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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.

Auld Family Wines Wilberforce Eden Valley Riesling 2022

White Wine - Riesling
  • 90
  • $40
  • 2023-2030
The cool 2022 vintage in on show here with a wine that is bursting with youthful fruit which is well...
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Welland

Welland Old Hands Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 91
  • $70
  • 2022-2032
This is a wine of two halves that opens up with poised aromas that move between blackberry and blackcurrant lifted...
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Welland

Welland Old Hands Shiraz 2019

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $70
  • 2025-2035
The best effort yet from Welland, this is a generous and hearty Barossan expression that will turn some heads thanks...
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Welland Barossa Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90
  • $30
  • 2022-2027
This well made, bright and user-friendly Shiraz illustrates how the Barossa is as equally adept at making delicious early drinking...
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Bekkers Syrah 2020

Red Wine - Syrah
  • 95
  • $120
  • 2024-2032
2020 was not the easiest vintage in McLaren Vale but Emmanuelle and Toby Bekkers have managed to coax out a...
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The Lane Vineyard Lois Sparkling Blanc de Blancs NV

Other - Specialty
  • 91
  • $25
  • 2022-2025
A beautifully pitched Adelaide Hills Sparkling Chardonnay for a bargain price, this wine is all about delicacy and detail in...
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Dalrymple Cave Block Chardonnay 2019

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 91
  • $45
  • 2022-2027
Even in the middle of Summer, there is still a distinct chill in the night air at Dalrymple in Tasmania’s...
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Blue Pyrenees Richardson Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 92
  • $160
  • 2025-2035
This 2018 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is quite a serious and ageworthy style, again showing that the Pyrenees, when it gets...
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Blue Pyrenees Richardson Reserve Shiraz 2018

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $160
  • 2024-2032
This 2018 Blue Pyrenees Reserve Shiraz hits you straight between the eyes with impressive aromatic complexity as it moves from...
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Hollydene Estate Show Reserve Shiraz 2014

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • $50
From a top-class vintage in the Hunter comes this very attractive aged Shiraz at its peak with a powerful core...
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Hollydene Estate Hill Reserve Shiraz 2019

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • $45
The hot and dry 2019 Hunter Valley vintage has turned out powerful and generous Shiraz as illustrated by this Upper...
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Hollydene Estate Semillon 2017

White Wine - Semillon
  • $30
This Hunter Valley Semillon is at the peak of its powers with bright, crisp acidity still very much in play....
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Taltarni Dynamic Shiraz Viognier 2020

Red Wine - White Wine - Shiraz - Viognier
  • 90
  • $28
  • 2022-2028
This elegant and subtle Shiraz Viognier expression has lots of hidden corners that slowly emerge with time in the glass....
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Taltarni Dynamic Mourvèdre 2021

Other - Specialty
  • 90
  • $28
  • 2022-2027
This Mourvèdre from the Pyrenees, with 12% Shiraz in the blend, is a fascinating and elegant expression of the variety...
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Rogers & Rufus Rosé 2021

Other - Specialty
  • 92
  • $25
  • 2022-2024
Pale onion skin pink and quite a fascinating rosé that improved over a couple of days which suggests it could...
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Yalumba Samuel’s Collection Barossa Shiraz 2019

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $28
  • 2024 - 2030
An intense colour gives the first hints to this brooding 2019 Barossa Shiraz that has an intense core of blackberry,...
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Heggies Vineyard Estate Chardonnay 2018

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 90
  • $35
  • 2022-2026
A very well pitched modern style of Australian Chardonnay that brings together a generous core of primary fruits with pear...
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earthworks Grower Gatherer Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 90
  • $25
  • 2022-2025
This wine from the Barossa screams out Cabernet from start to finish. It is not particularly serious but delivers good...
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Yalumba Samuel’s Collection Barossa Shiraz Cabernet 2019

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $28
  • 2024 - 2029
Yalumba are one of the kings of Shiraz Cabernet blends and this wine shows that class at a very reasonable...
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Yalumba Samuel’s Collection Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2018

Red Wine - Grenache - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $28
  • 2022-2027
This 2018 Barossan Grenache blend is rock solid thanks to a dense core of aromas ranging from blackberry, mulberry, black...
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Hewitson Old Garden Mourvèdre 2019

Other - Specialty
  • 93
  • $88
  • 2026-2035
This wine was a bit of a slow starter but when it finally got into fear it really sung with...
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Quin Wines Barossa Valley Grenache 2019

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 92
  • $55
  • 2025-2030
While this wine has plenty of whole bunch fruit, it seemed to show it a little less here than in...
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Quin Wines Barossa Valley Mataro 2021

Other - Specialty
  • 91
  • $55
  • 2025 - 2033
The first Mataro from Andrew Quin and it is a very good effort. It’s a brooding wine with dense fruit...
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Quin Wines Riverland Mataro 2020

Other - Specialty
  • 91
  • $25
  • 2022-2026
For a grape variety that can be hard to find without the usual mix of Shiraz and Grenache, this wine...
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Stories

Anselmi Lifestyle

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...
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One Thousand Vines PLC cover

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...
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Jansz Vineyard

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...
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PEN Winemaking Vintage WholeBunch Chardonnay Landscape

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...
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shotbyovis

Margaret River Wine Show 2024

November 6, 2024
Angus Hughson
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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YAL WINEMAKERS

Yalumba new releases including some surprises

May 14, 2024
Angus Hughson
Travel around the world and what you notice is many great international wineries have parcels of old vintages for sale....
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