Sunshine in a glass. That's the best way to describe this absolutely joyous orange wine, which is overflowing with all sorts of delightful mandarin and fruit punch flavours. Crafted from the rare (in Australia) Fernão Pires grape, grown on a block at the Basshams organic vineyard, this is so very juicy with just the combination of sunny mango fruit and a crisp finish.

Have you ever wanted to make wine at home for entertainment? That's how Doug Woodward began, fermenting things in the spare room of his suburban Brisbane house circa 2018 before releasing a tiny volume under the Wedded to the Weather label. As you can imagine, this was hands-on winemaking from the start, with each batch only 500-600kg of grapes and all hand pressed/bottled. But those early releases were so well received that in 2023, he moved to the Barossa to share a winery with small batch legends Sven Joschke Wines, Sigurd Wines and Rasa Wines and step up in size. Doug still makes his natural wines in micro batches (50 case lots), too, using organic grapes from the super progressive Basshams vineyard in the Riverland, all made using wild ferments, no fining or filtration and only a dab of sulphur at bottling (sometimes). Doug likes interesting Mediterranean grape varieties, too (no Shiraz here), and when coupled with a love of orange wines and Pet Nats, it makes for some of the most fun natural wines we've tried in ages.