It’s hard to decide what we enjoy most about Stargazer – the wines themselves, being incredible varietal expressions of small batch, honest wines from Tasmania, or the woman behind them – Samantha Connew, an exemplary figure for Australian winemaking.

Voyager Estate have firmly carved their names as a ventricle in the beating heart of the Margaret River. At the helm of this pulsating powerhouse, is one of Australia’s leading ladies of the industry, Alexandra Burt. Working alongside her is Voyager illuminati, and winemaking literati, Steve James, with the pair firmly planting an environmentally driven culture into the very roots of this winery’s ethos.

Underneath the limestone cliffs of Trentino, Italy resides a farm devoted to the indigenous variety of Teroldego. We say “farm” because vegetables grow in between the trellised vines, and on weekends, they often sell produce to the local community. Things are different at Foradori.

Domaine Marcel Deiss is a mid-size estate located in the postcard perfect Bergheim, near Ribeauvillé in Alsace. It is a deeply-rooted family estate as the Deiss ancestors and can be traced in the village back in 1744.