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.

Thistledown The Distant Light Grenache Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Grenache - Shiraz

This immediately enticing and complete wine draws you in with its intriguing blend of ethereal aromas with more than a...

Thistledown The Distant Light Grenache Shiraz 2018

Red Wine - Grenache - Shiraz

This wine combines thick Barossan Shiraz with hearty McLaren Vale Grenache from some exceptional sites to create a robust and...

Thistledown The Quickening Barossa Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz

This attractive, quite early drinking style of Barossa Shiraz does exhibit good layers of complexity as it delivers soy sauce,...

Thistledown Bachelor’s Block Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz

The bold, rich and classically styled Barossan delivers a high volume of fruit – chocolate covered blackberries, toasty oak, and...

Thistledown Where Eagles Dare Eden Valley Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz

From the highly regarded Mattschoss Vineyard high up in the Eden Valley comes this powerful yet reserved Barossan showing its...

Pirathon Bronze Label Barossa Valley Shiraz 2019

Red Wine - Shiraz

A couple of years in bottle has helped this Barossa Shiraz to settle into a good place and it delivers...

Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon

Here we have a real claret style – a highly pure and elegant Cabernet blend with a smattering of other...

Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Merlot 2020

Red Wine - Merlot

The twin to the Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon, this is the Merlot dominant version with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc...

Moss Wood Amy’s 2021

Other - Specialty

This bright and aromatic Cabernet Sauvignon blend is beautifully approachable as it delivers an elegant expression of Margaret River. It...

Common Molly McLaren Vale Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache

These are the first releases of a new side project from Auld Family Wines. They are unashamedly made for a...

Common Molly Barossa Valley Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache

These are the first releases of a new side project from Auld Family Wines. They are unashamedly made for a...

Kirrihill Wines Partner Series Riesling 2022

White Wine - Riesling

This is a significant step up from the standard Kirrihill Riesling and offers fine and detailed aromas of bath salts,...

Kirrihill Wines Partner Series Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz

This well made and hearty Clare Valley Shiraz is a powerful red wine with style as it delivers a generous...

Kirrihill Wines E.B. Gleeson The Squire Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz

Kirrihill have made a name for themselves in the value stakes but wines like this show that they can also...

Maxwell Wines Small Batch Grenache Blanc 2021

Red Wine - Grenache

This is a ripe and exotic expression of Grenache Blanc, delivering heady aromas of apricot, preserved lemon and melon fruits....

Maxwell Wines EOCENE Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz

This tightly wrapped, brooding McLaren Vale Shiraz offers up a dense core of powerful fruits with blackberry aromas well supported...

Vasse Felix DHJ1 CHardonnay 2021

White Wine - Chardonnay

This 2021 single vineyard Chardonnay, made only from Gingin clone, from the cooler Wallcliffe zone opens up with beautifully savoury...

Pikes Traditionale Riesling 2022

White Wine - Riesling

Exceptional value here in this Clare Valley Riesling which punches well above its weight with serious intensity of lime pith...

Pikes The Merle Riesling 2022

White Wine - Riesling

Fabulous purity and poise, and quite different to Pikes Traditionale, the 2022 Merle is a sleek little number that slowly...

Precious Little Grüner Veltliner 2022

White Wine - Grüner Veltliner

A beautiful introduction to the variety, this Grüner Veltliner amps up its renowned spicy side thanks to cooler climate origins...

Brown Hill Fimiston Reserve Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz

This elegant and subtle Shiraz shows good intensity of fruit with layers of mulberry, black pepper and violet aromas with...

Brown Hill Ivanhoe Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon

There is plenty to enjoy in this elegant exmaple of Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon with its crystal clear typicity as...

Nightfall Coonawarra The Lion Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon

Quite a classic Coonawarra expression here – poised and precise – as it delivers impressive layers of dried herbs, blackberry...

Chateau Tanunda The Chateau Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon

Quite an elegant expression of Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon thanks to its Eden Valley origins which offers up layers of blackberry...

Stories

The Lay of the Land

January 20, 2026

Angus Hughson

2026 is here and has roared in with a vengeance unfortunately kicking off with catastrophic fires, particularly in Central Victoria....

The Limestone Coast Wine Guide 2026

November 1, 2025

Angus Hughson

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

Anselmi – Ahead of the Curve

July 16, 2025

Angus Hughson

Trailblazer is a term often thrown around in the wine trade. Yet, while there is certainly plenty of experimentation in...

The Greatest Wine Book That You’ve Never Heard of – One Thousand Vines by Pascaline Lepeltier

April 14, 2025

Angus Hughson

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

Chasing Down Champagne

February 28, 2025

Angus Hughson

You have to hand it to French marketing, particularly when it comes to Champagne. It is a giant region; 34,000...

The Answer is, and Always was, Chardonnay

January 31, 2025

Angus Hughson

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