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.
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...
Mon Tout Long Play

Mon Tout Long Play Chenin Blanc 2025

When I asked founder Richard Burch and winemaker Nic Bowen about the Mon Tout range, they collectively described it as...
Mon Tout Strange Love

Mon Tout Strange Love Rosé 2025

The Mon Tout range emphasises chosen names, such as ‘Strange Love’, rather than grape varieties, as a way of challenging...
Mon Tout Cherry Picking

Mon Tout Cherry Picking Grenache 2025

The fruit for this wine comes from the Swan Valley. Being a warmer region, it arrives at Howard Park, on...
Mon Tout Heydays

Mon Tout Heydays Chardonnay 2024

This is a sticky, sappy, voluptuous, old-school Chardonnay, with fruit from the Forest View Vineyard in Pemberton. I would like...
NV YS RES CAB

Yering Station Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

Dusty bay leaf, blackcurrant, Australian bush and blue-collar savouriness. It is still closed, as I drink it, a decant (or...
NV YS RES PN

Yering Station Reserve Pinot Noir 2024

Not too much of this (winemaking influence), not too much of that (acid and fruit concentration), but it is all...
NV YS RES CHA

Yering Station Reserve Chardonnay 2024

Equally unexpected in its fruit profile as it is joyfully comforting in its presence. Baked apple, raw quince, pencil shavings...
Shofang Rose

Sho Fang Roussanne Viognier 2024

An easy and surprisingly savoury wine. Jasmine, pomelo and chamomile. In the mouth, it sits well, with the phenolics positioned...
September Helan Marselan

September Helan Home Grown Marselan 2024

Marselan is a grape variety whose parent grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache. This is my first time tasting one....
Xiao Pu Tangerine

Xiao Pu Tangerine 2024

I feel like I need to start with the blend, though I’ll preface that by saying it really doesn’t matter...
Silver Heights Pinot Noir

Silver Heights Pinot Noir 2023

A very alive wine, made in a soulful grungy style. Pickled radish, wild strawberry, furry umeshu plum, sauerkraut and watermelon....
Tinnyu Rose

Tinnyu 5pm Rosé 2025

Rosé made from Cabernet — and, in this case, Cabernet and Shiraz — can be incredibly unique. The examples I’ve...
Silver Heights Sand Lake Moon

Silver Heights Sand Lake Moon 2024

A vivacious, tropical and aromatically charged skin-contact white that is easy to love, and a shining example of a style...
Chard

Fearon Ferguson Valley Chardonnay 2025

There’s a lot to love in this wildly exotic yet reassuringly comforting Chardonnay: dried pineapple, nashi pear, cashew cream and...
Howard Park Scotsdale Shiraz x

Howard Park Scotsdale Shiraz 2024

Boysenberry, blackberry and broken cinnamon sticks. It’s medium-bodied, with bright, bouncy fruit and an easy flow across the palate. In...
Howard Park Scotsdale Cabernet Sauvignon x

Howard Park Scottsdale Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

It smells like a classic Cabernet –  but with a smidge more bright fruit, elegant florals and whimsy than expected....
Howard Park Leston Cabernet Sauvignon x

Howard Park Leston Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

A very sleek and enjoyable little wine, with clean lines, foot-stomped mulberry, toasted pepi tree leaves and red plums. It’s...
Howard Park Leston Shiraz x

Howard Park Leston Shiraz 2024

On first glance, it seems herbal, but underneath there are lush purple chocolate, tart black fruits and the smallest touch...
Howard Park Flint Rock Pinot Noir ()

Howard Park Flint Rock Pinot Noir 2025

Sourcing a wine from multiple sub-regions may sound like tech jargon, but in the Great Southern, Australia’s largest wine region...
gibson burkes hill ss ev riesling

Gibson Burkes Hill Riesling 2024

Similar to gazing at the Southern Ocean in winter and feeling an involuntary shiver, smelling this wine makes me salivate....
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