First Drop new releases and old treasures

As I wrote in First Drop – seriously entertaining, English-born Matt Gant (‘winemaker and retired wannabe playboy’, on the right in their photo above) and Australian John Retsas (‘marketeer and musketeer’, on the left) make serious wines from bought-in grapes in the Barossa, in the Adelaide Hills and in McLaren Vale.

Their earnest intention is to make wines that give maximum pleasure, then bottle and sell them with cheeky wit, ranging from groan-worthy puns to clever pastiche, as...