The personal cellar of PM Julia Gillard and partner Tim Mathieson is surprisingly frugal QUICK QUIZ: What do you think you would find in the wine fridge at the Lodge, the Canberra home of PM Julia Gillard and First Bloke Tim Mathieson? A bottle of Moet, perhaps? Or a delicious Henschke Hill of Grace ($650) or the revered Penfolds Grange ($785)? ANSWER: None of the above. The first couple's wine choices are frugal. Their cellar even contains seven bottles of Wolf Blass Eaglehawk Shiraz, which can be bought for under $10 each. Most of the 208 bottles in the PM's cellar are popular white wines under $20. There are bottles of Bridgewater Mill chardonnay, Mount Horrocks riesling and Grant Burge pinot gris. There are several vintages of sauvignon blanc and several notable semillon-sauvignon blanc blends, including those from Stella Bella and Banrock Station. Julia and Tim are not strong on reds. There are several vintages of Charles Melton Rose of Virginia, a reliable Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge shiraz and two Philip Shaw pinots from Orange. Respectable stuff, but hardly outstanding examples of what this country has to offer. There were no wines from Queensland. The PM's department had to reveal the wine list in answers to questions during recent Senate finance committee estimates hearings. The wine is for the private use of the PM and her family, it said, and it was too busy to put a price on the total collection. The department does not record information of wine purchases in a way that would readily enable this question to be answered. Wine for official functions is held separately by the department's ceremonial and hospitality branch, it noted. The first couple have another 66 bottles stashed at Kirribilli House, the PM's official Sydney residence. Again it is heavy with whites. Most are under $30 a bottle. There are lovely vintages of Brokenwood semillon, a case of Voyager 2011 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon, 10 bottles of Croser NV bubbles and 10 bottles of Ninth Island pinot noir from Tasmania. There were two bottles of St Hallet Shiraz Cabernet, a bargain buy for under $20 each. There were two bottles from the top shelf: the Henschke Cyril 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon, worth about $159 a bottle, a powerful example of bravura winemakingnte from one of Australia's first families of wine.