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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.
Wirra Wirra Woodhenge Shiraz No Vintage

Wirra Wirra Woodhenge Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $40
  • 2024-2028
One for old school McLaren Vale fans, this 2022 Shiraz delivers robust aromas of cocoa, bitumen and licorice with a...
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WIRRA WIRRA Farmer's Heart Grenache No Vintage

Wirra Wirra Farmer’s Heart Grenache 2023

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 91
  • $28
  • 2025-2028
This stylish Farmer’s Heart Grenache is an unashamedly lighter style but carries it off well with layers of watermelon, cranberry...
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Wirra Wirra Whites Valley Cabernet Sauvignon No Vintage

Wirra Wirra Whites Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 92
  • $50
  • 2026-2035
This single vineyard 2023 Whites Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a refined expression bursting with bright aromas of mint and milk...
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WIRRA MVCG CAB SAUV NO VINTAGE

Wirra Wirra MVCG Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 90
  • $28
Varietal typicity leaps from the glass in this 2023 MVCG Cabernet Sauvignon thanks to fragrant leafy, cedar and red currant...
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WIRRA DRY GRENACHE ROSE No Vintage

Wirra Wirra Grenache Rosé 2024

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 90
  • $28
  • 2024-2026
This 2024 Grenache Rosé is pretty to look at and quite serious at the same time with its refined aromas...
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Shiraz M Burton

Gundog Estate M Burton Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 96
  • $80
  • 2030-2044
There is something very alluring about this M Burton 2023 Canberra District Shiraz, which has had three hundred days on...
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Shiraz

Gundog Estate Canberra Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $45
  • 2026-2033
This gently weighted 2023 Canberra Shiraz displays essence of Shiraz aromas with licorice, plum skin and spice in a generous...
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Marksman's Shiraz

Gundog Estate Marksman’s Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $80
  • 2028-2040
Sorry, but this 2023 Markman’s Shiraz hits the mark with its youthful core of blackberry and wood smoke aromas with...
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Riesling M Burton

Gundog Estate M Burton Riesling 2023

White Wine - Riesling
  • 94
  • $50
  • 2027-2038
This is one of my favourite new wave Rieslings in the country and the cool 2023 vintage has delivered beautifully....
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Rare Game Shiraz

Gundog Estate Rare Game Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $80
  • 2028-2040
This classic 2023 Hunter Valley Shiraz has power and refinement with a beautiful mix of smoked meats, red earth, plum...
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secco

Freeman Secco 2018

Other - Specialty
  • 93
  • $55
  • 2025-2035
A standout vintage for this partial Amarone style that is packed with aromas of chocolate shavings and dried figs with...
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seppeltsfield centenial para hero

1925 Seppeltsfield Para Vintage Tawny

Other - Specialty
  • 97
  • $$1800 (100ml)
  • 2025-2045
This miraculous wine, from 1925, shows impressive vitality with the liquid raisin aromas topped by old mahogany and dusty old...
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Mud House Pinot Noir

Mud House Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 86
  • $25
  • 2025-2026
The 2022 Mud House Pinot Noir is at the peak of its powers, with soft plummy fruit now giving way...
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SW Auburn Chardonnay

Small Wonder Auburn Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 92+
  • $52
  • 2029-2035
This inaugural vintage of Auburn 2023 Chardonnay is impressive offering up strong typicity with tangy and exotic white peach, nectarine...
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SW Auburn Pinot Noir

Small Wonder Auburn Pinot Noir 2023

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 92
  • $52
  • 2025-2032
This quite delectable young 2023 Tassie Pinot Noir is understated and beautifully composed with dark cherry and almost chocolatey aromas...
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SW Auburn Pinot Noir

Small Wonder Block 3 Pinot Noir 2024

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 93
  • $57
  • 2028-2035
This 2023 Block 3 Pinot Noir delivers a fascinating counterpoint against the Auburn Pinot Noir, the clonal mix of 114...
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Petaluma White Label Chardonnay

Petaluma White Label Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 90
  • $29
  • 2025-2028
This quite charming 2023 Chardonnay is fruit forward and delivers pretty melon and grapefruit aromas with a touch of nutty...
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SE Gander NV

Schubert Estate The Gander Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $240
  • 2028-2039
This barrel selection 2021 Gander Shiraz is a modern style with quite decadent oak but all works well for those...
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SE GYB NV

Schubert Estate The Goose-Yard Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $150
  • 2025-2035
The 2021 Goose-Yard Shiraz is stylish and unforced as it radiates with cocoa, dried meats and molten dark chocolate aromas...
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SE Lone Goose NV

Schubert Estate The Lone Goose Shiraz Viognier

Red Wine - White Wine - Shiraz - Viognier
  • 91
  • $90
  • 2028-2035
The 2021 Lone Goose Shiraz co-fermented with 3% Viognier is charming offering up aromas of cocoa, tar and roasted meats...
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Moss Wood Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 91
  • $96
  • 2026-2030
This charming 2022 Margaret River Pinot Noir is expressive and radiates with cherry pit and rolling tobacco lined with spicy...
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MOSS WOOD Cabernet Sauvignon White Background

Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Cabernet 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet
  • 93
  • $96
  • 2027-2035
This compact 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon delivers a youthful, measured expression of cassis, bay leaf and cedar with a fine French...
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Moss Wood Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 93
  • $117
  • 2027-2035
A more refined edition of Moss Wood Chardonnay bursting with sherbet, melon, and citrus tones that are powerful, taut and...
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Moss Wood Semillon 2024

White Wine - Semillon
  • 91
  • $48
  • 2024-2029
A more generously proportioned Moss Wood Semillon with ample nectarine and melon fruit with strong nut kernel accents. Quite textural...
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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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