3 bottles BESTS Thomson Family Great Western Shiraz 2001

Note: From 15 rows of vines planted in the 1860's and only ever released in exceptional years. Fragrant yet full flavoured, lots of pepper and spice and velvety smooth.

1 bottle BINDI Block Five Macedon Ranges Pinot Noir 2001

Note: Hailed as the shining light of Australian pinot noir, the wines of Bindi are very much the expression of soil, vine and grape being carefully nurtured by the winemaker.

1 bottle CLARENDON HILLS Astralis McLaren Vale Shiraz 1998

1 bottle GIACONDA Beechworth Chardonnay 1998

1 bottle HENSCHKE Springton Eden Valley Dry Red Shiraz 1968 - Signed by Cyril Henschke 1968 (Barons of the Barossa 1976 label) (VHS)

3 bottles JOHN DUVAL WINES Plexus Barossa Valley Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre 2003

Note: The much anticipated release of Mr Duval's own wine and it certainly commands attention. Generous yet restrained, deftly handled with lots of white pepper, spice & dark fruit flavours and very fine tannins. Long and lingering.

1 bottle LEO BURING Leonay DW X17 Eden Valley Riesling 1994

1 bottle LINDEMANS Bin 3100 Special Reserve Hunter Valley Burgundy 1965 (boxed) (HS, weeping cork, minor torn capsule)

Note: One of a brace of legendary Bin 3000's and an important part of Australian wine history.

1 bottle LINDEMANS Bin 3110 Special Reserve Hunter Valley Burgundy 1965 (boxed) (level 5.5cm below bottom of capsule)

Note: For its time it was a monster at 14.5% alc yet still survives and continues to receive consistent praise.

1 bottle MOUNT MARY Yarra Valley Cabernets 1981

1 bottle PENFOLDS Bin 414 Special Show Sauternes 1962

Note: A true wonder, and still in pristine condition.

1 bottle PENFOLDS Bin 7 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Kalimna Shiraz 1967 - Red Wine Clinic 2004

Note: While living in the shadow of the famous Bin 60, Schubert still declared it to be, "a bloody good wine".

1 bottle PENFOLDS Bin 90A Coonawarra Cabernet Barossa
Shiraz 1990

Note: Rated as a superb wine and made in homage to Max Schubert and to his specifications.

1 bottle PENFOLDS Bin 9 Grange Cabernet 1953 - Signed by Max Schubert (Anders Josephson Collection) (VVHS)

Note: Sourced off the famed block 42 cabernet sub-block of the Kalimna vineyard, and still rated as exceptional, perfectly balanced and still "alive & kicking".

2 bottles PENFOLDS Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon 1996

Note: Another Penfold's homage to a great of the past, the 1953 Grange Cabernet, and now rightly placed finding itself amongst the greatest Penfolds reds.

1 bottle PENFOLDS Kalimna Cabernet 1963
(mid shoulder, missing capsule, weeping cork, cellar stained label)

Note: Best wine of the 1972 Adelaide Show.

1 bottle PENFOLDS St Henri Auldana Cellars Shiraz 1970 (very minor nicked capsule)

Note: still have fruit sourced from the old and historically famous Auldana vineyard and according to Penfolds, it's ready to drink now

1 bottle RANDALL'S HILL VINEYARD 1910 Barossa Valley Shiraz 1995

Note: A second label for Chris Ringland?

1 ROCKFORD SVS Flaxman Valley Barossa Valley Shiraz 1999

1 ROCKFORD SVS Helbig Barossa Valley Shiraz 1999

1 ROCKFORD SVS Pressings Barossa Valley Shiraz 1999

Note: First offering of the SVS Helbig vineyard shiraz.

3 bottles (in original carton)

1 magnum BASS PHILLIP Reserve Gippsland Pinot Noir 1998 (minor cracked wax capsule)

Note: A step up from the Gippsland pinot, even more powerful with classic layered complexity.

1 12 litre bottle IRVINE Grand Eden Valley Merlot 1997 (original timber case) (wax capsule)

Note: Grand in every sense of the word: grandly ripe, grandly oaked, grandly rich, succulent and exotic. Just the way a merlot should be.

1 10 litre barrel PETER LEHMANN Old Redemption Tawny Port (purchased at BVVF 1997 - at least 9 litres is still base stock)

Note: A superb, high quality Barossa fortified tawny with bucket loads of character, really classy spirit and complex flavours that border on the ethereal. And best of all, the flavours just hang round indefinitely.