Tic Tok ‘Pocketwatch’ Chardonnay 2012 
New South Wales $15.95 (187104) 13.0% alcohol 
This approachable, easy-drinking mid-weight wine offers aromas of tropical fruit, ripe pear, and notes of toast, spice and vanilla on the nose. Replaying on the palate, the fruit mingles with notes of toasted nut and spice. Attractively round and creamy, yet fresh, this wine is a good choice for seafood pasta in cream sauce or white meat. (Susan Desjardins) 

  
Tic Tok ‘Pocketwatch’ Shiraz 2012 
New South Wales $15.95 (187187) 14.0% alcohol 
Appealing aromas of black fruit, dark berries, licorice and spiced vanilla drift from this fruit-forward, medium-full bodied Shiraz. Warm, ripe fruit—blackberry, currant and black raspberry—washes across the palate, paired with toasty oak and lifted by spicy, peppery notes that linger on the finish. Enjoy with lamb or zesty, pork back ribs. (Susan Desjardins)