Wine

South Eastern Australia

Gossips Moscato Pink

We stock it because it is number four in the state and the cheapest bottle in this whole range, and because moscato is more often bought for a group than for a glass.

750 mL7.5%4.4 std

Reims, Champagne · France

Piper-Heidsieck Brut NV

We stock it because it is number four in the state and the only one of the four brought in by ALM's own import arm rather than a brand company, which usually shows in what we can buy it for.

750 mL12.0%7.1 std

King Valley, Victoria

Brown Brothers Moscato Rose

We stock it because it is number two in the state, and because between the two of them Brown Brothers hold more than a quarter of everything sold in this category.

750 mL5.5%3.3 std

Champagne · France

Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut NV

We stock it because it is number two in the state on 21.45% of the segment, and because between it and Moet, half of all champagne sold in New South Wales is one of these two bottles.

750 mL12.0%7.1 std

South Eastern Australia

Yellow Tail Bubbles Rose

We stock it because it is number two in the state, and because the same wine is on shelves in eighty countries - a customer who has had it in a hotel in Singapore can find it here.

750 mL11.0%6.5 std

South Eastern Australia

Tread Softly Rose

We stock it because it is number six in the state and it is the only line in this entire range whose argument is something other than price, grape or place - and because that argument is checkable, which is the test everything on this site has to pass.

750 mL12.0%7.1 std

Pipers River, Tasmania

Jansz Tasmania Premium Rose

We stock it because it is number five in the state and the only serious sparkling rose in the list. It takes the place of a second, nearly identical Yellowglen bottling that outranks it - a shelf with two of the same wine on it and nothing above forty dollars is not a category.

750 mL12.5%7.4 std

Australia

Yellowglen Pink

We stock it because it holds 32.83% of the sparkling rose segment in New South Wales. One bottle in three sold in this category is this bottle, and no other line in this range comes close to that.

750 mL11.0%6.5 std

South Eastern Australia

Tatachilla White Admiral Rose

We stock it because it is number five in the state and the cheapest rose here that is not a leftover, and because it holds the entry price point in a category where the entry price point does most of the volume.

750 mL11.5%6.8 std

South Eastern Australia

Jacob's Creek Sparkling Rose

We stock it because it is number four in the state and because Jacob's Creek is the name most often written on a shopping list where the list just says sparkling.

750 mL11.5%6.8 std

King Valley, Victoria

Brown Brothers Moscato

We stock it because it holds 18.81% of the segment in New South Wales and is number one nationally, and because it is the lowest-alcohol wine on this shelf by a wide margin - roughly a third the strength of the reds.

750 mL5.5%3.3 std

Marlborough · New Zealand

Upside Down Rose

We stock it because it is number four in the state, and because rose is bought for a table of people more often than for one person - the price per bottle matters more here than it does anywhere else in this range.

750 mL12.5%7.4 std

South Eastern Australia

De Bortoli Rose Rose

We stock it because it is number three in the state and the highest-ranked Australian rose here, and because a category led by a New Zealand bottle and a French one needs a local answer.

750 mL11.5%6.8 std

Rhone Valley · France

La Vieille Ferme Rose

We stock it because it is number two in the state and because it is the least expensive wine on this shelf made by a family whose top wine sells for two hundred dollars - the same cellar, the everyday bottle.

750 mL12.5%7.4 std

New South Wales

Tempus Two Varietal Prosecco

We stock it because it is number five in the state and it is the prosecco that sits under the King Valley bottle, and prosecco is the only sparkling style whose sales are still growing.

750 mL11.5%6.8 std

South Australia

Squealing Pig Rose

We stock it because it holds 10.06% of the New South Wales rose segment on its own and is number one nationally, which makes it the single most dominant wine in this range after the champagne.

750 mL13.5%8.0 std

King Valley, Victoria

De Bortoli King Valley Prosecco

We stock it because it holds 5.96% of the sparkling white segment in New South Wales - the largest share of any single wine in this entire range - and because it is number one nationally as well.

750 mL11.5%6.8 std

South Eastern Australia

Jacob's Creek Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir

We stock it because it is number two in the state, and because most bottles of sparkling wine sold in this country are opened for a reason rather than chosen for a flavour - that customer needs a price, not a lecture.

750 mL11.0%6.5 std

Yarra Valley, Victoria

Chandon Brut NV

We stock it because it is number four in the state at four times the price of the bottles around it, which tells you the demand is for the method and not only for bubbles, and because it is the bridge between the eight dollar shelf and the eighty dollar one.

750 mL12.5%7.4 std

Veneto · Italy

Da Luca Prosecco

We stock it because it is number nine in the state and the only imported prosecco to rank, and because a customer comparing King Valley to the original should be able to do it in one order.

750 mL11.0%6.5 std

South Eastern Australia

Tempus Two Varietal Pinot Grigio

We stock it because it is number twelve in the state and the second pinot grigio here, which is what a category with this much sauvignon blanc in it needs.

750 mL12.0%7.1 std

South Eastern Australia

Wolf Blass Red Label Chardonnay Pinot Noir

We stock it because it is number six in the state and the cheapest bottle in this whole range, and because there is a real and regular demand for sparkling wine bought by the half dozen.

750 mL11.0%6.5 std

King Valley, Victoria

King Valley Brown Brothers Prosecco NV

We stock it because it is number seven in the state and number two nationally, and because between this and the De Bortoli bottle the King Valley owns the category outright - which is a better story than any imported prosecco can tell here.

750 mL11.5%6.8 std

Australia

Yellowglen Yellow NV

We stock it because it is number three in the state, and because Yellowglen between its white and pink bottlings is the most bought sparkling name in New South Wales by a distance.

750 mL11.0%6.5 std

South Eastern Australia

Jacob's Creek Sauvignon Blanc

We stock it because it is number ten in the state, and because it is the cheapest way to show the difference between Australian and New Zealand sauvignon blanc, which is larger than most people expect.

750 mL12.2%7.2 std

Clare Valley, South Australia

Taylors Estate Chardonnay

We stock it because the New South Wales top ten contains no chardonnay whatsoever and the most planted white grape in Australia cannot be missing from an Australian wine shelf. This is a judgment call on top of the ranking, and the Taylors bottle is the one that also earns its place on quality.

750 mL13.0%7.7 std

Marlborough · New Zealand

Oyster Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

We stock it because it is the number one white in New South Wales and in the country on 3.15% of the segment - more than twice the next Australian white - and because no wine list can open without it.

750 mL13.0%7.7 std

Marlborough · New Zealand

Squealing Pig Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

We stock it because it is number three in the state and number three nationally, and because the same house's rose holds a tenth of the rose segment on its own - customers arrive here having already decided on the brand.

750 mL12.5%7.4 std

Marlborough · New Zealand

Stoneleigh Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

We stock it because it is number six in the state and because it is the one bottle in this group whose difference from the others is a fact about the ground rather than a style choice.

750 mL12.5%7.4 std

South Eastern Australia

Tatachilla White Admiral Pinot Grigio

We stock it because it is number eight in the state and the highest-ranked white here that is not sauvignon blanc, and because eight sauvignon blancs in a row is a list, not a range.

750 mL12.0%7.1 std

Marlborough · New Zealand

Mud House Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

We stock it because it is number seven in the state and number five nationally, and because it sits between the value bottles and Oyster Bay at a point on the shelf that would otherwise be empty.

750 mL12.5%7.4 std

Victoria

Elephant in the Room Pinot Noir

We stock it because the raw top-seller list contains no pinot noir at all and a red shelf without one is missing the grape more people have moved to than any other in the last decade. This is a judgment call on top of the ranking, and it is the cheapest way to make it.

750 mL13.0%7.7 std

South Eastern Australia

Wyndham Estate BIN 888 Cabernet Merlot

We stock it because cabernet merlot is the blend most people mean when they say they want a red that is not too big, and because nothing else in the top twelve covers it.

750 mL13.5%8.0 std

Coonawarra, South Australia

Wynns The Siding Cabernet Sauvignon

We stock it because Coonawarra cabernet is one of the few genuinely distinctive things Australia does with the grape, and this is the least expensive way onto that strip of red soil.

750 mL13.5%8.0 std

Marlborough · New Zealand

Upside Down Sauvignon Blanc

We stock it because it is the fifth-best-selling sauvignon blanc in the state in the wholesale data we track, and it holds the entry rung of our white shelf. Every range needs a bottle at the bottom that people buy by the case, and this is ours.

750 mL12.5%7.4 std

South Eastern Australia

Wyndham Estate BIN 555 Shiraz

We stock it because it is number eight in the state, and because the bin numbers are the reason a lot of Australians know how to ask for a red wine at all.

750 mL13.5%8.0 std

Clare Valley, South Australia

Taylors Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

We stock it because it is number nine in the state on its own merits, and because Clare cabernet is firmer and less sweet than the Barossa reds beside it - the two bottles are not interchangeable and the shelf should show that.

750 mL14.0%8.3 std

Marlborough · New Zealand

821 South Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

We stock it because it is number two in the state and sits several dollars under Oyster Bay, which makes it the bottle people buy by the case rather than the bottle.

750 mL12.5%7.4 std

South Eastern Australia

Rawson's Retreat Shiraz Cabernet

We stock it because it is number six in the state and because it does the same job as the Koonunga Hill blend several dollars lower, which is a question customers ask directly.

750 mL13.5%8.0 std

South Australia

Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz

We stock it because it is the red more people in New South Wales buy than any other, and because it is the cheapest bottle on this shelf carrying a name that means something to a winemaker as well as to a shopper.

750 mL14.5%8.6 std

Clare Valley, South Australia

Taylors Estate Shiraz

We stock it because it is the highest-ranked single-region red in the state that is not owned by one of the two big groups, and because Clare shiraz tastes of somewhere in a way that a South Eastern Australia blend cannot.

750 mL14.5%8.6 std

Barossa Valley, South Australia

Pepperjack Barossa Shiraz

We stock it because it is the number one red in the country and number four in this state, and because it is the point on this shelf where a shopper crosses from a wine they know into a wine from one named place.

750 mL14.5%8.6 std

South Australia

Penfolds Koonunga Hill Cabernet Sauvignon

We stock it because it is number three in the state behind its own stablemate, and because a customer who has decided on Koonunga Hill has usually also decided which grape they want.

750 mL14.5%8.6 std

South Eastern Australia

McGuigan Black Label Red

We stock it because it is number two in the state and the least expensive real bottle in this range, and because a shelf where the cheapest red is twenty dollars is not serving everybody who shops here.

750 mL13.5%8.0 std