Lamont's Wine Store Cottesloe

16/09/2026

The extra-ordinary
Thistledown’s Grenache Tasting

Recent Awards & Reviews


WINE COMPANION RESULTS
2026
Grenache of the Year
Red Wine of the Year
Wine of the Year
2025
Grenache & Blend of the Year
2024
Equal 2nd highest pointed Grenache
2022
Grenache of the Year

MCLAREN VALE WINE SHOW
2025
Best Wine of Show
Best Grenache
Best 1 YO Grenache
Best SV wine any style … other than Shiraz

HALLIDAY GRENACHE CHALLENGE
2025
2nd, but equal highest pointed wine
2019
Champion Wine … & 2 of top 3 points

JAMES SUCKLING AUSTRALIAN TOP 100
#3 in 2023

6 Nation’s Wine Challenge
2020
Champion Grenache

TYSON STELZER
Grenache of the Year 2025
Grenache of the Year 2024

“…unquestionably world class”
Panel, Halliday Wine Companion

“…this is a super wine, fragrant and
detailed, long and complex. Yes!”
Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

“There are very few wines that I look
forward to more than the top duo of
grenache from Thistledown”
Ned Goodwin MW, jamessuckling.com

“They rival the very finest in the world.”
Top 100 Wines James Suckling (Ned Goodwin MW)

“Winemaker Giles Cooke MW is somewhat
of a folk hero these days, thanks to his
work championing the grenache variety.”
Best Australian Wines (Matthew Jukes)

‘They all are magnificent wines.’
Robert Parker Wine Advocate (Erin Larkin)

‘Among Australia’s very greatest reds.’
Halliday Wine Companion (Ned Goodwin MW)

‘The Gorgeous range of wines from
Thistledown are just that:
uncomplicated, sleek, classy quaffers. Very
good things.’
Robert Parker Wine Advocate (Erin Larkin)



… Hosted by …
Patrick Gilhooly, Director of Sales, Brand
Champion & … Co Proprietor.
Masterclass: 5.30-7pm, 12 wines with Kate Lamont
nibbles, $95
Dinner: 7.30-9.30pm, 12 wines and 4 courses, $180

Monday September 21st

Who is Paddy Gilhooly, the
Sales Director & Co Proprietor?

The combination of year backpacking in Australia in 2003,
working for a Burgundy importer in Melbourne, then
doing vintage in the Yarra Valley, inspired Paddy’s
passion for a fulltime career in wine.

After holding various commercial wine sales roles and
achieving his WSET Diploma, Paddy relocated to
Australia in 2014 to work with Thistledown.

Since 2014, as Director of Sales and all around brand
champion, Paddy has opened various markets
internationally and increased Thistledown’s
distribution in Australia.

13 Thistledown Wines including…

2024 Thistledown Fool on the Hill Grenache
Ranked #1 Barossa Grenache & 97 Points, “…off-the-charts” …, The Real Review
97+ Points, Erin Larkin, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
96 Points “This is a wine to watch.” Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion

2022 Thistledown Where Eagles Dare Shiraz
98 Points, #1 Top Wine, David Sly, Decanter
96 Points, Halliday Wine Companion
95 Points, Erin Larkin, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
95 Points, Stuart Knox, The Real Review

The Wines

Thistledown 'Gorgeous' Grenache Blanc 2025, Our Price $23
Thistledown 'Walking with Kings' McLaren Vale
Roussanne Grenache Blanc (V) 2024, Our Price $54
95 Points, Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion
94 Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Thistledown Suilven Chardonnay 2024, Our Price $62
96 Points, Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion
Abrolhos scallops, nori, Jamon bits

Thistledown The Vagabond Grenache 2025, Our Price $54
93 Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
Thistledown She’s Electric Grenache 2025, Our Price $62
95 Points, Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion
94 Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
94 Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Thistledown She’s Electric Grenache 2024, Our Price $TBC
Chevre gnocchi, roasted mushrooms,
almond XO

Thistledown Sands of Time Grenache 2025, Our Price $89
97 Points, Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion
96 Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
Thistledown Sands of Time Grenache 2023 (Magnum),
Our Price $395
Halliday Top 100 Wines 2024
97 Points, Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion
97 Points, Erin Larkin, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
96 Points, Stuart Knox, The Real Review
Thistledown Fool on the Hill Grenache 2024, Our Price $89
97+ Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
97 Points, Gabrielle Poy, The Real Review
96 Points, Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion
Angus a la minute, peppercorn butter, leafy greens

Thistledown ‘The Quickening” Barossa Vally Shiraz 2022,
Our Price $39
95 Points, David Sly, Decanter
94 Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
Thistledown Where Eagles Dare Shiraz 2024, Our Price $89
97 Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
95 points, Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion
Thistledown Where Eagles Dare Shiraz 2022, Our Price $89
98 Points, David Sly, Decanter
95 Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
95 Points, Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion
95 Points, James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com
Thistledown Bachelor’s Block Ebenezer Shiraz 2022, Our Price $89
96 points, David Sly, Decanter
95 Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
95 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Maffra cheddar, crostini, cumquat

Coffee/Tea/Hot Chocolate …
with Bon Bonbon’s exclusive and Gold
Medal winning Lamonts Liqueur Muscat
infused Chocolates – the delicious Lamont’s
Muscat Bonbons.

14/09/2026

Ask a room of Australian winemakers where the country’s best Riesling comes from and you will start an argument… Ask them where the most underrated comes from, and a lot of them will quietly say Porongurup. Castle Rock Estate has been making it there for forty years, from vines planted in 1986 on granite at altitude, and Rob Diletti has become one of the most quietly admired winemakers in the state. Diletti is coming to Lamont’s Cottesloe to pour thirteen wines, over 3 events, to show what four decades on one hillside will teach you.

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵
𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗯 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶
𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵: 12–3pm | 13 wines and 4 courses | $115
𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀: 4–6pm | 13 wines & canapés | $50
𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿: 6.30–9.30pm | 13 wines and 4 courses | $115

Book your Tasting Tickets now! 🎟️ 🍷

13/09/2026

September & November Tastings at Lamont’s Cottesloe

Winemaker hosted tastings, benchmark masterclasses and rare Champagne dinners. Charles Heidsieck, Louis Roederer, Bindi, Giant Steps, Deep Woods, Fraser Gallop and more...

Explore the full program from September through November below.

Australia's largest wine tasting program. Winemaker-hosted lunches, dinners and masterclasses at Lamont's Cottesloe, Perth. Thirteen events this August, tickets from $55. Book directly online.

02/09/2026

Great families help shape a wine region once. The Pannells have done it twice...

In 1969, Bill and Sandra Pannell planted Moss Wood and helped set Margaret River on its course. Then, in 1993, they went again, heading south to the cool, high, ocean-tempered Southern Forests around Pemberton, a corner of Western Australia few had backed for serious wine. There they founded Picardy, and Bill has made the wines alongside his son Dan ever since, always with Burgundy in the back of their minds.
Everything under the family’s labels is grown on the estate, dry-farmed, hand-picked and sorted in the vineyard before it reaches the winery among the vines. It is winemaking with nothing standing between the site and the glass, and exactly the kind of grower wine we go out of our way to find.

07/08/2026

The biggest run of tastings we have staged in a single month.

Six events across three consecutive weekends. Stuart Pym opens with Flowstone this Saturday, then Larry Cherubino, Matthew Jukes' Winery of the Year and the IWSC's Outstanding Wine Producer 2023, presents fourteen of his finest in person on Sunday.

The following weekend brings sixteen of Australia's most awarded grenaches in one line-up, and Ben Cane launches the Duke's 2026 Magpie Hill Reserve Riesling. We close the month with sixteen of the country's best pinot noirs, and a Sunday of Domaine Naturaliste with Bruce Dukes.

See more info on the events below!
https://mailchi.mp/lamontscott.com.au/august-tasting-program-2026

05/08/2026

The August Tasting Program + special offer 🤫🎟️🍷

Swipe to view our limited time discount code and save 15% off discount.

Discount code is only valid for online Tasting Tickets. The code cannot be used in store.

Valid on Tasting Tickets only, ends August 31st.

04/08/2026

A moment for one of our most popular tapas dishes, the Lamont’s truffle artichoke 🤌🏼🍷 What is your favourite dish?

03/08/2026

The French and Italian container
lands this week, bringing 900 dozen wines from 15 producers! We opened 10 of the wines at Cottesloe over the weekend, and JJ tasted and scored each one. Here are the standouts, together with the full pre-arrival offer.

Once a year we go to Europe, taste with the growers, and bring home a container of the wines we’d want to drink ourselves. As the shipment nears, we open the Indent Offer: en primeur pricing, sharply reduced, in exchange for paying before the wines land in Cottesloe.
Order from any producer page on our website, or use the request form, where every producer and wine on the shipment sits on one page.

Pre-arrival pricing closes Friday 7 August. Submit your selections now and we will confirm availability, payment and delivery once the container clears.

02/08/2026

What a night! Thank you to everyone who joined us for Singlefile | Great Southern .. and thank you to our hosts Patrick & Pamela Corbett, Coby Ladwig and Megan Belcher! Our team is busy packing orders and can’t wait to do it all again next weekend 🍷

01/08/2026

Tomorrow is Singlefile | Great Southern Sunday!!

The Lunch
Hosted by Patrick & Pamela Corbett, Co-Founders
& Coby Ladwig, Winemaker

12–3pm | 13 wines and 4 courses | $145

The Masterclass & Dinner
Hosted by Coby Ladwig, Winemaker &
Megan Belcher, Wine Club Manager

Masterclass: 4–6pm | 13 wines & canapés | $65
Dinner: 6.30–9.30pm | 13 wines and 4 courses |$145

Upcoming Event Page: https://www.lamontscott.com.au/upcoming-events/singlefile-wines-launch-tastings-2026

Book now through our Tasting Tickets, available on our online store 🎟️🔗🍷here: https://shop.lamontscott.com.au/collections/tasting-event-tickets

31/07/2026

You, me & 🇮🇹🍷

After hours at Lamont’s looks like this…

29/07/2026

Thirteen events in thirty-one days. This is August at Lamont’s.

Three winemakers are crossing the country and six more are coming up from the south, each to host their own table. A Master of Wine is leading us through benchmark Barolo and Barbaresco. Museum Henschke comes out of the family cellar for twelve guests, and JJ presents his two great Australian showcases, Grenache and Pinot Noir.

See the events & Tasting Program below.

https://shop.lamontscott.com.au/pages/tasting-program