Pyren is a small family-owned vineyard located in the Warrenmang Valley in Victoria’s Pyrenees region.

<b>Ian d'Agata, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, July 2009.</b><p><i>Few winery owners in Italy are more likable or dedicated than Filippo Antonelli. Past president of the Sagrantino di Montefalco consortium and one who has done much for the wine and the production zone (so much so that most of the members want him back at the helm!), Antonelli's wines are also some of the easiest to drink and appreciate, not always a given with a grape as tannic as sagrantino. The fairly new single-vineyard top-of-the-line Chiusa di Pannone bottling is stellar in 2004. It may be an exaggeration to give full credit to the adage that Montefalco old-timers have whispered to me over the years ("if you want to drink a traditional and well-made Sagrantino, pick one that begins with an 'a'") but after many years of tasting all of the wines of the area, I can safely conclude that the saying is not far off the mark.</i>

Situated near the hamlet of Greenock, Laughing Jack is a small family owned winery run by the Kalleske family. The winery gets its name from the ‘laughing jacks’ – the Kookaburras that reside in the gum trees surrounding the vineyard. The first vintage was produced in 1999 from 5.4 tonnes of old vine Shiraz, made by Shawn Kalleske in an old tool shed on the property. Today Laughing Jack produces several f wines from estate vineyards including the Jack’s, Moppa & Greenock ranges alongside some limited edited dessert and fortified wines.

Located in the Salnes Valley sub-zone of Rías Baixas, Bodegas Castro Martin is in the parochial of Barrantes, in the council of Ribadumia, named for the Rio Umia a few kms south towards Pontevedra. Castro Martín is a family business dating back to 1887 where old documents prove the existence of a wine cellar and the sale of Albariño. The innovative Domingo Martín-Morales had the current winery constructed in 1982, some five years before the D.O. of Rías Baixas was created. The winery was designed using modern concepts and was the very first in the region to be equipped with stainless steel tanks for wine storage - which seemed to many locals as an unnecessary extravagance!