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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.
willowlake pinot

Alkimi Willowlake Pinot Noir 2021

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 92
  • $43
  • 2024-2029
This charming, unfiltered and brooding 2021 Pinot Noir shows off the Yarra’s volcanic side with strong iron, earthy and spicy...
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alkimi chardonnay

Alkimi Chardonnay 2021

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 90
  • $43
  • 2024-2028
This fun and friendly 2021 Chardonnay weighing in at 12.6% alcohol and without malolactic influences is vibrant with gentle aromas...
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Rosily Vineyard Reserve Chardonnay 2022

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 91
  • $60
  • 2024-2028
This fruit forward Margaret River Chardonnay is well made offering bright vibrant fruit with layers of nectarine and melon with...
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Hunter's Shiraz

Gundog Estate Hunter’s Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $45
  • 2030-2038
This excellent example of the regional style opens with a hearty serve of cherry compote and volcanic earth with meaty...
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Henschke Peggy's Hill Riesling EV S

Henschke Peggy’s Hill Riesling 2024

White Wine - Riesling
  • 91
  • $27.50
  • 2025-2030
The 2024 Peggy’s Hill Riesling is expressive with vibrant aromas of green apple and musk laced with touches of white...
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Henschke Julius Riesling EV S

Henschke Julius Riesling 2024

White Wine - Riesling
  • 95
  • $54
  • 2030-2044
This 2024 Julius Riesling is a powerhouse with its tightly coiled aromas of Rose’s lime and kaffir zest which are...
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Howard Park Scotsdale Cabernet Sauvignon

Howard Park Scotsdale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 92
  • $40
  • 2027-2035
Delicious purity to this 2021 Scotsdale Cabernet Sauvignon with effortless leafy cassis aromas enhanced by a fine cedar lift. A...
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Howard Park Scotsdale Shiraz

Howard Park Scotsdale Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $40
  • 2026-2033
This fine and alluring 2021 Scotsdale Shiraz teases with aromas of sweet cherry, new leather with a whisper of dried...
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Thomas Yule

Houghton Thomas Yule Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90+
  • $100
  • 2027-2034
This densely flavoured and chunky Franklin River Shiraz is bone dry and offers up a deeply savoury expression with rocky/earthy...
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Jack Mann

Houghton Jack Mann Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 94
  • $200
  • 2030-2040
The 2021 Jack Mann Cabernet Sauvignon is young but quite stunning, and a powerhouse built for the long haul. It...
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Gladstones

Houghton Gladstones Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 92
  • $100
  • 2028-2035
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

Greywacke Chardonnay 2022

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 93
  • $50
  • 2027-2035
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

Greywacke Wild Sauvignon 2022

Other - Specialty
  • 93
  • $40
  • 2026-2030
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

White Wine - Sauvignon Blanc
  • 92
  • $32
  • 2026-2030
This stylish, viibrant, and focussed 2023 Sauvignon Blanc from a cooler vintage displays exceptional purity of green apple, green passionfruit...
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place in time shiraz

Naked Run Place in Time Shiraz 2018

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • 2025-2035
This is a more traditionally framed although refined Clare Valley Shiraz from Naked Run, built for the long term with...
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place in time riesling

Naked Run Place in Time Riesling 2018

White Wine - Riesling
  • 93
  • $45
  • 2024-2032
This 2018 Riesling is still youthful with ample and attractive pithy, melon and pear aromas, still quite fresh although just...
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the first riesling

Naked Run The First Riesling 2022

White Wine - Riesling
  • 92
  • $25
  • 2025-2032
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

Redman The Redman Cabernet Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Shiraz
  • 97
  • $90
  • 2032-2050
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 CABERNET NV Screwcap

Redman Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 94
  • $35
  • 20302040
This 2022 Cabernet is bold for Coonawarra but still holds its shape admirably. Powerful slaty blackcurrant aromas are lifted by...
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FIRST DIVIDE

Redman The First Divide Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 95
  • $33
  • 2030-2040
This stylish single vineyard 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon is poised with a beautifully formed core of blackcurrant, graphite and dried herbs...
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Cab Merlot

Redman Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot 2021 

Red Wine - Cabernet - Merlot
  • 91
  • $28
  • 2026-2034
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 SHIRAZ NV Screwcap

Redman Coonawarra Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $24
  • 2030-2042
This immediately enticing 2022 Shiraz offers up a delicious mix of sweet and savoury with choc blackberry aromas lifted by...
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LAST ROW

Redman The Last Row Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $35
  • 2030-2042
Crafted with fruit off 80 and 100 year old vines, this ethereal 2022 Shiraz is something special and right now...
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TT Crayères Sauv Bl WEB

Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2023

White Wine - Sauvignon Blanc
  • 91
  • $35
  • 2027-2030
This is a more delicate expression of the Crayeres vineyard thanks to the cool vintage which is not necessarily a...
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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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