Nineteen crimes turned convicts into colonists. Upon conviction British rogues guilty of at least one of the 19 crimes were sentenced to live in Australia, rather than death. This punishment by “transportation” began in 1787 and many of the lawless died at sea. For the rough-hewn prisoners who made it to shore, a new world awaited. As pioneers in a frontier penal colony, they forged a new country and new lives, brick by brick. This wine celebrates the rules they broke and the culture they built.

There are 19 corks, one for each of the 19 crimes a person could commit to be sentenced to “Punishment by Transportation.” The corks, which are randomly distributed with the bottles, have the name of the crime on the side. What crimes will you uncork tonight?