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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.
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Château Tanunda 100 Year Old Shiraz 2019

This richly flavoured 2019 Shiraz from vines over a century old delivers a hearty and complex core of fruit, with...

Château Tanunda 150 Year Old 1858 Barossa Field Blend 2018

This is a complete curio made from Grenache, Mourvèdre and Malbec planted in 1858. It’s brooding with inky, new leather,...
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Château Tanunda 50 Year Old Shiraz 2019

This traditionally styled 2019 Barossa Shiraz is richly endowed with plush layers of chocolate and blackberry aromas with a solid...
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Château Tanunda The Château Grenache 2022

This 2022 Grenache jumps out of the blocks with its perfumed cranberry and raspberry aromas plus a dusting of dried...
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Yalumba The Tri-Centenary Grenache 2021

This fascinating expression of Grenache from vines planted in the nineteenth century has an almost Pinot Noir like feel; pure...
Yalumba Barossa Bush Vine Grenache NV

Yalumba Bush Vine Grenache 2021

This open knit and expressive 2021 Grenache shows generously proportioned aromas of red licorice, new leather and cranberry with subtle...
YALUMBA The Steeple Shiraz No Vintage

Yalumba The Steeple Shiraz 2019

This bio-dynamically grown 2019 Barossa Valley Shiraz offers up a wonderful core of fruit – old leather and baked over...
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Rogers & Rufus Rosé 2022

This reserved dry 2022 Rosé has good subtlety and will build in bottle. Earthy, baked raspberry aromas with a savoury...
CastleRock A&W PinotNoir

Castle Rock Estate A&W Pinot Noir 2022

This wine took a while to come around but it certainly delivered with brooding dark cherry, rhubarb, and potting soil...
CastleRock Diletti PinotNoir

Castle Rock Estate Diletti Pinot Noir 2022

This ethereal 2022 Pinot Noir shows its whole-bunchy style with wafts of red cherry, star anise, rose petals and red...
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Henschke Peggy’s Hill Riesling 2023

This fine and detailed 2023 Eden Valley Riesling entices thanks to its gentle waves of kaffir lime and spice backed...
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Ringbolt Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

This well pitched 2021 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon displays crystal clear aromas of blackcurrant and pastilles with a mix of...
Pewsey Vale Block Riesling No Vintage

Pewsey Vale 1961 Block Riesling 2022

This slightly unusual take on Eden Valley Riesling is always worth seeking out. Wild yeast ferments and some lees ageing...
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Pewsey Vale The Contours Riesling 2013

This 2013 aged Riesling shows all you would expect with toasty, mandarin skin aromas with a nice line of vibrant...
Pewsey Vale Estate Riesling No Vintage

Pewsey Vale Riesling 2023

This piercing vintage of 2023 Eden Valley Riesling delivers a concentrated core of Rose’s Lime and bath salt aromas, with...
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Hewitson Falkenberg Shiraz 2021

This flowing 2021 Barossa Shiraz shows the generosity of the vintage although with that Hewitson style thanks to open ferments....
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Hewitson Lu Lu Shiraz 2021

This 2021 Barossa Shiraz is very user-friendly with approachable layered aromas of mulberry, cherry and dried herbs with gently sweet...
Gibson Reserve Shiraz

Gibson Reserve Shiraz 2021

This free-flowing 2021 Barossa Shiraz delivers a bold entrée of blackberry, mulberry and baked earthy tones in an expressive package,...
Gibson Burkes Hill Riesling

Gibson Burkes Hill Riesling 2023

This 2023 Eden Valley Riesling displays attractive complexity to start with rocky and spicy elements before building a solid core...
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Auld Family Wines William Patrick Shiraz 2018

This impressive 2018 Barossa Shiraz delivers robust and youthful aromas of chocolate, blackberry and licorice, a sweet oak backbone well...
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Oates Ends The G.W.B. 2022

A very interesting take on the classic Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc Semillon blend with a little Chardonnay in the mix....
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Oates Ends Tempranillo 2022

This 2022 Tempranillo is a controlled edition, gently fragrant cooked raspberry, plum skin, violets and spice – a fascinating expression...
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Oates Ends Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

This 2020 single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is beautifully poised and controlled, with a strong regional signature. Blackberry, blackcurrant and gravel...
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Oates Ends Chardonnay 2022

This 2022 shows fantastic definition and has an almost Leeuwin Estate shape. Pungent grapefruit, melon, nectarine fruits, dried flower spice...

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PEN Winemaking Vintage WholeBunch Chardonnay Landscape

The Answer is, and Always was, Chardonnay

Imagine having a crystal ball twenty years ago and peering into the future of Australian wine. At the time, Robert...
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Margaret River Wine Show 2024

Change was in the air at the 2024 Margaret River Wine Show as last year’s Chairman Nick Ryan had moved...
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Yalumba new releases including some surprises

Travel around the world and what you notice is many great international wineries have parcels of old vintages for sale....
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Australia’s First Vintage – 1792

The earliest days for the Australian wine industry were not easy. Cuttings first had to successfully make the long trip...
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Red Earth Rising

It is a rare miracle when two superb vintages go back to back, and, for Coonawarra, 2021 and 2022 may...
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2019 Henschke Releases

Henschke have now brought their premium wine releases together for release dates and vintage, which provides a good snapshot of...
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