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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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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 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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Weathercraft Beechworth Reserve Tempranillo 2021

Red Wine - Tempranillo
  • 94
  • $55
  • 2024-2034
‘Similar meticulous management as the Syrah, with handpicking, lower yields, and regulated deficit irrigation. 15% whole bunch. Initial cold soak....
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Chard Beech

Weathercraft Beechworth Reserve Chardonnay 2022

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 95
  • $100
  • 2024-2034
‘Handpicked from a one-acre plot with lower yields and regulated deficit irrigation, P58 clone used. Previous vintages guided the differentiation...
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Weathercraft Beechworth Estate Chardonnay 2022

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 93
  • $55
‘Same meticulous care as the Reserve Chardonnay, a mix of clones. Similar adjustments due to the cool 2022 vintage. Partial...
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Bended Knee Ballarat Pinot Noir NV

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 92
  • $45
As the saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. In the wine world, when two low-yielding, successive vintages...
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Bended Knee Ballarat Chardonnay 2020

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 95
  • $45
  • 2024-2029
I’ve tried several previous vintages of the Bended Knee Chardonnay and they have never disappointed. The 2020 is a pleasure...
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Evan Evans Barossa Valley Rosso 2022

Other - Specialty
  • 94
  • $28
I liked this wine a lot, right from the first sniff. A blend of Montepulciano (a grape I’m happy to...
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Evan Evans Eden Valley Bianco 2022

Other - Specialty
  • 93
  • $28
A blend of Pinot Gris, Riesling and Gewürztraminer from the Eden Valley, the combination of grapes offers plenty of complexity...
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Tellurian EVO NV

Tellurian Heathcote Evo Shiraz Mataro 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $35
‘Sourced from a plethora of plantings across our Vineyard, individual ferments are selected to create a lighter bodied, fruit focused...
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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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