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Angus Hughson

Angus is an award-winning wine writer and the Founder and Publisher of Winepilot, the Australian Editor for leading international publication VINOUS with Antonio Galloni based in New York City and the Co-Publisher of The Australian Ark with over 15 years of publishing, writing and judging experience.

Miners Ridge Cane Cut Riesling 2025

White Wine - Riesling
  • 91
  • $25
  • 2026-2028
This fun twenty 2025 Cane Cut Riesling has a delicious opening with aromas of honeysuckle, honey and flower blossoms with...
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Miners Ridge AT Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90
  • $25
  • 2026-2030
This Shiraz, made with fruit from the Grampians and Great Western, has plenty of weight to it with a generous...
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B Shot Valley & Valley Cab Sauv NV

Welland Valley and Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 91
  • $30
  • 2026-2035
The 2024 Valley and Valley Cabernet Sauvignon has good typicity with a generous serve of cassis and dried mint aromas...
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B Shot Old Hands Shiraz NV

Welland Old Hands Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $70
  • 2031-2040
The 2022 Old Hands Shiraz is traditionally styled with its powerful and muscular aromas of licorice, dark chocolate and coal...
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Midhill Chardonnay

Shadowfax Midhill Chardonnay 2024

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 93
  • $70
  • 2028-2034
This 2024 Midhill Chardonnay has fabulous impact with tightly wound citrus and musky peach aromas topped by strong flinty influences...
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Maceon Pinot Noir

Shadowfax Pinot Noir 2024

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 93
  • $40
  • 2028-2034
This 2024 Macedon Ranges Pinot Noir is pretty and inviting with pristine aromas of dark cherry, red raspberry and fresh...
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Straws Lane Pinot Noir

Shadowfax Straws Lane Pinot Noir 2024

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 94
  • $70
  • 2030-2038
This 2024 Straws Lane Single Vineyard Pinot Noir is so charming out of the gate with its perfumed aromas of...
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NVSyrahGrenache

Bekkers Syrah Grenache 2024

Red Wine - Grenache - Syrah
  • 92+
  • $90
  • 2026-2032
The 2024 Bekkers releases were a little more reticent and harder to read than usual but the pedigree here is...
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NVGrenache

Bekkers Grenache 2024

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 92+
  • $90
  • 2026-2030
The 2024 vintage of Bekkers Grenache is a little more reticent than usual, which is not a criticism. Rather this...
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GrenacheUngraftedBottle

Hewitson Ungrafted Grenache 2024

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 92
  • $50
  • 2028-2036
This more ethereal and refined Grenache expression opens up with a generous serve of red licorice and red cherry aromas...
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Old Garden

Hewitson Old Garden Mourvèdre 2022

Other - Specialty
  • 95
  • $90
  • 2028-2042
This exceptional vintage of very old vine Mourvèdre is beautifully composed while still reserved with impressive complexity wrapped up in...
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Monopole Shiraz

Hewitson Monopole Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $90
  • 2027-2038
The 2022 Monopole Shiraz is bright and fragrant with sweet cherry liqueur aromas and blackberry lifted with white pepper spice....
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Hewitson 1853 Shiraz Mourvèdre 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $450
  • 2028-2042
This 2022 Shiraz Mourvèdre made with fruit off some of the oldest clones of Shiraz and Mourvèdre is expressive with...
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MOSS WOOD Deep Etch RV Elsa ()

Moss Wood Elsa Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2025

White Wine - Sauvignon Blanc - Semillon
  • 91
  • $88
  • 2026-2030
The 2025 Elsa Sauvignon Blanc Semillon delivers a flamboyant upfront mix of guava, hay, lemon rind and lanolin aromas wrapped...
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MOSS WOOD Deep Etch RV Chardonnay ()

Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Chardonnay 2025

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 92
  • $90
  • 2030-2060
The 2025 Ribbon Vale Chardonnay is a delight showing an energetic core of seamless pear and apple aromas with an...
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Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay

Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2025

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 95
  • $100
  • 2028-2038
The 2025 Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay is already approachable with a powerful blend of oatmeal, grapefruit and musky peach aromas wound...
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Tapanappa Tiers M Vineyard Chardonnay

Tapanappa 1.5m Chardonnay 2025

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 94
  • $90
  • 2027-2034
From a warm year, the 2025 1.5m Chardonnay is outstanding in a full-flavoured style with oatmeal, musky peach and cantaloupe...
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Mosswoodcabernet

Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 98
  • $180
  • 2026-2034
The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon is extraordinary. Tasted first from barrel, it was a picture of restrained power and nothing has...
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Miners Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 91
  • $25
  • 2026-2030
This ripe and open-knit Cabernet Sauvignon delivers a generous serve of blackberry and black currant aromas with an attractive dusting...
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Young Tree Wines Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 91
  • $35
  • 2026-2032
The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon is an elegant expression with good purity of fruit which displays slaty, blackcurrant aromas lifted by...
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NattyDred Single

Young Tree Wines Grenache Negroamaro Natty Red 2025

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 87
  • $30
  • 2026-2027
The 2025 Natty Red Grenache Negroamaro blend is less natty than you might expect – a fun wine that is...
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Young Tree WInes Marsanne Roussanne

Young Tree Wines Marsanne Roussanne 2023

Other - Specialty
  • 90
  • $30
  • 2026-2027
The 2023 Young Tree Wines Marsanne/Roussanne 80/20 blend is cerebral in style with bright sweet nectarine and blossom aromas offset...
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Old Vine Shiraz B

Juxtaposed Old Vine Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $33
  • 2026-2030
This perky 2023 Old Vine Shiraz delivers a pristine core of bright and juicy blackberry, kirsch and peppery aromas with...
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Grenache Wait Vineyard B

Juxtaposed Wait Vineyard Grenache 2024

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 93
  • $50
  • 2028-2034
This 2024 Wait Vineyard is fine and ethereal with layers of red cherry, rose petals, fresh meat and fennel seed...
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The Lay of the Land

Angus Hughson
2026 is here and has roared in with a vengeance unfortunately kicking off with catastrophic fires, particularly in Central Victoria....
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The Limestone Coast Wine Guide 2026

Angus Hughson
By Angus Hughson, Andrew Caillard MW and Lisa Cardelli The Limestone Coast is a special region in the Australian wine...
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Anselmi Lifestyle

Anselmi – Ahead of the Curve

Angus Hughson
Trailblazer is a term often thrown around in the wine trade. Yet, while there is certainly plenty of experimentation in...
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The Greatest Wine Book That You’ve Never Heard of – One Thousand Vines by Pascaline Lepeltier

Angus Hughson
Pascaline Lepeltier is the sommelier at highly regarded Chambers restaurant in Lower Manhattan, New York, with a superbly crafted and...
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Jansz Vineyard

Chasing Down Champagne

Angus Hughson
You have to hand it to French marketing, particularly when it comes to Champagne. It is a giant region; 34,000...
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PEN Winemaking Vintage WholeBunch Chardonnay Landscape

The Answer is, and Always was, Chardonnay

Angus Hughson
Imagine having a crystal ball twenty years ago and peering into the future of Australian wine. At the time, Robert...
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