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The Press Cellars is located in the beautiful, vibrant regional centre of Warragul, a little over one hour south-east of grey, chaotic Melbourne. Come in have a chat to Dave and Stu, lounge in our lovely old Chesterfields take it all in.

The Press Cellars
1/80 Smith St Street
Warragul 3820

Phone: 5622 0494
Fax: 5623 4610

Winter Opening Hours
Monday - 10am to 7pm
Tuesday - 10am to 7pm
Wednesday - 10am to 7pm
Thursday - 10am to 7:30pm
Friday - 10am to 8:30pm
Saturday - 9am to 7:30pm

The latest addition to our ever changing range...

First Drop... a bloddy good drop.

Another bunch of funky young folk making wines in South Australia, but don't be mistaken, they have serious cred too.

They were recently included in Hallidays list of 10 Best New Wineries rating 5 stars in the 2009 Wine Compannion. Their premium "Fat of The Land" Single Vineyard Barrosa Shiraz and and "The Cream" Barossa Shiraz both scored 95 out of 100 Hallidays

Another great website.
firstdropwines.com

entry date:2/08/2008

Hesketh

The crew at Hesketh are passionate about crafting wines with "drinkability" and aim to make wines from the best varieties from premium regions. The products represent amazing value for their quality.

The range includes the Hidden Garden Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc and The Usual Suspects McLaren Vale Shiraz Viognier and sitting at just $15.99 a pop they are definately worth snapping up a bottle to drink with dinner tonight.

heskethwinecompany.com.au

entry date:2/08/2008

Some Young Punks

When Jennie Gardner, Nic Bourke and Col McBryde got in with the wrong wine " We blame the booze. The whiff and the swill did us in and all that was left to do was make more. In may ways the wines that weren't worth the pull of the cork caused this as much as the wines that we will never have the pleasure of decorking again. This is Passion, a monster bigger than the three of us that leads us to soapbox, grandstand,and sometime pass out on the couch."

These limited edition wines taste as good on the inside as the look on the outside, watch out these guys are seriously cool. There website is definitely worth checking out.

someyoungpunks.com.au

entry date:2/08/2008

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WE ONLY ACCEPT ORDERS FROM AUSTRALIA

We accept

Hundres of Beers

Some of our Hundreds of Beers

Here's a quick list of some of the beers we stock...

Badger 'Fursty Ferret' Ale 500ml Can
Badger 'Tanglefoot' Ale 500ml Can
Baltika No. 7 Premium (500mL)
Barefoot Radler Beer
Barons Lager
Barossa Valley Brewing Organic Ale
Batemans Victory Ale
Beard & Brau 'Golden Paw' Pale Ale
Beard & Brau 'Red Tail' Amber Ale
Belhaven Wee Heavy Ale
Birra Messina 330mL
Birra Messina 660mL
Birra Moretti
Birra Moretti Baffo'd Oro
Birra Moretti Zero
Birra Peroni Gran Riserva
Bishops Finger Kentish Strong Ale
Bitburger Lager 5lt Keg
Blue Tongue Premium Lager
Blue Tongue Premium Light
Blue Tongue Traditional Pilsener
Boag's Classic Blond
Boag's Draught
Boag's St George
Boddingtons Pub Ale (440ml can)
Brakspear EPA
Brok Sambor Export 500mL
Budvar Budejovicky Lager
Budweiser Beer
Caffrey's Draught (440mL)
Caledonian 80 Schillings (500mL)
Carlsberg Elephant
Carlsberg Export 500ml Can
Carlton Cold
Carlton Draught (cans)
Carlton Draught (Stubby)
Carlton Dry
Carlton Dry Fusion Lemon
Carlton Dry Fusion Lime
Carlton Mid
Carlton Natural Blonde
Cascade Blonde
Cascade First Harvest 2009
Cascade Green Lager
Cascade Pale Ale
Cascade Premium Lager
Cascade Premium Light
Cascade Stout
Castello Birra Friulana
Castle Lager
Chimay Blue
Chimay Grande Reserve 750ml
Chimay Red
Chimay White
Cobra Premium
Coldstream Pilsner
Coopers Best Extra Stout
Coopers Pale Ale
Coopers Pale Ale (750mL)
Coopers Premium Light
Coopers Sparkling Ale
Coopers Vintage Ale (2008)
Corona Extra
Crown Ambassador 2008 (750mL)
Crown Ambassador 2009 (750mL)
Crown Lager
Cuba '59 Extra Dry
Cuvee des Trolls
DAB Original
DAB Original Lager 660ml
Daleside 'Old Leg Over' Ale (500mL)
Delirium Tremens strong Beer
Duchy Originals Select Organic Ale
Efes Premium
Effen Triple Malt Lager
Eggenberg Birra Magalotti Bock
Eggenberg Hopfenkoing Pilsner
Eggenberg Samichlaus Classic
Erdinger Weizen Dunkel
Erdinger Weizen Kristallkar
Feral White Beer
Foster's Lager
Franziskaner Kristall Weissbier (500mL)
Fraoch Heather Ale
Furstenbau 500mL
Fursty Ferret Ale (500mL)
Gage Road 'Wahoo' Premium Ale
Glutaner Gluten Free Pilsener
Gosser Dark Beer
Gosser Lager 500ml Can
Grand Ridge Brewer's Pilsner
Grand Ridge Brewery Gift 6pk
Grand Ridge Gippsland Gold
Grand Ridge Hatlifter Stout
Grand Ridge Moonlight
Grand Ridge Moonshine
Grand Ridge Natural Blonde
Grand Ridge Supershine
Grand Ridge Yarra Valley Gold
Greene King Abbot Ale (500mL)
Greene King Export Strength IPA (500mL)
Greene King Suffolk Strong Vintage Ale
Grimbourgen Dubble 330mL
Grolsch 330mL
Grozet Celtic Premium Beer
Guinness Draught (440mL/Can)
Gulden Draak
Hahn Premium Lager
Hahn Premium Light
Hahn Premium Light can
Hahn Super Dry
Heineken (330ml)
Heineken Mini Draught (5L/Keg)
Hobgoblin Strong Dark Ale (500mL)
Hoegaarden 'Grand Cru'
Hoegaarden White
Hofbrau Oktoberfest
Holgate Mt Macedon Ale
Holgate Pilsner
Hopback Entire Stout
Hopback Taiphoon Lemongrass Beer
James Boag's Premium Light
James Squire Golden Ale
James Squire Hop Thief
James Squire Indian Pale Ale
James Squire Original Amber Ale
James Squire Pepperberry Winter Ale
James Squire Pilsner
James Squire Porter
James Squire Sundown Lager
Jamieson Brewery 'Beast' IPA
Jamieson Brewery Mountain Ale
Jamieson Brewery Pale Ale
Jamieson Brewery Raspberry Ale
Jennings Cocker Hoop
Jennings Sneck Lifter
John Smith Extra Smooth (440mL)
Kaiser Lager
Kilkenny Draught Can 440mL
Knappstein Reserve Lager
Kozel Velkopopovicky Dark
Kozel Velkopopovicky Premium Lager
Kronenbourg 1664 (500mL)
Kronenbourg 1664 Lager
Krusovice Imperial Lager
La Chouffe Biere Blonde
La Petrognola Farro White Beer
Lindemans Framboise
Lindemans Kriek
Lindemans Tea Beer
Little Creatures Bright Ale
Little Creatures Pale Ale
Little Creatures Pale Ale (Pint Size)
Little Creatures Pilsner
Little Creatures Rogers' Beer
London Pride Outstanding Ale
Lord Nelson Brewery 'Old Admiral' Dark
Lord Nelson Brewery 'Three Sheets' Pale
Mac's Brewery 'Gold' All Malt Lager
Mac's Brewery 'Hop Rocker' Pilsner
Mac's Brewery 'Spring Tide' Low Carb Lgr
Mad Abbot Strong Abbey Ale
Marstons Empire IPA
Marstons Oyster Stout
Marston's Pedigree Premium Ale
Marston's Single Malt Beer
Marzen Smoke Beer
Matilda Bay Alpha Pale Ale
Matilda Bay Beez Neez
Matilda Bay Bohemian Pilzner
Matilda Bay Cristal Wheat Beer
Matilda Bay Dogbolter Dark
Matilda Bay Fat Yak Pale Ale
Matilda Bay Redback Wheat Beer
Matilda Bay 'Sabastian Reserve' Dark Wht
Mc Chouffe Biere Brune
McLaren Vale Ale
Melbourne Bitter (can)
Melbourne Bitter (stubbie)
Mildura Brewery Desert Premium Lager
Miller Chill Chelada Style Lager
Monteith's Celtic Red Beer
Monteith's Golden Lager
Monteith's Hearty Black Beer
Monteith's Pilsner
Monteith's Summer Ale
Monteith's Winter Ale Doppelbock
Monteith's Zesty Radler Bier
Moo Brew Dark Ale
Moo Brew Pale Ale
Moo Brew Wheat Beer
Moosehead Lager
Mountain Goat Hightail Ale
Mountain Goat Organic India Pale Ale
Mountain Goat Pale Ale
Mountain Goat Surefoot Stout
Murphy's Irish Stout (440mL)
Murray's Anniversary Ale (750mL)
Murray's 'Best Extra' Porter
Murray's 'Icon' 2IPA
Murray's 'Nivana' Pale Ale
Murray's Pilsner
Murray's 'Sassy' Blond
Mythos Lager
Newcastle Brown Ale
Newcastle Brown Ale 500mL Can
Northern Rivers Golden Ale
Northern Rivers 'Ruby' Raspberry Wheat
Old Speckled Hen Fine Ale
Paulaner Munich Hefe-Weisbier
Paulaner Munich Lager
Pepperjack Hand Crafted Ale
Peroni Clear Lager 660mL
Peroni Leggera Low Carb
Peroni Nastro Azzuro Beer
Phoenix Beer
Pikes New Sparkling Oakbank Beer
Pilsner Urquell 330ml
Pure Blonde
Pure Blonde (Cans)
Radeberger Pilsner
Red Angus Pilsner
Red Duck Amber Ale
Red Duck Pale Ale
Red Duck Queen Bee
Reserva Especial 1906
Ringwood Old Thumper Ale
Sagres Portugues Beer
Salitos Beer
Salitos Tequila Beer
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Sapporo Draft Beer
Satan Gold (330mL)
Schmucker Bio-Pils Organic Beer
Schneider Aventinus
Schneider Aventinus Eisbock
Schneider Kristall
Schnitzer Brau Gluten Free Premium
Schofferhofer Hefeweizen
Schofferhofer Kristallweizen
Schwelmer Pils (500mL)
Shepherd Neame Spitfire
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Singha Beer
Skinny Blonde Beer
Snowy Mountain 'Bullocks' Pilsner
Snowy Mountain 'Charlotte's' Hefeweizen
Snowy Mountain 'Crackenback' Pale Ale
Snowy Mountain 'Razorback' Red Ale
Sol Mexican Beer
Southwark Old Stout
St Peters India Pale Ale
St Peters Red Ale
St. Paul Double
St. Paul Speciale
St-Ambroise 2009 Vintage Ale
St-Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale 341mL
St-Ambroise Blonde Pale Ale 341mL
St-Ambroise Oatmeal Stout 341mL
Steinlager Premium
Stella Artois
Stella Artois Lager 500ml Can
Stone's Alcoholic Ginger Beer
Sunner Kolsch German Beer
Tanglefoot Premium Ale
Tennents Beer
Theakston 'Old Peculier Dark Ale
Tooheys Extra Dry
Tooheys Old Black Ale
Tui Pale Ale 440ml Can
Unibroue 17
Unibroue Blanche de Chambly 355mL
Unibroue Don de Dieu 355mL
Unibroue Gift Pack 8x355mL
Unibroue Gold Medal Gift Pack 3x750mL
Unibroue La Fin de Monde 355mL
Unibroue Maudite
Unibroue Maudite 15yr Anniversary Magnum
Unibroue Maudite 355mL
Unibroue Trois Pistoles
Unibroue Trois Pistoles 355mL
Unicorn Brewery Classic Pale Ale
Unicorn Brewery Horny Blonde
Victoria Bitter (750mL)
Victoria Bitter (Can)
Victoria Bitter (Stub)
Wadworth 6X Ale
Waggle Dance Honey (500mL)
Warsteiner Premium
Weihenstephaner Heffe
Weihenstephaner Heffe Alkoholfrei
Weihenstephaner 'Korbinian' Dark
Welde Hefeweizen
Welde No1 Pilsener
Wells Banana Bread Beer
Wells Bombardier Burning Mills
Wells Bombardier Premium Bitter
Wells Bombardier Satanic Mills
Weltenburger Pils
Westmalle Tripel
White Rabbit Dark Ale
Wicked Elf Pale Ale
Wicked Elf Pilsner
Wicked Elf Witbier
Wychwood 'Circlemaster' Golden Pale Ale
Wychwood 'Goliath' Classic Bitter
Yebisu
Young's Double Chocolate Stout (500mL)
Young's 'Kew Gold' Bottle Cond'n Ale
Young's Special London Ale
Zatec Lager
Zywiec Original 500mL
Zywiec Original 650mL
Zywiec Porter 330mL

Please be aware our stocks are always changing and some beers may not be currently available.
If you have a enquiry regarding a particular beer please contact us and we'll do our best to help.

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Grape Variety Profiles

Merlot

Bonjour, My Name is... Merlot

My friends often call me... Merlau, Vitraille, Crabutet, Bigney, Sémillon Rouge or Médoc Noir

I have...dark red (or noir) skin and white flesh

I grew up in...Bordeaux in the south-west of France, mainly on the Right Bank.

My parents told me never to mix with...Syrah, Grenache or any of the spicy gang

They did let me hang out with...Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and even some times Malbec and Petit Verdot

People most like me for...my sweet dark fruits flavours and softness. But I can also so them plenty of complex and interesting characters like herbs, black olives and sweet spice notes.

I most annoy others by...growing like a weed and rarely fulfilling my potential.

I’d most like to live...in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys in California, Hawkes Bay on the east coast of NZ, Margaret River in Western Australia or even the Coonawarra.

I do my best work with...Château Petrus! I am happy to work with Château Cheval and will work with any mug winemaker who is looking to flesh out their weedy Cabernet Sauvignon wines.

I bet you didn’t know...I am the third most planted red variety in the world and the fifth most planted in total.

The celbrity most Like Me is... Tom Hanks because, we are both smooth, lovebale and dependable but not very trendy.

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Wine Talk

Water Wheel Celebrates 30 Years

Water Wheel Vineyards of Bendigo recently celebrated 30 years of winemaking with a special retrospective tasting at Pure South Melbourne.

I was lucky enough to attend this special event on invitation from the Cumming Family.

We tasted wines dating back to 1974: the winery's first ever vintage . Both the 1974 Hermitage (Shiraz) and Cabernet Sauvignon have held up amazingly well.

The 1984, 1990 and 1991 Cabernet Sauvignon were standouts and the 1990, 1994 and 1996 Shiraz vintages were drinking exceptionally well.

The 1993 Chardonnay was a surprise: it is a luscious, rich and golden wine that is still refreshing at 13 years of age.

Both the current vintage Cab Sauv and Shiraz are terrific rich flavoursome wines. In my opinion the Cabernet outshines the Shiraz this vintage but both are definitely wines to look out for.

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