Welcome to Mattinson’s Best Value Australian Wine blog 2025. All the wines discussed here are available for under $25, preferably under $20, preferably closer to $15. I’m not – I should point out – talking about wines that are “good value compared to other similar wines”, even though that’s a legitimate approach. No. This blog is about up-front, low-cost, high value wines that taste genuinely good to genuine lovers of wine.

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Butchers Friend Buttery Chardonnay 2025

A genuinely buttery $16 Chardonnay from the Barossa — scored 89 points, and a standout on Campbell Mattinson's Best Value wine list.