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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.
Howard Park Scotsdale Cabernet Sauvignon

Howard Park Scotsdale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Delicious purity to this 2021 Scotsdale Cabernet Sauvignon with effortless leafy cassis aromas enhanced by a fine cedar lift. A...
Howard Park Scotsdale Shiraz

Howard Park Scotsdale Shiraz 2021

This fine and alluring 2021 Scotsdale Shiraz teases with aromas of sweet cherry, new leather with a whisper of dried...
Thomas Yule

Houghton Thomas Yule Shiraz 2022

This densely flavoured and chunky Franklin River Shiraz is bone dry and offers up a deeply savoury expression with rocky/earthy...
Jack Mann

Houghton Jack Mann Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

The 2021 Jack Mann Cabernet Sauvignon is young but quite stunning, and a powerhouse built for the long haul. It...
Gladstones

Houghton Gladstones Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

This reserved yet well structured 2022 Gladstones Cabernet Sauvignon delivers a range of forceful gravel and blackcurrant aromas. Quite structural...
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Greywacke Chardonnay 2022

This highly individual 2022 Chardonnay is a ripe and punchy style that explodes out of the box with nectarine, peach...
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Greywacke Wild Sauvignon 2022

This highly complex 2022 Sauvignon blanc was wild fermented and aged in French oak, 7% new, and delivers open knit...
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Greywacke Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

This stylish, viibrant, and focussed 2023 Sauvignon Blanc from a cooler vintage displays exceptional purity of green apple, green passionfruit...
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Naked Run Place in Time Shiraz 2018

This is a more traditionally framed although refined Clare Valley Shiraz from Naked Run, built for the long term with...
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Naked Run Place in Time Riesling 2018

This 2018 Riesling is still youthful with ample and attractive pithy, melon and pear aromas, still quite fresh although just...
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Naked Run The First Riesling 2022

This 2022 Riesling is starting to hit its straps showing some more expressive aromas of mandarin skin and lanolin with...
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Redman The Redman Cabernet Shiraz 2021

A classic in waiting, this 2021 Cabernet Shiraz is serene with all its pieces in their perfect place. Composed and...
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Redman Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

This 2022 Cabernet is bold for Coonawarra but still holds its shape admirably. Powerful slaty blackcurrant aromas are lifted by...
FIRST DIVIDE

Redman The First Divide Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 

This stylish single vineyard 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon is poised with a beautifully formed core of blackcurrant, graphite and dried herbs...
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Redman Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot 2021 

This open knit and approachable 2021 Cabernet Merlot blend delivers generous aromas of mulberry and dark earth with a dusting...
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Redman Coonawarra Shiraz 2022

This immediately enticing 2022 Shiraz offers up a delicious mix of sweet and savoury with choc blackberry aromas lifted by...
LAST ROW

Redman The Last Row Shiraz 2022

Crafted with fruit off 80 and 100 year old vines, this ethereal 2022 Shiraz is something special and right now...
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2023

This is a more delicate expression of the Crayeres vineyard thanks to the cool vintage which is not necessarily a...
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2022

This young and tightly packed blend of Cabernet Franc and Shiraz teases with aromas of blackberry, and graphite with a...
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz 2022

This quite charming and reserved 2022 Cabernet Shiraz is a little shy right now but feels adolescent rather than dilute....
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Reserve 2020

This dark and heavy set blend of 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz is brooding and sitting quiety for its time...
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Tapanappa B&V Vineyard Syrah 2021

This expressive and lively 2021 Mount Barker Shiraz is delightfully savoury with its reservedd layers of new leather and dark...
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Oates Ends Tempranillo Rosé 2024

Well if you are looking for a proper Rosé for this Spring and Summer then look no further than this...
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Wirra Wirra Dry Grenache Rosé 2024

This serious and stylish 2024 Rosé is 100% Grenache and is a relatively full-flavoured expression offering up wild strawberry, floral...

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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...
YAL WINEMAKERS

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....
Page Canon Camden Park Label

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...
Coonawarra Siding Summer Ockert Le Roux

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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Essential Champagne – Piper-Heidsieck Essentiel Blanc de Noirs NV

There are many facets to the role of Chef de Cave in a major Champagne house. At its heart is...
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