Fresh and vibrant wines to buy in Oceania
Herebelow are vibrant wines and where to buy them in Oceania:
Here below is my selection of vibrant wines. The establishments must sell by the bottle (without asking you to purchase anything else, even if they are bistros). [Report infringement]
Bottlings selected in 2025
Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus – Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)
USD 29 — 2022 — pure, intense – yeast, fine bubbles, fresh
A bottle shop and wine bar, located just opposite Toorak station at 18 Beatty Avenue, Victoria, Armadale 3143, Australia: Toorak Cellars, website, , , , tel.
Bottlings selected in 2024
Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus – Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)
USD 28 — 2021 — pure, intense – yeast, fine bubbles, fresh
A bottle shop and wine bar, located just opposite Toorak station at 18 Beatty Avenue, Victoria, Armadale 3143, Australia: Toorak Cellars, website, , , , tel.
Bottlings selected in 2023
Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus - Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)
USD 26 — 2020 — pure, intense - yeast, fine bubbles, fresh
A bottle shop and wine bar, located just opposite Toorak station at 18 Beatty Avenue, Victoria, Armadale 3143, Australia: Toorak Cellars, website, , , , tel.
Bottlings selected in 2022
Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus - Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)
USD 24 — 2019 — pure, intense - yeast, fine bubbles, fresh
A bottle shop and wine bar, located just opposite Toorak station at 18 Beatty Avenue, Victoria, Armadale 3143, Australia: Toorak Cellars, website, , , , tel.
Bottlings selected in 2021
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie — Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - Domaine de la Pépière — Domaine de la Pépière
USD 16 — 2020 — pure - illuminating, smoky - illuminating, crystalline, smoky, refreshing
An online store with domestic delivery, Australia: Blackhearts & Sparrows, website
An online store with domestic delivery, Australia: Andrew Guard Wine Imports, website
Muscadet — Marc Ollivier [jsq 2018], Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - EARL La Pépière — Monnières-Saint-Fiacre [orthogneiss]
USD 23 — 2017 — hazelnut, seashell - not velvety, hazelnut, seashell, full, no stiffness, fresh
An online store with domestic delivery, Australia: Blackhearts & Sparrows, website
An online store with domestic delivery, Australia: Andrew Guard Wine Imports, website
Bottlings selected in 2020
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie — Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - Domaine de la Pépière — Domaine de la Pépière
USD 16 — 2019 — no problem - radiant - no velvety, radiant, no stiffness, fresh
An online store with domestic delivery, Australia: Blackhearts & Sparrows, website
An online store with domestic delivery, Australia: Andrew Guard Wine Imports, website
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie — Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - Domaine de la Pépière — Clos des Briords Vieilles vignes
USD 18 — 2019 — wait until one year old, crystalline, mineral, fresh but not stiff
An online store with domestic delivery, Australia: Blackhearts & Sparrows, website
An online store with domestic delivery, Australia: Andrew Guard Wine Imports, website
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine — Marc Ollivier, Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - EARL La Pépière — Château-Thébaud [roche-mère de granodiorite, issue du granite]
USD 24 — 2014 — sheashell, almond, star fruit, nougat - no smoothness and very intense, sheashell, almond, star fruit, nougat, fresh
An online store with domestic delivery, Australia: Blackhearts & Sparrows, website
An online store with domestic delivery, Australia: Andrew Guard Wine Imports, website
Crémant d’Alsace — Julien Albertus - Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)
USD 24 — 2017 — pure, intense - yeast, fine bubbles, fresh
A bottle shop and wine bar, located just opposite Toorak station at 18 Beatty Avenue, Victoria, Armadale 3143, Australia: Toorak Cellars, website, , , , tel.
Crémant d’alsace [sparkling] — Audrey et Christian Binner — KB — Extra Brut Zéro dosage [sans sulfite ajouté], magnum, assemblage
USD 32 — 2008 — white fruit, yeast - fine bubbles, full, white fruit, nougat but dry, toasted loaf, great aromatic depth, no stiffness, fresh
An online wine shop with domestic shipping, Australia: Wise Child Wine Store, website
Price figures are only rough estimates of the US retail tags, at the date of the tasting. Wines are selected on personal criteria.
Same area
Other types of wine have been selected in the same area, chardonnay in Oceania, sauvignon blanc in Oceania, good red wines in Oceania, champagne or sparkling in Oceania, natural wines in Oceania.
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