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Jeni Port

Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
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Mt. Beautiful North Canterbury Chardonnay 2023

Showcases the luscious beauty of the Gingin Chardonnay clone which, from very early on, has dominated Chardonnay plantings in New...
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Mt. Beautiful White Label Pinot Noir 2023

Youthful crimson hues lead into a vibrant, brightly fruited young Pinot Noir alive in cherry, raspberry, red plum, light florals...
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Mt. Beautiful Estate White Label Pinot Noir 2022

Finely textured and very much in the cherry-berry arena with light spice giving rise to red earthy notes, a touch...
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Mt. Beautiful Estate Estate Pinot Noir 2020

As a now six-year-old, it is starting to show development with dusty beets, earth and touches of savoury undergrowth and...
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Mt. Beautiful Estate Pinot Noir 2022

Lifts the Pinot Noir bar with an impressive display of intensity and concentration of fruit built around ripe black cherry,...
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Mt. Beautiful Estate Pinot Noir 2023

An earthy edge to the aroma sets the wine down the path of undergrowth, briar, earth with red cherries, plums...
Delamere Block PinotNoir

Delamere Block 8 Pinot Noir 2023

The winemaker suggests this is one Pinot that can take extended ageing. Who is to disagree? All class, this is...
Delamere Sparkling Cuvee NV

Delamere Cuvée NV

A blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with reserve wine, this youthful and zesty cuvée arrives in bright lemon-green hues....
Delamere Sparkling Rose Vintage

Delamere Rosé NV

A delicate sparkling Rosé to be sure. Delivers raspberry, strawberry freshness with a light cherry inflection, hints of watermelon and...
Delamere Sparkling Rose Vintage

Delamere Rosé 2016

Deep tea rose hues. A lovely richness of aroma gives rise from the glass in dusty, wild strawberries, cherries, dried...
Delamere Sparkling Cuvee NV

Delamere Cuvée 2018

With a super fine bead, this is another top sparkling from one of the Apple Isle’s top sparkling producers. A...
Delamere Sparkling BlancDeBlancs

Delamere Blanc de Blancs 2018

Sourced from the oldest blocks of Chardonnay planted at Delamere, it brings an air of complexity and elegance that raises...
Delamere Block Chardonnay

Delamere Block 3 Chardonnay 2023

Little by little, slowly, resolutely, Block 3 reveals itself. It’s a wine still very much in its early days of...
Delamere Estate Chardonnay

Delamere Chardonnay 2024

Fermentation and maturation in Burgundy-coopered oak helps produce a stylish young Tassie Chardonnay. Makes a feast of the melding of...
Delamere Flyleaf PinotNoir

Delamere Flyleaf Pinot Noir 2024

Such a lovely purity of Pinot expression. Sweet, ripe red berries, aromatic hard spices, fragrant perfume and vanillin oak present...
Delamere Flyleaf PinotGris

Delamere Flyleaf Pinot Gris 2025

A serious Pinot Gris of substance, concentration and freshness. The Tasmanian climate suits the grape and style with some lovely...
Delamere FlyleafRose

Delamere Flyleaf Rosé 2025

A 100% Pinot Noir-based Rosé in confection pink hues. Starts out lifted and bright in aromas of cherry, raspberry, spice...
Delamere Estate PinotNoir

Delamere Pinot Noir 2024

Strap in, this is some ride. Solid purple hues. So fragrant, so lifted with an aromatic scent delivered on black...
MtB BOUNDLESS HORIZONS Gruner Veltliner NV

Mt. Bera Boundless Horizons Grüner Veltliner 2023

A herbal wonderland here, an explicit cool climate style of Grüner that shows the grape’s natural propensity to highlight grapefruit...
MtB BOUNDLESS HORIZONS Gruner Veltliner NV

Mt. Bera Boundless Horizons Grüner Veltliner 2024

The Adelaide Hills can rightly be viewed as the home of Grüner Veltliner in Australia. The region saw the grape’s...
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Mt. Bera Amphitheatre Pinot Noir Zweigelt 2023

Another Austrian red grape to call the Adelaide Hills home, Zweigelt is a cross between two fellow Austrians, St. Laurent...
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Mt. Bera Amphitheatre Blaufränkisch 2024

Never heard of the Austrian red grape, Blaufränkisch? You are in for a treat. Together with its Austrian friend, Grüner...
Mt Bera WILD & FREE AH SHIRAZ

Mt. Bera Wild & Free Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2024

Such florals as you rarely get to enjoy in an Adelaide Hills Shiraz and they come side by side with...
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Hare’s Chase Lepus Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022

If Vigilance shows the power that can come with Shiraz sourced from the Marananga sub-region of the Barossa Valley, then...

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The Clare Valley Wine Guide 2026

By Jeni Port Clare Valley old vines dating back to the 1800s now share land and retail shelf space with...
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Vasse Felix Tom Cullity Vertical

The Vasse Felix Tom Cullity project was impressive from day 1 with aspirations to make one of Margaret River’s greatest...
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Calling All Budding Next Gen Women Winemakers

Glass ceilings are made to be smashed. In the Australian wine industry, women know a thing or two about glass...
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Southern Open Vineyards 2025

The cool rules in Southern Tasmania. As one of the most southerly areas in the world for viticulture, the super...
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Wine South Tasmania: Spring In The Vines November 1-3

Descriptors such as “crunchy,” “purity” and “intensity” fall easily from the mouths of southern Tasmanian wine producers. It’s quite a...
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Vintage 2023 in the Canberra District was a testing time. Summer turned into autumn and still not a grape had...
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