Alpha Box & Dice
2026 Obligato Gruner
$46.00
Description
WINEMAKER: AB&D
VARIETY: Gruner Veltliner
REGION: McLaren Vale, S.A.
VITICULTURE: Minima Intervention
NOSE: White stonefruit, flinty reduction and white pepper.
PALATE: A whiff of wet flint and a chiselled acidity frame the zesty white stonefruit characters. Texture follows to fill out the palate, yet the finish remains tight and bright.
PAIR: Fresh sashimi or fried cauliflower.
CELLAR: 15 years
Hand-picked, whole bunch pressed. Settled overnight and racked, taking light, fluffy lees. Free run was fermented in stainless and foudre; pressings fermented in seasoned hogsheads. Partial, spontaneous MLF. Matured on lees for six months.
2026 Obligato Gruner
$46.00
SPÖN PICKS
SPÖN Bottle Shop & Wine Bar: Made for Discovery
A 50-seater wine bar; Inspired by the charming, drink-in bottle shops hidden throughout the cobblestone streets of Europe, explore a rotating world of natural, organic, rare & vintage wines, and craft beers sourced from Australia and across the globe.
Born in Newtown
Nestled in the vibrant heart of Newtown – We created SPÖN as a cozy neighbourhood bottle shop and wine bar that feels relaxed, welcoming and distinctly its own. Creative, a little gritty, a little playful and always full of something new & unexpected — just like Newtown.
A bottle shop with a bar problem.
SPÖN - a discovery-led hybrid bottle-shop/Wine bar experience. Browse the shelves, grab a bottle and drink it at the bar — or pull up a stool and explore a daily rotating board of over 15+ distinct wines being poured by the glass. SPÖN is built around drinking what interests you.
Come curious. Leave with a new favourite.
We don’t tell you what to drink. You don’t need to know your varietals, regions or vintages, and you certainly don’t need to pretend you do. Tell us what you like, hate, what you’ve tried or curious about — we’ll take it from there. Sometimes the best bottle is the one you didn’t know you wanted.