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Brendan Black

Brendan is a Melbourne-based writer, filmmaker, playwright and composer. Since 2013, he has been published in national and regional Australian titles such as Halliday Magazine, Gourmet Traveller Wine, Grapegrower and Winemaker, Gippslandia, Gippsland Lifestyle, Yarra Valley and Ranges and Gippsland Country Life magazines. He has completed the WSET Level 3 course (gaining a Distinction) and has a passion for small producers of wine, beer and spirits. He is also the co-editor of ‘I’m Not a Film Star: David Bowie as Actor’ for Bloomsbury Academic.
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Meredith Grampians Top Shelf Grenache 2023

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 92
  • $39.95
I haven’t had too many Grenache from the Grampians region, but they make a nice counterpoint to the big and...
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Meredith Pyrenees Marnie Rosé 2024

Other - Specialty
  • 92
  • $29
An alluring (and pretty unusual) blend of Sangiovese and Pinot Gris, I liked this wine immediately. It has prominent aromas...
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Meredith Grampians Big Fundamental Riesling 2024

White Wine - Riesling
  • 92
  • $29
The name of this wine won’t mean anything if you know nothing about basketball (like me), but if you like...
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Meredith Grampians New Tricks Grenache 2024

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 94
  • $29
Despite this being the cheaper Grenache, I actually enjoyed it slightly more, as it’s just brimming with life and youthful...
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Barossa Grenache

Purple Hands Barossa Valley Grenache 2023

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 93
  • $40
  • 2024-2029
An abundantly youthful wine that’s enjoyable from the first sniff, it’s a great example of how Grenache from the Barossa...
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After Five Wine Co Shiraz

After Five Wine Co. Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $50
  • 2024-2027
I knew I would like this wine the moment I opened it, as its delightful aromas started filling the room....
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After Five Wine Co. Barossa Valley Serata 2021

Other - Specialty
  • 92
  • $45
The Serata is a blend of Shiraz, Montepulciano and Aglianico, the three grapes melding very well together. The first note...
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CotS Rosso

Colours of the South Barossa Valley Rosso 2021

Other - Specialty
  • 91
  • $35
A blend of three Italian underdogs – Negroamaro, Montepulciano, Aglianico – the Rosso is a great Friday night drop, particularly...
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Twin Valleys King Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2024

White Wine - Sauvignon Blanc
  • 93
  • $30
This is the kind of Sauvignon Blanc for people who may have been turned off by some pretty insipid examples...
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The Grower Grenache

Schwarz Barossa Valley The Grower Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 93
  • $32
This is the kind of wine that you have a pretty good feeling you’ll love, as soon as you twist...
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Twin Valley Prosecco

Twin Valleys Alpine & King Valleys Prosecco 2024

Other - Specialty
  • 92
  • $27.50
Australia is proving itself to be a great producer of Prosecco, and this is another lovely example. It offers loads...
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Twin Valley Pinot Gris

Twin Valleys Alpine Valleys Pinot Gris 2024

Other - Specialty
  • 94
  • $35
A highly enjoyable wine that shows what’s possible with Pinot Gris. While perhaps not as complex as the Pinot Grigio,...
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Twin Valley Pinot Grigio

Twin Valleys King Valley Pinot Grigio 2024

White Wine - Pinot Grigio
  • 93
  • $30
An alluring and pretty wine with a surprising amount of heft, it opens with lovely aromas of peach, white flowers...
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Kerri Greens Mornington Peninsula Messire Pinot Noir 2023

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 94
  • $65
Pinot Noir demands time – both to develop in bottle and then in the glass – and the Messire is...
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Kerri Greens Mornington Peninsula Foothills Pinot Noir 2023

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 93
  • $50
  • 2024-2027
A spicy and incredibly savoury wine, the Foothills is a bit of a chameleon, changing in the glass as it...
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Kerri Greens Mornington Peninsula Citrea Riesling 2023

White Wine - Riesling
  • 94
  • $40
  • 2024-2029
This is the kind of Riesling that can make you yearn to seek out other expressions of the grape from...
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Kerri Greens Mornington Peninsula Messire Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 94
  • $65
  • 2024-2034
One of the more premium offerings from KG, it’s another testament to the great terroir of the vineyard and the...
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De Bortoli Heathcote Phi Syrah Grenache 2022 

Red Wine - Grenache - Syrah
  • 93
  • $32
  • 2024-2027
‘Freemans Bridge Vineyard in Northern Heathcote was purchased by the De Bortoli family in 2017 and has been expanded with...
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De Bortoli Yarra Valley Phi Chardonnay 2021

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 93
  • $32
  • 2024-2027
‘Lusatia Park was purchased outright by the De Bortoli family in 2016. Prior to that, the vineyard had been a...
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In Dreams Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 93
  • $32
A mélange of fruit from several vineyards dotted around the Yarra Valley, as well as different clones, this is a...
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In Dreams Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2023

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 93
  • $35
Like the Chardonnay, fruit is sourced from around the valley and is a mix of clones. Its bouquet is distinct...
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Genista Barossa Valley The SG Shiraz Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $35
This is an enticing blend of Shiraz and Grenache, named in honour of Sarah Gregory, who’s one-half of the Genista...
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Genista Barossa Valley Duck Duck Cat Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 94
  • $35
There was so much to like about this wine, and not just the fact that it had a drawing of...
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Weathercraft Beechworth Reserve Syrah 2021

Red Wine - Syrah
  • 95
  • $75
‘Handpicked from a meticulously managed one-acre plot, focusing on lower yields and regulated deficit irrigation. Trellising is chosen to optimise...
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The Trapeze Artist

Brendan Black
You may know Brian Conway as one of the founders of Barossa-based winery Izway, started in 2003. After selling his...
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Yelland & Papps

Brendan Black
Yelland & Papps is the brand of husband-and-wife duo Susan (née Yelland) and Michael Papps, based in Nuriootpa in the...
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Dream Bird

Brendan Black
Dream Bird is the label of WA-based winemaker Kym Carr. After a degree in horticulture, Kym travelled to Europe, where...
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Head, Heart & Home

Brendan Black
It’s quite understandable that Alex Head became somewhat obsessed with the Shiraz-based wines of the Northern Rhône. With a background...
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Weathercraft

Brendan Black
Raquel and Hugh Jones of Weathercraft in Beechworth both came to wine from property-related industries, realising they wanted to do...
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Killiecrankie

Brendan Black
Killiecrankie was established by John Monteath and Claire Hull in 2000 in the Victorian wine region of Bendigo. John’s background...
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