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.
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...
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....
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