Koestler Prime
This is a steakhouse red list at its core, with 285 of the 429 bottles in red, built around the Rhone and Bordeaux but with real conviction in Australian Shiraz too. The depth shows in the producer counts: E. Guigal carries 35 listings, Clarendon Hills 14, and you see verticals from Saxum, Quilceda Creek, and Ridge, plus Penfolds Grange topping out near $5,800 and a Château Latour at $8,300. It runs deep at the high end but stays workable for most tables, with a median around $195 and bottles starting as low as $10, so you can steer a guest up or down without trouble. The 27 glass pours are a small slice of a big book, so for anyone wanting range you push toward the bottle list. Whites are thin at 37, though the J.J. Prüm and Mosel Rieslings give you a genuine option, and the 35 dessert and fortified wines reward a guest who wants to close strong. This list rewards the red drinker chasing Rhone, Bordeaux, and big Australian reds.