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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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Byrne Vineyards Sidney Wilcox Vine Dried Shiraz 2022

Made specifically to pair with food and going on the front label graphic, the winemaker has a big, juicy steak...
Criminal Minds Grenache Shiraz Mataro Triple Threat

Byrne Vineyards Criminal Minds Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2021

Hits well above its price point with a sweet fruited, bold and tasty wine experience. The powerful, inviting scent offers...
Flavabom Chardonnay

Byrne Vineyards Flavabom Chardonnay 2024

Flavabom in name and in delivery. The Riverland is a premier destination for well-priced, well-articulated Chardonnay and Flavabom comes at...
Criminal Minds Riesling

Byrne Vineyards Criminal Minds Riesling 2025

Picked early, picked on point, retaining zippy acidity throughout which acts as the perfect backdrop for this attractive young Riesling. Aromas...
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Byrne Vineyard Criminal Minds Chardonnay 2025

Pleasant, easy drinking all the way with this attractive Riverland Chardonnay. Nothing criminal here, just plenty of ripe fruit on...
Beresford GR Shiraz

Beresford Grand Reserve Shiraz 2019

Offers a picture of the very essence of McLaren Vale Shiraz: a wine of generous proportions, ripe in fruit and...
NV The Lane Pinot Noir

The Lane Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024

The 2024 season delivered a cool, even growing season according to the maker. The Pinot Noir of that season delivers...
NV Estate Chardonnay

The Lane Vineyard Estate Chardonnay 2024

In a word: refined. Sometimes, it only takes one word to describe a wine such as this, a wine that...
NV The Lane Chardonnay

The Lane Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

A blend of Hahndorf and Lobethal fruit that nicely captures the citrus and stone fruit qualities we associate with Adelaide...
NV The Lane Pinot Gris

The Lane Vineyard Pinot Gris 2025

The lightest of blushes with a scent that raises images of quince, apple, dusty lemon, pear and spice. This is...
NV The Lane Sauvignon Blanc

The Lane Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Following a record-breaking dry growing season with corresponding low yields, expect a marked herbaceous quality to this wine. This is...
NV Estate Sauv Sem

The Lane Vineyard Estate Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2024

The Adelaide Hills takes on Margaret River at its own SBS game and shows itself to be a mighty strong...
NV The Lane Rosé

The Lane Vineyard Rosé 2025

Arrives in vivid, fairy floss pink hues. Offers up a wealth of red summer berry aromas with some musky confection...
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Stella Bella Otro Vino Tempranillo 2024

Made in the Spanish joven or young style. It is intended for immediate drinking and with its busy immediacy and...
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Stella Bella Cabernet Merlot 2023

A streamlined, linear Cabernet Merlot that hails from the southern end of Margaret River and offers some pretty sharp value...
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Stella Bella Otro Vino Chardonnay 2024

Reflects GinGin clone generosity and we wouldn’t want it any other way. It is such a distinctive and hugely attractive...
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Luminosa Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Winemaker, Luke Joliffe, is just a little excited by this wine or possibly more excited than usual. It is the...
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Hare’s Chase Mataro Rosé 2024

Mataro – aka Mourvédre – is a natural for Rosé. Blessed with both tannin and acidity, fruit and spice, it...
MMAD Chenin Blanc [HR]

MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Chenin Blanc 2024

It is rare to see such complexity in youth. Aromatically dense, it builds an impressive, beautifully revealing whole, even within...
Teakle Sauvignon Blanc

Teakle Wines Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Port Lincoln brings some serious intent to its Sauvignon Blanc with classic varietal vibrancy on display here.  Delivers zesty aromas...
Teakle Rose?

Teakle Wines Rosé 2025

Solid in fairy floss pink hues, this Port Lincoln Rosé lives up to those bold credentials once it hits the...
Teakle Riesling

Teakle Wines Riesling 2025

I’m not sure what wildflowers grow at Port Lincoln, but I suspect this is exactly the scent that covers the...
Teakle Merlot Cab

Teakle Wines Cabernet Merlot 2023

The building blocks are firmly in place with this youngster. It’s at that gangly stage, all arms and legs and...
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Teakle Wines Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

If this ’23 Cabernet is any indication of the potential of the grape in Port Lincoln, then it is clearly...

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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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The Penfolds Collection 2023 Release – 20.07.23

The theme for this year’s Penfolds Collection 2023 release is the ongoing search for diversity of style. Hence, the Australians...
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Yarra Yering 30+ years of Underhill Shiraz

Great wine, it is said, is made in the vineyard. Whoever first coined that expression clearly never met Dr Bailey...
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