Following the merchant brands on Glug means you will buy well; these are Auld and Burton. Oakley Adams, P.B. Burgoyne and of course Glug. Here is the background.

For centuries and likely thousands of years a merchant acted as the intermediary between a producer of wine and the customer as they would select the wine and handle transport to the market. Perhaps a few hundred years ago they added another skill and became involved with blending wines to improve what was sold.

Recently I became aware of the wine list of The Australia Café circa 1922 and was thrilled to see the range on offer from P.B. Burgoyne and Oakley Adams.

Glug makes wine but also act as merchants and buys wine in barrel or bulk made by others. Benjamin and I developed the wine merchant labels to help distinguish these merchant wines from those we make like Goat Square and Karrawirra.

The first was the P.B. Burgoyne was a McLaren Vale Shiraz 2006 with dozens released since then and customer feed-back confirms buying a Burgoyne is money well spent.

The Burgoyne firm began back in 1871 and later purchased the Mount Ophir winery, Rutherglen in 1893 and it was in use until 1955.

Oakley Adams is a more recent addition though I revived the brand for a Sydney retailer in the mid 1990s. Alas we have no Auld and Burton wines for sale today though they will return. The best buy today is the Burgoyne McLaren Vale Cabernet.