The Wine Animal Show

From bottle shops to global wine authority, Erin Larkin joins The Wine Animal for a deep dive into Australian Chardonnay, wine criticism, and what truly defines great wine.

Brenno and Erin Larkin unpack one of Australia’s most iconic wines, Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay.
From the exceptional 2023 vintage to the discipline behind its timeless style, this conversation explores why some wines transcend trends and only get better with time.

A blind wine tasting between friends quickly turns into a battle of instinct, ego, and experience. With no labels and no hints, every guess relies purely on what’s in the glass, and that’s where things start to unravel.

Watch as confident calls shift, assumptions get challenged, and subtle flavor cues lead both tasters down completely different paths. It’s a raw, honest look at how even seasoned wine lovers can be surprised, second-guess themselves, and still enjoy the process.

Brenno sits down with Dan Eggleton of Ben Murray Wines for a conversation that goes far deeper than wine.
After tragedy in the Barossa community, Dan started a simple monthly breakfast, bacon, eggs and coffee, creating a space where growers, winemakers and locals can talk openly and support each other.
This episode explores the pressures of rural life, the importance of mateship, and why sometimes a simple conversation can make all the difference.

Mount Edelstone, raw, uncut, and standing among 113-year-old vines.
In this episode, we step into one of Australia’s most historic single-vineyard Shiraz sites. From deep red-brown soils and mass selection blocks to rocket-scientist trellising and meticulous vine management, this is viticulture at its most detailed and deliberate.
We taste the 2021 Mount Edelstone in the vineyard itself and explore how it differs from Hill of Grace, more sage than five spice, more savoury depth, and a structure built for decades. This is old-vine precision in real time.