STANDISH DAY! 🍷 PEAK Barossa Shiraz, A Massive Winery Sell-Off + Gembrook Pinot & Crawford River!

Welcome back to Wine Unfiltered! 🍷 Tom and Wade are absolutely fired up because it is officially Standish Day! The annual 1st of June release from Dan Standish has become one of the most highly anticipated events on the Australian wine calendar. Yields are drastically down across the Barossa due to brutal frost events, but the resulting 2024 vintage has produced massive structure, power, and absolute masterpieces. We double-decanted the trio and tasted through the classic 'The Standish', the intoxicatingly perfumed Eden Valley 'Lamella', and the deep, dark black hole that is 'The Schubert Theorem' (which snagged a perfect 100-point score from reviewer Erin Larkin at Robert Parker's Wine Advocate). But the blockbuster line-up doesn't stop there. We reset our palates with the newly landed, highly intellectual 2025 Crawford River Riesling, dive into the silken seduction of the 40-year-old vine 2025 Gembrook Hill Pinot Noir from the Yarra Valley, and wrap up with the fleshy, no-oak 2025 Bondar Rayner Vineyard Grenache. In Booze News, we unpack the industry-shaking announcement from Endeavour Group, who are closing more than half of their wineries, selling off the blue-chip Oakridge estate, and stripping historic names like Chapel Hill down to bulk-wine private labels. We also cover Treasury's massive brand consolidation, celebrate Altitude Restaurant winning NSW Wine List of the Year, and laugh at an Austrian panel rejecting Roland Velich's 100-point Moric Blaufränkisch. Finally, Wade gets completely tricked by an Adelaide Hills Sangiovese in Getting Blind and Tom ranks the greatest glasses of wine from his own life in a hilarious Blind Ranking. 🍷 The Wines: Wine 1: The Standish Shiraz 2024 (Barossa Valley, SA) https://www.differentdrop.com/product... Wine 2: Standish 'The Lamella' Shiraz 2024 (Eden Valley, SA) https://www.differentdrop.com/product... Wine 3: Standish 'The Schubert Theorem' Shiraz 2024 (Barossa Valley, SA) https://www.differentdrop.com/product... Wine 4: Crawford River Riesling 2025 (Henty, VIC) https://www.differentdrop.com/product... Wine 5: Gembrook Hill Estate Pinot Noir 2025 (Yarra Valley, VIC) https://www.differentdrop.com/product... Wine 6: Bondar 'Rayner Vineyard' Grenache 2025 (McLaren Vale, SA) https://www.differentdrop.com/product... 📺 Chapters: 00:00 - Intro: Standish Day 2024 & The Frost-Smashed Vintage 03:10 - Wine 1: The Standish Shiraz (Barossa 101) 05:35 - Wine 2: Standish 'The Lamella' (1858 Old Vines) 09:05 - Wine 3: Standish 'The Schubert Theorem' (The 100-Point Black Hole) 15:21 - Wine 4: Crawford River Riesling 2025 (An Intellectual Release) 20:15 - Wine 5: Gembrook Hill Pinot Noir 2025 (Silken Yarra Seduction) 27:50 - Wine 6: Bondar Rayner Vineyard Grenache 2025 (Pure Fleshy Fruit) 34:25 - Booze News: Endeavour's Winery Shutdowns & The Fake Brand Bullshit 45:18 - Getting Blind: Wade's Turn 51:13 - Blind Ranking: The 5 Greatest Glasses of Tom's Life #WineUnfiltered #DifferentDrop #StandishShiraz #DanStandish #BarossaShiraz #CrawfordRiver #GembrookHill #BondarWines #YarraValleyPinot #McLarenValeGrenache #WineReview #BlindTasting #WineNews #EndeavourGroup