Ultimate Father’s Day gift guide for dads who enjoy a tipple

Beresford Classic Shiraz 2024

from $25.00 from Beresford Estate

If Dad’s idea of the perfect Father’s Day involves a good meal and an even better glass of wine, Beresford Classic Shiraz 2024 is an easy win. This bottle follows the popular 2023 vintage, which was named the World’s Best Shiraz at the International Wine Challenge and sold more than 5,000 cartons in just 48 hours. Made with grapes from McLaren Vale, this is a fresh, fruit-forward Shiraz with subtle oak complexity that’s made for everything from a Father’s Day BBQ to a lazy lunch.

Features:

• Made in: McLaren Vale
• Red and blue fruits with subtle oak
• Best enjoyed with a BBQ, roast or cheeseboard
• Try it lightly chilled when the weather warms up

Available at:

• $25.00 from Beresford Estate
• $27.00 at BWS

Taylors Jaraman Shiraz  

from $34.00 from BWS

For dads who appreciate big, bold flavours, the Taylors Jaraman Shiraz is the perfect drop to gift or share this Father’s Day. Crafted from premium Clare Valley and McLaren Vale vineyards, this full-bodied red bursts with juicy blackberry and vibrant red fruit, layered with lively acidity and a hint of dark chocolate. Delicious to enjoy now, it also has the structure and depth to cellar beautifully until 2032 and beyond.

Features:

• Size: 750ml
• Alcohol Content 14.50%
• Region: McLaren Vale, South Australia

Available at:

• $27..00 (was $34.00) at Liquorland
• $34.00 at BWS

Elijah Craig Straight Rye Whiskey

from $99.99 from Boozebud

Surprise Dad with the robust flavours of Elijah Craig Straight Rye Whiskey this Father’s Day. This extra-aged dark spirit pays homage to tradition with a distinctly modern twist, utilising a blend of spicy rye grains and sweet corn for the perfect balance of flavour and smoothness.

Features:

• Size: 700ml
• Alcohol Content 47.0%
• Country: United States

Available at:

• $99.99 from Boozebud

Little Giant Grenache

from $22.00 from BWS

Hand-crafted with minimal additions and preservatives, Little Giant wines are made from grapes picked at optimal ripeness and handled as little as possible in the winery. As a platinum partner of WIRES, Australia’s largest wildlife rescue organisation, Little Giant helps support the rescue and care of sick, injured and orphaned native animals, a mission WIRES has been dedicated to for over 35 years.

For the dad who loves a fuller-bodied wine with generous weight and ripe fruit intensity, the Little Giant Grenache is a standout. Bursting with dark berry flavours, layered with hints of chocolate and subtle oak, it’s fresh yet expressive – and pairs beautifully with slow-cooked lamb shoulder.

Features:

• Size: 750ml
• Alcohol Content 14.5%
• Region: McLaren Vale

Available at:

• $22.00 at BWS
• $18.99 from Dan Murphy’s

Tamdhu 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch

from $99 at BWS

The Tamdhu 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch has nosing hints of iced cinnamon rolls, orange boiled sweets, fresh sweet oak, raisins and a faint hint of mint, which works together to create a rich and enticing scotch that Dad will love!

Features:

• Size7: 00ML
• Standard Drinks: 23.8
• Alcohol Volume: 43%
• Country: Scotland

Available from:

• $99 from BWS
• $98 from Dan Murphy’s

2023 Marnong Estate SV Montepulciano NV

from $37.00 at Marnong Estate

A standout choice for the dad who loves something a little different, this full-bodied Montepulciano is made for special occasions. Brimming with cassis and subtle herbal aromas, it pairs beautifully with aged cheeses for effortless entertaining. Rich, flavoursome and utterly satisfying, it’s a drop he’ll remember.

Features:

• Size: 750ml
• Region: Sunbury, Victroia

Available at:

• $37.00 at Marnong Estate

Bruichladdich, The Classic Laddie

from $101.99 from Dan Murphy’s

Perfect for the dads who enjoy life’s little luxuries. Refined and refreshing; elevated and warming; each batch of The Classic Laddie is distilled differently to the next, offering a slightly unique flavour profile in every bottle. Offering notes of ripe green fruit, brown sugar, barley, oak and sweet malt, The Classic Laddie was made for gifting to whisky connoisseurs and novices alike.

Features:

• Type: Whisky
• Size: 700mL
• Region: Islay
• Alcohol Volume: 50.0%
• Country: Scotland

Available from:

• $101.99 from Dan Murphy’s

Roku Japanese Gin 200ml Gift Box

from $31 from Liquorland

Dad will love this Roku gift. Roku, the Japanese word for “six”, uses a blend of six exotic botanicals as the base for its world-renowned gin – the Sakura flower, Sakura leaf, Yuzu peel, Sencha tea (green tea), Gyokuro tea (refined green tea), and Sanshō pepper. Eight other traditional botanicals are built upon this foundation to create that authentic and irresistible flavour.

Features:

• Style: Gin
• Standard Drinks: 6.8
• Alcohol Content: 43.00%
• Origin: Japan

Available from:

• $31 from Liquorland

Ezra Brooks Kentucky Straight Bourbon 700ml

from $69.99 at Dan Murphy’s

As all fathers and fatherly figures are legends, the only gift fit for legends is one handcrafted by a legend, Ezra Brooks. Born and bred in Kentucky, Ezra Brooks has been filling glasses with genuine American bourbon since 1957. Synonymous with quality, this Whiskey is made in the Lux Row Distillery on the famous Kentucky Bourbon Trail, where hands make the liquid, but the heart leads the journey.

Features:

• Spirit Type: Bourbon
• American Whiskey
• Region Of Origin: Kentucky
• Country Of Origin: USA
• Alcohol: 40%

Available at:

• $69.99 at Dan Murphy’s
• $61.00 at BWS

Australian Whisky Tasting Kit

$148.95 from Dan Murphy’s

Give dad a taste of Aussie’s best whisky! Each of the 12 local whiskies is presented in a 30ml matte-black glass sampler bottle and labelled with the distillery, whisky name and where it was distilled.

Features:

• Twelve 30ml samples of Australian whiskies
• Tasting and distillery guide

Available from:

• $148.95 from Dan Murphy’s
• $149 from White Possum

Tipsy Wicks French Vanilla Bourbon Candle

from $29.95 from Bunnings

Tipsy Wicks are the perfect CANdle for those that are self-scented and need their ‘spirits’ lifted! Made by hand in ‘The Shire’ south of Sydney, Tipsy Wicks are Australian-made with the best natural 100% soy wax, biodegradable, and vegan friendly. 

Features:

• Natural Soy Wax
• Australian-made natural fragrances
• 300g wax (approx)
• 330ml can size
• Full-aperture can with ring pull opening

Available from:

• $29.95 from Bunnings

Beresford Emblem Pinot Noir 2024, 750ml

from $35.00 from Beresford Estate

Perfect for Father’s Day sipping or seasonal wine roundups, this Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir is bright, aromatic, and bursting with fresh red fruits. Sourced from high-altitude vineyards in Kuitpo and Aldgate, the cool breezes slow ripening for elegant flavour development, delivering a quintessential cool-climate Pinot Noir.

Features:

• Medium ruby hue
• Rose petals, lavender, forest floor
• Cranberry, sour cherry, pomegranate, spice
• 12% ABV

Available at:

• $35.00 from Beresford Estate

Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey

from $67.00 from BWS

With notes of floral, vanilla sweetness, rum-raisin and allspice on the nose, the flavour profile delivers a creaminess on the palate with dried fruit, raisin and apricot character and a slight tingling spice. The finish is long and warming, which leaves a lingering sweetness, spice and notes of oak; to deliver a dram that dad will love this Father’s Day.

Features:

• Size: 700ML
• Standard Drinks: 25.4
• Alcohol Volume: 46%
• Country: Ireland

Available from:

• $67.00 from BWS

Top Tinnie’s Gift Box

from $63.00 (non member $70.00) from Craft Cartel

Dad partial to cracking a cold one? He’ll love this collection of tinned Aussie craft beers.

Features:

• Black Hops East Coast Haze Hazy Pale Ale
• Bright Brewery Alpine Lager
• Stockade Mr Fruju NEIPA
• Wicked Elf Blueberry Pastry sour
• Mornington Peninsula Brown
• Bells Beach Session Ale
• Gweilo Hazy IPA
• Deeds Pre Game Pale Ale
• Mountain Culture Cult IPA
• Six String Brewing Stout

Available from:

• $63.00 (non member $70.00 from Craft Cartel

In the Middle Pinot Noir

from $15.99 from Dan Murphy’s

In the middle of a good book, in the middle of cooking, in the middle of a funny story, in the middle of Sunday brunch. In the Middle is a range of wine specifically created to be enjoyed in the occasion-vibrant, versatile and around the half the alcohol of traditional wines.

Product features:

• Pinot Noir
• Size: 750ML
• Current Vintage2023*
• Standard Drink: s4.14
• Alcohol Volume: 7%
• State: South Australia

Available at:

• $15.99 from Dan Murphy’s

Son of a Nun Low Carb Lager 24 pack

from $62.99 (carton 24) from Liquor Legends

Everyone can enjoy this heavenly brew without worrying about carbs. This Low Carb Lager is also low in sugar and Vegan! Son of a Nun’s Low Carb Lager sits at 4.2% Alcohol, 90 calories and <0.3 carbs, making it a guilt free refreshment to enjoy.

Product features:

• Vegan friendly
• Low carb
• Low sugar

Available at:

• $62.99 (carton 24) from Liquor Legends