A $24k STOLEN DRC?! 99-Point Rioja, Radikon, Loosen GG & The World's Best Rosé! 🍷

Tom and Wade are taking their palates on a world tour! This week, it’s an all-international episode as we crack open some of the greatest, most highly anticipated European arrivals to hit Australian shores.

We kick off the journey in Germany with the electric new 2024 Wehlener Sonnenuhr GG Riesling from the legendary Dr. Loosen, before heading to Burgundy for a plush, full-noise Chablis from cult-favorite Domaine Moreau-Naudet. Then, we taste what just might be our favorite rosé on the planet—the flor-aged Clos Cibonne Tradition—and explore the seductive 2022 'Tre Stelle' Barbaresco from Cascina delle Rose.

But the showstopper? An unbelievable 99-point, old-vine Rioja from Artuke ('La Condenada') that leaves the boys completely speechless, followed by a mind-bending 2020 orange wine from the godfather of skin-contact, Radikon!

In Booze News, we cover the Hunter Valley Legends Awards, the heartwarming return of the historic Rouge Homme label to Coonawarra's Redman family, and the bizarre heist of a $24,000 bottle of DRC that was stolen by a man in a wig... and then mysteriously returned! Plus, Wade faces a South African curveball in Getting Blind and tries to build the ultimate 6-wine lineup to represent Australia to the world in our Blind Ranking.