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.
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Oakridge 864 Henk Aqueduct Block Chardonnay 2024

Shit son, this is a powerful wine. The aromatics lean into both fruit density and leesiness, which makes sense considering...
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Oakridge 864 Funder & Diamond Drive Block Chardonnay 2024

On the occasions I get the privilege of looking at a Chardonnay like this over several days, the word ‘sprezzatura’...
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Oakridge 864 Winery Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

An elegant Cabernet with plenty of fresh herbs and crunchy fruit. Lemon thyme, rosemary, blackcurrant and mulberries covered in 70%...
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Oakridge 864 Henk Aqueduct Block Pinot Noir 2025

Blackcurrant, blackberry leaf and crushed gravel. This is on the meatier side of Pinot (in aromatics and flavour, that is,...
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Oakridge 864 Close Planted Block Syrah 2024

Powerful and restrained. Smoky and slurpy. This is a sleek wine. It smells of blueberry, boysenberry, smoked meats, purple chocolate...
NV Karridale Chardonnay HR

Juniper Cornerstone Karridale Vineyard Chardonnay 2025

Juniper’s Karridale vineyard is 40 kilometres south of its Wilyabrup quarters. It’s a beautiful site. Undulating, quiet and slightly inland...
NV Wilyabrup Chardonnay HR

Juniper Cornerstone Wilyabrup Vineyard Chardonnay 2025

The last Juniper Wilyabrup Vineyard Chardonnay I looked at was the 2023 vintage, and I wrote a lot about acid....
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Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Grenache Blanc 2026

A clean, dry white with gentle fruit, a little grip and plenty of chewy, bitter pithiness. Sweet lime, apple and...
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Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Fiano 2026

Grapefruit, lemonade and kaffir lime leaf. This Fiano feels like the friend you can bring to a work do knowing...
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Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Anfore Fiano 2025

If-I-was-green-I-would-die. Or be Fiano. Green mango, green melon, shaved apple and green olive. Tasted next to the standard Oliver’s Taranga...
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Oliver’s Taranga The Hunt for Mrs Oliver Sparkling Fiano 2023

I’d never had a sparkling Fiano before this. And now I’m wondering why there aren’t more. Lemongrass, shaved apple, pomelo...
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Red Hut Lowburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2025

I really like that the sub-regions are listed on the bottle. Having spent time in Central Otago, I know how...
Red Hut Pinot Noir Front Deep Etched NV HR

Red Hut Central Otago Pinot Noir 2025

Lavender, roses and other floral delights. This is equally as pretty as it is crunchy and aromatic. Muddled strawberries, cloves...
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Ferngrove Stirlings Riesling 2025

Flake salt, lime pith, lime juice, elderflower and whiteboard chalk. This Frankland River Riesling is zingy and refreshing, and reminds...
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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...
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Umamu Estate Rosé 2018

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