Throughout the year, we put together a number of special sale dozens to suit the season. This is a case of hearty reds - red wines of character that will be consumed through the cooler months, or for anyone who prefers 'bigger' reds.

We rummage through the warehouse and pool new arrivals, pallet-ends, changed vintages and the like. We also have several rich and fruit-focused European wines that have just arrived (not yet offered) and they are tossed into the mix as well.

We want to keep the $ very low – so low that you can open every bottle without care - $16+ seems like a good average (considering every wine in the mix was originally offered for more than that (or would have been), you will not lose in this endeavour – many of the wines were $25-35 and they are not even at peak).

We put something for everyone in the mixes – perhaps some Burgundy, Italian Dolcetto, Latin American Carmenere, McLaren Vale Shiraz, Spanish Tempranillo, Langhorne Creek Cabernet and maybe even some rosé. We have approximately 80-100 different items to blend into the cases so there will be a terrific mix and most of the wines will last well beyond this year (2-4 years at least).

Our only criteria for the case is...would we drink the bottle ourselves? If the answer is yes, it goes into the mix.

All have pristine/original provenance, all are recent/good vintages (no old plonk here) and all are valued at more than the individual average – in most cases, way more (when I use the term "valued" I mean from us, not some over-inflated/hypothetical retail price with a slash through it that no one on the face of the earth will offer – that means the actual value is even greater).

FIRST COME FIRST SERVED up to 6 x cases/person (72 total bottles – by requesting more than one case, you are bound to receive a really interesting mix of bottles - if nothing else, this is a terrific opportunity at education where the choices have been performed on your behalf but the benefits are all yours)...

Invite the whole family! Invite the neighbourhood!