Cyndal

Cyndal Petty

A hopeless romantic for wine and food, Cyndal is nearing 15 years in hospitality while still (just) under 30. A Chef-turned-Sommelier and award-winning wine professional, Cyndal recently left a Group Sommelier role where she curated seven wine lists across multiple venues and led the wine team to Gourmet Traveller Wine Bar of the Year—just months after opening. Now freelance, Cyndal is a wine consultant, event host, wine judge, and wine writer. Passionate about sharing wine’s story with the world, she brings a fresh voice and creative solutions to the industry. After studying and traveling through most of her 20s, she’s now based in WA’s southwest, proudly embracing her role as a WA coastal cowgirl.
Ferngrove Stirlings—Riesling Render ()

Ferngrove Stirlings Riesling 2025

Flake salt, lime pith, lime juice, elderflower and whiteboard chalk. This Frankland River Riesling is zingy and refreshing, and reminds...
UMAMU SBS

Umamu Estate Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2019

Grassy, bright and developing well. It’s unusual to see SBS – or SSB, for that matter – that will not...
UMAMU Rose lower kb

Umamu Estate Rosé 2018

Boiled apple sweets, blood orange and white strawberry. If you gave this to me blind, I would not believe it...
Yr Old Grenache NV Hi

Château Tanunda 150 Year Old Vine Grenache 2024

I don’t think you can – or should – drink this wine without thinking about the fact that 150 years...
SV HX Chardonnay ()

Soumah Hexham Chardonnay Yarra Valley 2025

A riper, richer style of Chardonnay, with cinnamon, peaches and custard apple. Part of me wanted to dislike this wine...
Swinney Frankland River Riesling NV Low Res

Swinney Wines Riesling 2026

A pungent and textural Riesling full of fresh-cut pears, kumquat and spicy lime sorbet. It screams giddiness and youth, as...
Swinney Mourvedre NV

Swinney Wines Mourvèdre 2025

With ripe black fruit and aromas of blackberry jubes hitting first, this is a pretty sleek Mourvèdre. Don’t fret though,...
Swinney Frankland River Grenache NV Low Res

Swinney Wines Grenache 2025

A chewy, detailed and effortlessly powerful wine. Dried petals, raspberry liquorice and cinnamon-dusted strawberries. There’s a squirt of orange oil...
Swinney Frankland River Syrah NV Low Res

Swinney Wines Syrah 2025

A marvellously dense (inky even) yet aromatically pretty, cool climate Syrah. Boysenberries, mulberries and liquorice. It smells bloody good. In...
Marchand & Burch Village Pinot Noir ()

Marchand & Burch Village Pinot Noir 2025

Pascal Marchand once caused quite the stir at Perth Airport by bringing Pinot Noir vines into the country. They then...
Marchand & Burch Village Chardonnay ()

Marchand & Burch Chardonnay 2025

This comes from the Mount Barrow vineyard, sitting at 380 metres on the eastern edge of Mount Barker, where the...
Kinship Cabernet Sauvignon

Credaro Kinship Cabernet Sauvignon 2025

A deep and firm style of Cabernet. Blackberry coulis, plum juice, brambles and dried bay leaves. It is the kind...
Kreglinger Vintage NV ()

Pipers Brook Kreglinger Sparkling 2019

Eloquent, effortless and layered – this is a great little sparkling. Apple crumble, peaches and shortbread. A single-vineyard wine made...
Pipers Brook Pinot Noir NV ()

Pipers Brook Tasmanian Pinot Noir 2022

Drunken cherries, tonka bean and charred rhubarb. This Pinot, as I’m drinking it in 2026, is open-weaved and in a...
RO SP v

Pipers Brook Rochecombe Sparkling Cuvée NV

Why do we keep buying Italian Prosecco when we have bright, fruit-driven sparkling wines like this one? Crisp green apples,...
Sangiovese ()

Raga Wines Langhorne Creek Sangiovese 2025

Cranberry, rose petals and orange skin. This is a flowing, energetic Sangiovese with medium weight and plenty of soul. In...
Howard Park Sauvignon Blanc x

Howard Park Sauvignon Blanc 2025

I really do see the allure of Sauvignon Blanc. When it’s made like this. It reminds me of eating tropical...
NV Howard Park Museum Riesling x

Howard Park Museum Release Great Southern Riesling 2021

For any newer drinkers following along, five years old is not ‘old’ for a Great Southern Riesling. It is a...
Howard Park Chardonnay x

Howard Park Margaret River Chardonnay 2025

72 Sweet cinnamon, lemon balm and pencil shavings. This is an elegant, self-assured Chardonnay whose subtle beauty could easily be...
Howard Park Great Southern Riesling x ()

Howard Park Great Southern Riesling 2025

Hailing from two subregions of the Great Southern – Mount Barker and Porongurup – this 2025 release is notably floral...
XanaduChardnyReserve

Xanadu Reserve Chardonnay 2024

There’s something about this wine that makes me want to sit people down and lecture them intensely about Margaret River...
XAN SR CHA

Xanadu Stevens Road Chardonnay 2024

If you like tension and linear, lightning-like acidity that leaves you invigorated and salty – then I would like to...
XAN SR CAB (edited)

Xanadu Stevens Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

A plush, dusty and romantic Cabernet from the famous Stevens Road vineyard. Blackcurrants, mulberries, lead pencil and bay leaf are...
Xanadu Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Xanadu Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Regal, sleek and bright, this Cabernet carries upper-class certainty yet still feels like an absolute dude. Blackberry jubes, lavender, blood...
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