Great SA Drinks Guide features 130 drinks tasted by our experts Tony Love, Mike Gribble and Alister Robertson
THOUSANDS of South Australian wines, beers and spirits have been tasted by our three experts to produce the Great SA Drinks Guide, a collection of only the very best drinks this state has to offer. Enjoy — responsibly, of course.
FANCY a drink? A wine, perhaps. Or a beer. Maybe a limoncello?
One thing — it has to be South Australian made. And if there’s one thing we do well its making great wine, beer and liquors right here in our own regions and even within our city limits.
The big challenge however is stepping into a wine retailer, or visiting a cellar door, brewery or bar and finding shelves and shelves of labels. Where do you start? Who do you trust to make the right choice?
The guidedoes all the hard work for you with a breakthrough new collection of wines, beers, spirits and liquors, all SA made, selected and recommended by our expert palates and available only online — and it works beautifully either on your desktop, tablet or phone.
You can take our Great SA Drinks Guide with you anywhere, choose from 130 drinks, select red or white, choose a favourite variety or beer style, even drill down to your top region, and more importantly pinpoint a price range on a sliding scale and — hey presto — our selections will solve your drinking options in a flash. You can even save your top selections into a “favourites” folder, allowing you to come back to the guide and instantly find the drinks you want.
Our wine writer and editor Tony Love has tasted through thousands of wines this year to come to his top 100. SA’s best beer reviewer — and he sure knows his stuff — Mike Gribble has chosen 20 outstanding beers, ciders and even a mead in all styles, and we introduce Alister Robertson, well known Adelaide small bar manager and cocktail lover, who highlights 10 fantastic spirits and liquors and even passes on his tips about how to drink them and where.
“The new Great SA Drinks Guide is a genuine breakthrough in the way consumers can search for the right wine, beer or spirit and cocktail suggestion for the right occasion,” Love said.
And Gribble agreed. “Sliced, diced and totally tasted, the guide’s easy search categories will turn up something for every taste,” he said.
Executive Editor, Digital, Rod Savage said the guide set “a new benchmark” for local drinks content.
“It’s been a lot of work and a lot of fun, and we see this as a real reward for our loyal subscribers and hopefully an incentive for others to discover the value of subscribing to The Advertiser on any or all of its platforms,” he said.
HOW TO USE THE GUIDE
The intuitive guide can be used in a number of ways. You can simply browse through the full collection, which is presented randomly each time your return to the guide. It works on whatever device you choose — mobile, tablet or desktop.
You can choose just wine, or just beer and ciders, or just spirits. You can choose to see all drinks just from a region, or drill right down to, say, the best grenache from McLaren Vale. You can also set a price bracket.
You can also add the drinks you want to come back to at another time to your favourites list. This list can also be filtered how ever you choose — so for example if you had 50 drinks in your favourites list, you can easily filter it to show just your favourite wines from the Barossa.
This is a subscriber-only product and is part of our subscriber rewards program — so if you already subscribe to advertiser.com.au, thank you and this is a reward for your loyalty. If not, you’ll need to take out a digital subscription in order to access. You can check out your subscription options here.