Halliday Wine Club

Halliday Wine Club is a specialised wine subscription service that delivers two top-rated Australian wines to your door each month. We showcase classic and emerging varietals, and known and lesser known regions, from across the country. The wines are expertly selected by the Halliday Tasting Team, and will always be rated 95 points or higher. 

For the month of May, Halliday Wine Club members received a pinot noir from Tapanappa in Piccadilly Valley and a syrah from The Story Wines in the Grampians. 

Tapanappa Foggy Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021, Fleurieu

The Story Wines R. Lane Vintners Westgate Vineyard Syrah 2019, Grampians

Receive two wines rated 95 points or higher each month as part of your Halliday Wine Club subscription.

Here's what chief editor Campbell Mattinson had to say about these two wines:

"...Both of these wines are vineyard wines. By that I mean: they are tended by people who are obsessed with small, unique, special plots of land, and by trying to capture that small, unique plot of land in the glass.

"Enter, Brian Croser. He’s famous in Australian wine for many things...at Tapanappa he has championed vineyards in Wrattonbully and – most relevant here – on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Almost no one else has gone for quality gold with pinot noir on the Fleurieu Peninsula, but Brian Croser had a vision, and a depth of knowledge, and once again he’s proven himself to be right. James Halliday rated the Tapanappa Foggy Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021 at 95 points. Indeed, over the past 10 years, no release of this wine has rated lower than 94 points, and most have rated 95–97. In short, it’s a star wine, with a stellar track record, which is remarkable given that it’s from just a small patch, where there’s nowhere to hide from the vagaries of each season.

"Rory Lane’s The Story wines are just as vineyard-obsessed. Indeed Rory Lane fulfils the romantic ideal in many ways, not the least being that he started his wine brand by – literally – making wine in his suburban garage. He’s since progressed significantly from there, but all of his wines are still made in tiny quantity, and they are almost always outstanding. The Syrah included here is from a vineyard in the Great Western/Grampians region of north-west Victoria that was planted in 1969. It’s the ‘best of the best’ as far Rory is concerned and – having sat beside an open fire and tucked into this wine myself – all I can say is that you’re in for an absolute treat with this one."

Join Halliday Wine Club to receive two bottles delivered to your door each month. The subscription is $139 per month ($129 per month for Halliday members) and you can skip, pause or cancel at any time.