever wondered where Ten Minutes by Tractor gets its unique name from? It...

- Adelaide Hills, SA - $34-$47 - Screwcap - 14.0%alc Even though I've always cast my doubts over Nepenthe's ability to produce t...

- Yarra Valley, VIC - $60 - Screwcap - 12.5%alc Mac Forbes is an emerging name rightly associated with Australia's new wave of fanat...

- Yarra Valley, VIC - $14-$22 - Screwcap - 13.0%alc It's refreshing to see a high profile name like De Bortoli treat pinot noir as...

- Southern Tasmania - $25-$36 - Screwcap - 14.0%alc When it comes to sub-$30 Australian pinot noir, Stefano Lubiana's Primavera ha...

- Yarra Valley, VIC - $25-$39 - Screwcap - 13.5%alc I think it'd be fair to say Australia's most interesting and progressive pin...

- Yarra Valley, VIC - $36-$42 - Cork (Diam) - 13.0%alc Spelling terrior backwards for your brand name might sound like a bit of a gimmic...

- Tumbarumba, NSW - $14.95 - Screwcap - 13.5%alc The cool, elevated slopes of southern NSW's Tumbarumba region have already accounte...

- Tamar Valley, TAS - $20-$32 - Screwcap - 13.0%alc I've been thoroughly enjoying Tamar Ridge's Kayena Pinot Noir over the last ...

- Adelaide Hills, SA - $40-$53 - Screwcap - 14.5%alc For a number of reasons, Ashton Hills is a winery I hold a serious amount of respec...

- Geelong, VIC - $120 - Cork - 13.5%alc As a (terribly) general rule of thumb, I'd put most good Australian pinot noir within an 8 y...

- Geelong, VIC - $57-$75 - Cork - 13.0%alc Over recent years I've held my reservations with Bannockburn Pinot Noir, however, the qua...

- Adelaide Hills, SA - $28-$32 - Cork (Diam) - 13.8%alc You'd have to be blind to unknowingly walk past the artfully labelled pinots...

- Gippsland, VIC - $16-$18 - Screwcap - 12.5%alc With fruit sourced from key Victorian regions such as the Yarra Valley, Gippsland and t...

- Adelaide Hills, SA - $26-$33 - Screwcap (Stelvin-Lux) - 14.0%alc Yes; I am one of those people who isn't fully convinced the Adela...

- Tasmania/Adelaide Hills, SA/Yarra Valley, VIC - $24-$35 - Screwcap - 13.0%alc The Victorian bushfires of 2009 forced Yarra Burn to look...

- Big Rivers Zone, NSW - $11-$18 - Screwcap - 13.5%alc Reliable performers among Australia's mass produced, sub-$15 pinot class are ...