At a recent tasting of wines from the pirvate cellar of Heritage Fine Wines (Jun 2006) Huon Hooke, the highly respected wine critic for the Sydney Morning Herald, singled out the Mouthpiece Peter Howland Hunter Shiraz 2003 as one the highlights, remarking that he would bid up to $40 per bottle.

Peter Howland also makes wine under his own label with a focus on shiraz. He regards Hunter Valley shiraz as an under-appreciated style from Australia's oldest wine region.