We’ve Brought Back Six Top Drops From Your Favourite Broadsheet Wine Boxes for Our Grand Finale

Broadsheet Wine is wrapping up, and for our final month we’re paying tribute to some of our favourite wine boxes.

To create our boxes, each month we collaborated with a different curator to select six interesting, restaurant-quality vinos from local and international producers. And there’s been quite the range.

First, the team at classic Melbourne enoteca Agostino transported us to the Sicilian coast with their Italian summer box. Then, Chin Chin Sydney’s sommelier Isobel McFadden livened things up with a selection of bright and easygoing wines for a summer dinner party.

Other boxes included a trip around Australia with Nomad’s co-owner Rebecca Yazbek (who also filled us in on her controversial wine opinion; legendary Sydney restaurateur Maurice Terzini gave us his top natural wine selection; and Maha’s Shane Delia delivered dinner party classics. Beloved home cook Julia Busuttil Nishimura also gave us her autumnal Sunday lunch collection.

If you missed out on a box, or tasted a wine you’re eager to relive, don’t miss our Greatest Hits collection. Here’s what’s included:

2020 Linnea Allora Cortese, from the Agostino box
Cortese has been grown for centuries on and around the Italian Ligurian coast for the fishermen to drink with their daily catch. But this rendition is produced in an urban winery in Melbourne’s Malvern by a husband-and-wife duo. This skin-contact drop has a layer of texture and complexity you might not expect.

2021 Brave New Wine Small Town 2021, from the Rebecca Yazbek box

Gear up for your first picnic of the season with this fun and aromatic white/red blend from Western Australian producers Brave New Wine. And make sure to follow Yazbek’s snack pairing, a “dissolve-in-the-mouth cheeseball of goodness”.

2021 Ravensworth “The Long Way Around” Bianco, from Isobel McFadden’s box
This textural white blend from Swan Valley was first made out of necessity as a result of the devastating bushfires that ravaged Australia in 2019-2020. McFadden says: “Those grapes collectively travelled 5000 kilometres to make that year’s vintage.” She recommends pairing it with chicken marinated in plenty of herbs and spices.

2021 Lucky Cat Amber Gris, from Isobel McFadden’s box

Grippy and textural, this skin-contact pinot gris is herbaceous and laced with blood orange. It’s been produced in the King Valley by Punt Road winemaker Tim Shand. McFadden says it goes well with umami flavours, so try it with earthy mushroom steaks or pork udon noodles.

2021 Hochkirch Rosé, from Maurice Terzini’s box
Icebergs’ Maurice Terzini is all about natural and minimal intervention wine, so it’s no surprise he included this pinot noir rosé in his Broadsheet Wine box. Victorian producer Hochkirch uses 100 per cent estate-grown, 25-year-old vines. Drinks writer Max Allen even once said this 700-acre farm was as “close to the ideal biodynamic vineyard as you could imagine.”

2021 Denton Shed Pinot Noir, from Shane Delia’s box
The Yarra Valley is Shane Delia’s favourite wine region in Australia, with Denton Shed being one of the best producers in the area. This pinot noir is medium-bodied with hints of strawberry, pomegranate and a touch of spice. Take it to your next dinner party – this one’s destined to be guzzled with plenty of food and great conversation.

Nab all six wines in our Greatest Hits box for $160. Hurry – this is your last chance to order before we finish up on October 5.