Sterling Wine Auctions Australia

FETE LAFITE Chateau Lafite Rothschild Gala!
The most revered of the Bordeaux elite! Click here to see a King's ransom of Lafite jewels

MOTHERLOAD Grange
How many is too many! > Click here to just how many Penfolds Grange Magnums you can take home this month

30 PERFECT Chateau d'Yquem 1980
The living treasure Click here to see why a gift of Gold, Diamonds or Pearls are pale in comparison.

BAR BELLES Big bottles to impress.
Some times BIG is best Click here to get on track for the biggest Chivers, Cutty Sark, Jack Daniels & Johnnie Walker around

EQUUS The race never ends!
The legend lives on! Click here to see the ultimate Yalumba Horse race port collection.

CUTE & SERIOUS
Click here for the ultimate "uber-mod" collectable for the minimalist art space loft. Bordeaux halves; so easy to store!

KAT CUBE
Click here for Katnook Estates finest in industrial quantities. Fancy a bath in Prodigy?

What we?re Drinking NOW
Click here March UPDATE: Grosset Skyrocket, Champagne from Lady visionaries, Nantu Les Deux- crucibles and obsessions, Noon & Vera Lynn, Block 6 & Pleasure domes, Will Venezuela or China take out Miss Wolrd? Dr Barbers bedtime Prescription, Breakfast wines?

MOSS WOOD 1975
The best ever of the classics? Click here to see how tempting a re-corked and checked perfect example can be

NOBLE ROT Rabaud Promis
In the Shadow of d? Y?quem for over 200 years Click here to see rare & majestic vintages from 1955, 1957

MOUNT LANGI GIRHAN SHIRAZ 1998 1999
Click here for perfect unopened boxes & see Trevor Mast set the scene for greatness

RL BULLER & SON CALLIOPE RARE MUSCAT 96RP
Click here for heaven in a bottle. The great Parker says "must be tasted to be believed"

KAESLER OLD BASTARD SHIRAZ 2002 A Twisty Gent!
Click here for a RP96 pointed wine with massive concentration, tremendous richness, and a multidimensional flavour profile.

RAP ATTACK
Click here to find the deep twisted connection between Rap Music and the fall of the house Romanov. The curious story of Roederer Cristal

TORBRECK NECK OIL 2002
Click here to find out why this Barossa Shiraz Grenache is a blessing & a curse

CHATEAU COUTET a BARSAC 1975
A Sticky Sea? Click here to find enough of this heavenly sweetie to fill the bathtub!

GOLD FOX: Magic from Fox Creek's Halcyon Day
Click here for a chance to buy Fox Reserve Cabernet JSM and Black Label Merlot all created by the "Master Sparker", Sparky Marquis

ORGANIC Chapoutier Estubiers & Granges Mirabel
Click here to find an inexpensive Viognier that could pass for a Condrieu and a Rhone GSM cheapie that could pass for a full blown Chateauneuf

SEIZE THE DAY How did ?Le Tour cycle king? Lance Armstong start a winery by writing a book?
Click here to see cancer survivor David Millhinch?s story and win three special bottles

1960 VIN de NOAK PORT ROYAL & Derry Na Sura
Click here to see how WA history of history in a bottle is the perfect Fast 50 A buy now present for the half century celebrations.

Roses are Red: Henschke's new Hill
Click here to see the new standard for tomorrows icons and the ultimate timeless wine bottle closure.

PINK BLING Dom Perignon 1998 Rose
Click here to see the Paris Hilton approved international passport for all A List drinkies. Darling; The packaging is just stunning!

CHATEAU COUTET a BARSAC 1975
A Sticky Sea? Click here to find enough of this heavenly sweetie to fill the bathtub!

CHATEAU D?YQUEM 1977 Rare & Special
Click here to see how this rarest of d?Yquems compares with the underrated 1973

CHATEAU PETRUS 1964 97RP Huge Massively-endowed
Click here to see why a 45 year old bottle of Petrus (March lot #2030) is too big & robust for its own good.

45 BULLSEYE; Chateau d? Yquem 1965
Click hereto see the most perfect 45th birthday present and the tasting from Heaven; sixty five vintages from three centuries!

Sterling Wine Auction review 2009
Click here for the Dickensian twist; the "tale of two wines" Awards for Bin 707, D'Arenberg Dead Arm and Howard Parks dynamic duo. And the years big question on Old style wine.


SECERT BURGUNDY: Surprising Oakridge Chardonnay
A story in a bottle that must be told. Click Here for an opportunity to sample Oz chardonnay that could have come from old world pedigree

SECRET KILIKANOON: Secret Places 2001 Shiraz
Why you should ignore the market hype and give this Barossa Bad Boy with a pedigree a home. Click here for more.

FLAGSHIP: Andrew Peace Australia Felix Sagrantino
Made to a standard, not a budget.Click Here for more on this amazing wine; a fastidious traditional tribute to the icons of Umbria

2006: The Margaret River Mystery Vintage
Will 2006 be remembered as a sleeper and a truly great MR Cabernet Vintage? Click Here for a look at the view from Cullen, Moss Wood and Woodlands.

Broomstick Estate
Magic Margaret River kingdom up for grabs Click Here for more.

EVE: The birth of Venus
Cullen the wines that wrote the other side of the Margaret River Genesis story. Click Here to see formative Cullen rarities.

MUSEUM: Woodlands Margaret 2001
Too Good to be True: Moss Wood rival. Classic MR Cabernet from a legend vintage. Museum Reserve Woodlands Margaret listed for quick sale. Click here for more.

GOLF: Gleneagles 18 year old Single Malt
Golf nuts go to heaven! This Whisky, bought for over $A1,000 on the hallowed links, comes with more bling and toys than the latest Lexus! Click here for more.

GENESIS: Moss Wood 1974 Cabernet Sauvignon
The wine that changed the world and put Margaret River on the Map Click here for more.

Wine Auction Stimulus and Recovery May News & Views Click here to see what?s hot and updates on diversional investment therapy

Robert Parker?s New Reviews; the latest 96+point Aussie Stars! Click here Robert Parker?s New Reviews; the latest 96+point Aussie Stars!

Grange 1971: Worlds best Investment; Lawn Bowls: Worlds Most dangerous sport Click here to be sure that ?all that glisters is not gold? and to see the link between the wine hobbiest and investment ?Diversional Therapy?.

Bargain hunting Bengal Tigers know Big Fat & Ugly is Bad! The 2009 New Year Report with latest wine world & wine auction news. Click here for all the details

Moss Wood FIRE Benefit Click here for a Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 6 litre Imperial, with all proceeds going to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

WINE AUCTIONS & World Financial Crisis
Click here to read the latest from the AFR Australian Financial Review. Wine Investment as a safe haven?

Peter Gago, Penfolds Grange meister, working hard
Click here to read how Peter?s Grange show was summed up by Jancis Robinson, James Suckling & Harvey Steiman.

Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon - Australian Icon Wine
Click here for Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon Australian Icon Wine

REPORTING- Winners; Losers; Rising Stars & Decadence
Click here for, 2008 The year that was.

China Exploits
From walking to drinking the Great Wall. Don?t laugh, the jokes on us. Click here for AMAZING news and views.

Syrah du monde #1; The real worlds Best? (Lot 1927-1938)
Click here for find out details in Dec 2008 auction.

BORING: Morris Old Premium Tokay wins Sterling Trophy - AGAIN !!
Click here to find out if you won a bottle.

Passion Peeled
Click here to see if you are one of the six lucky 2001 Peel Estate Shiraz winners

Napoleon, Bismarck, Fredrick the Great, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens
All loved Vin de Constance. Click here to find out which.

Hey Big spender, drink a little wine with me!
Alone in the watchtower we ruminate on What?s Good, What it costs and who really knows Click here for The latest Sterling Wine World Review.

Worlds Best Shiraz WINNERS
Click here to see if you won one of three bottles of Kilikanoon Oracle 2005; Worlds Best Shiraz from the world?s biggest wine competition, the London International.

Chardonnay Hooray
By popular request. Click here to have another look at the story of the Legendary Leeuwin Chard Meister and the Golden Chalice

Penfolds Grange from FRANCE?
Click here to buy unopened boxes of Penfolds Grange, Penfolds 707 & Henschke Hill of Grace all sitting on the French Altantic Coast! (NB Not suitable for Australian delivery!)

Barbarians at the Gate
Click here for Wine World Review that leaps from Popes to the Inner Child.

From Burning Bras to Hairy Chested Brutes
2008 market update & preview. Hottest Parker Perfect value; Undervalued Drinkers. Click here for more

Monster Money Wines
$A200,000 for a set of ten magnums? $A85,000 for six litres of Burgundy?
Click here for more

Worlds Best Wine Winner
Click here to see if you won The Wine Spectator Number 1 wine for 2007 the stunning Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2005.

Wine Spectator Magazine Top 100 for 2007
Click here to see the very best 100 wines from over 15,000 reviewed in 2007

Lucky Winners of the Magical Morris Premium Tokay
Click here to see if you have won a bottle of the Sterling Trophy for fortifieds at the 2007 Perth Show.

2007 in Review
Click here for the full story.
Links with Osama, Sputnik & Max Schuberts secret, Supply switcharoo, Smart Mark & Molly Dooker, Trouble with the foreign legion, Classics forever Chanel LBD / Levi?s & Cab Shiraz, Lucious Morris, A Love Supreme; Pinot the real thing; Chard the right way; Pavlovs dog goes lush; Why God created credit cards; Baby Grange defies Middle age; Mary and Leonay on the same night; Jane Brook Magic red bubbles; Bruces Darlings little cheapies that steal hearts.

Nasa boffin creates device to end wine headaches
Some biometric amines - compounds which occur naturally in some red wine - cause headaches by elevating heart rates, amongst other triggers. The modified amino acid tyramine is a particular culprit. Click here

The Grip of Grange
Click here for the August Sterling Wine Auction News & review.

Dream Wine Winner
Click here to see why 1990 Penfolds Grange is our winners relief from a "Krug-athon".

Wine Investment?
2006 Chateau Le Pin for $US25,000 a case? Or 1973 DRC Le Montrachet for $US55,000 a case? Yes that?s $US2,000 or $US4,500 a bottle. Click here for more.

In memory of Belinda Emmett, in appreciation of Kylie Minogue
Click here for more.

Peel Estate premium Shiraz tasting 1st Sep
BEST TASTING OF THE YEAR!! Only a few seats left!
20 of the worlds best 2001 vintage shiraz, with guest of honour ?David Hohnen? providing a unique perspective. Click here for more.

Wine Auction News & Review May 2007
The Russians are coming Chinese too! Fighting dirty with too much Cash and no thought for sharing! Click here for more.

PARKER HAS GUTS or France 30,Australia 10,USA 1!
Click here for a look at the rarefied word of 100pt Perfect International Shiraz!

Wild Duck Creek Duck muck lost!
Click here to find it!

Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz 1996 breaking record prices in the April Auction.
Click here for the Post Script and plans for a national taste off Best Parker wines (dry red table) from NSW VIC SA & WA.

Robert Parker Pronouncements (May 2007)
- 2006 Bordeaux - The Top 152 Wines of the Vintage
- Compelling 2005 Bordeaux Revisited - Prior to Bottling
- 2005 Dry White Bordeaux
- Burgundy 2005: A Luminous Vintage - Part 1
- 2004 and 2005 Northern Rh?ne Click here

Wine in boom town; or Ridels for the lotus eaters. (Apr 2007)
Click here for more on the recourse boom and conspicuous consumption

Three Hills 1999 Shiraz; hottest property of the March Auction (Mar 2007)
click here for postscript and details of planned head to head with Vasse Felix Heyestbury 2003 Cabernet.

Robert Parker Pronouncements (Jan 2007)
Aussie 2006 new releases 100pts to 96 pts. Click here for the list from Wine Advocate #167 and #168

Win the Winner Winners (Dec 2007)
4 bottles of Sterling trophy winning McWilliams Show Reserve Muscat are on their way to happy new homes. Are you a winner? click here to check and read the winning "sticky moment fantasy" entry.

CASH for WINE (Dec 2006)
Quick CASH for Christmas! Single Bottles to whole cellars. Big Parker scores in huge demand. Move quick, only 36 sleeps before Santa time.
Click here to check out what's in demand.

Christmas Reading / Research (Nov 2006)
Screwed for Good? The case for screw caps on red wines. Cheeky title, serious stuff! Have some fun with this stunning stocking stuffer. Click here for more.

Sherlock Holmes & Robin Hood save Xanadu (Nov 2006)
The amazing story of guts and vision, common sense in the wine industry at at just the right time. Click here for more

$1,000 a plate; Obscene Indulgence Menu (Nov 2006)
Hans Lang and Marianne Kempf from Gala Restaurant have taken up the Challenge. Click here for more.

Two books you MUST have! Perfect gifts or travel companions. (Nov 2006)
Taste Food & Wine 2007 choose the right wine every time.
Cellar: Cellaring wine do it yourself solutions.
To get your copies. Click here and go to winepress.com.au.

Win Wine #1, Winners. (Oct 2006)
Did you win one of six bottles of Penfolds Bin 389 1996? Click here to see the results of our ?top wines? poll, be prepared not to be surprised.

Big Night Out; More big guns than the Bismarck (Oct 2006)
Read and weep! A fly on the wall?s impressions, click here for more.

Who loves Parkie? Robert Parker gives Aussie wine the Flick! (Oct 2006)
Click here to read the full story.

Worlds Best White Wines UPDATE (Oct 2006)
Is it the Tyrrells Vat1 or McWilliams Mount Pleasant Lovedale?? Lots more research to do! Click here

World's Best Reds! Vintage 2003 Extravaganza! (Oct 2006)
LaVigna & team Tamburri have done it again! Have a look at the list and dream about filling your cellar with these treasures. Click here for more.

Trendy wines found ?beyond the black stump? (Oct 2006)
The Murray Darling Collection / MDC Click here for a tongue twisting way to trick wine snob mates.

Wine investment with Guaranteed returns (Oct 2006)
Back vintage birthday wines are the sure way to a profit. Click here for the full story.

Girls Lunch wine on the road to Damascus (Sep 2006)
It took Bill Pannell and the Picardy Tete de Cuvee to bring a wine dinosaur into the Pinot Noir fold. Click here for further revelations.

1990 trio: Henschke Hill of Grace, Penfolds Bin 90a/389 for lunch (Sep 2006)
Click here for impressions from a fly on the wall.

McWilliam's Show Reserve Liqueur Muscat wins Sterling Wine Auctions trophy at Perth Royal Show (Sep 2006)
Click here for more information on this sticky lush.

Australia's Most Collected Wine (Sep 2006)
Click here for the top 100 and the full story.

Monsters on the loose! Zinius Extremus (Sep 2006)
Click here for the Peel Estate 2000 Zinfandel Winners & list of Monster Wines.

World Best Shiraz Tasting (Sep 2006)
2000 Shiraz, all winners, some BIG surprixes, Click here for a run down.

Wine for wimps or the next big thing? (Sep 2006)
Launch of the Pirra range of low alcohol wines from Pirramimma.
Click here for more.

What's in a name Clever and Crazy (Sep 2006)
Click here for the new Sterling wine names compendium, help grow the list and win.

Must Have Wine Funnels and Hydro Thermometer.
Discounted to clear
Click here to buy now!!

Long Very Lovely WINNER (Aug 2006)
Domaine Chevelier 1983 Double magnum gallops off to Queensland. Click here for details

Investment opportunity 2006 WA Cheapies (Aug 2006)
Houghtons White Burgundy (Classic White) leads the investment charge. Click here

The Holy order of Zinus Maximus (Aug 2006)
Understand the league of monsters? Zinfandel masterclass. Click here for more details!

Win Double Magnum Entries (Aug 2006)
Click here to check the list of "Wine and Food Match" finalists. Guaranteed to get you excited and hungry!

Vox Pop Shock!! The WINES WE WANT
Sterling survey reveals the list of "any price" wines loved by wine lovers. Entries came from all over Australia. The big surprise, spot the absentees! Click here for more details!

Bundy Rum's Polar Bear hits the Ritz
Click here for the news on the latest hot fashion.

Wine Auction Market Review
Click here for the hot tips and shameless gossip.

Wine Investment (July 2006)
Revisiting editorial Sterling wrote for WineState magazine in 1998. Click here and go to the Sterling Editorial archive.

World record for Romanee Conti 1983 (July 2006)
June's "MUST HAVE" wine the 1983 Domaine Romanee Conti sold at $3250, beating the Aussie record by over $1,000. Click here for a photo "pin up".

Priceless Redman Imperial WON! (June Promotion)
Rebecca Cook from Drummoyne is the happy camper with the story to tell. Click here to see a winners beautiful smile and find out why the prize truly unique, priceless and irreplaceable.

Wine Investment
Revisiting editorial Sterling wrote for WineState magazine in 1998. Click here and go to the Sterling Editorial archive.

Grange Won! (April/May Promotion)
Simon Mitchell from Kirribilli in Sydney won the bottle of Penfolds Grange. Click here for photos!

Bring back the White Australia Policy!
Its time to take a good look at White wines and some of the opportunities lost and bargains begging Click here for more ..

Buy Better Cheaper Wine At Auction "THE SECRETS"
Buying Wine through a specialist ?live on Line? wine auction house is the best way to drink bargains every day. There are some tricks and techniques used by the old hands that can give you even better results. Click here for more details..

Market Review March 2006
The 2006 wine Auction year has blessed wine lovers and there is no turning back! Better wines, better prices and a range of choice to suit every jaded international palate. Talk of wine lakes, gluts & industry crisis is constant & so misguided..... More info...

Updated: April 2010