The Turk

I'm always trying to get people who are new to wine to try something other than Yellowtail, Papio, or Little Penguin. Problem is, those wine are cheap, ($) and to the uninitiated, seem to taste fine. Great care is taken by the producers of these wines to mask certain flavors -- unripened grapes, for example.
This might be the wine to help convert the masses. Turkey Flat's "The Turk" is still from Australia (Barossa Valley), and it's still cheap ($). Wine Spectator gave the 2004 vintage (on shelves now) a 90. The wine is mostly shiraz and mouvedre, with a little grenache and cabernet thrown in. Dark red fruits, strawberries, and licorice are the initial impressions, but the wine is still "dry" enough to keep Y/T shiraz drinkers happy.