2009 Golden Grove Accommodation Creek Granite Belt Mediterranean Red

The label features GG as a signature like cufflinks on a striped business shirt. The wine has won silver at Qld wine show and the Australian alternative varieties show. It's made from tempranillo, durif and barbera which should be a terrific combination. The label says 'soft yet lengthy finish'  but we disagree with that. My drinking companion said it's a quaffing wine. For us it had no length. It was thin and odd-tasting; too warm and too toasty. There was honey in the aroma which mde me think of warm brown. There's a little pepper on the mid-palate, but not enough. However, it is a beautiful ruby red in colour.

2010 Symphony Hill Granite Belt Reserve Verdelho

The label features red, silver, black and white in a restrained but striking design of squares that also features the stringed instrument that's on the wall of the cellar door. It also features a quote from Galileo Galilei that wine is 'light held together by moisture' which is something like digital technology: light and electronic pulses. Theres pear on the nose and palate. It's kind of steely and sophisticated, not really austere, but, rather, elegant. It's also a pale, clear pear in colour.