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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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Mitchell Peppertree Vineyard Shiraz 2020

A subtly complex 5-year-old that offers much, including a gentle elegance. Fresh, fragrant and very Australian in its scent of...
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Mitchell Kinsfolk Shiraz 2022

Almost instantly recognisable as a Clare Valley Shiraz with its running thread of eucalyptus and generosity of Shiraz fruit. Mighty...
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Mitchell McNicol Riesling 2016

Fabulous intensity, concentration and warmth on show here. This is a wine that highlights, as if it was needed, just...
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Mitchell Watervale Riesling 2025

Lemon citrus runs strong in this one, a bright, perky and super delicate character that fills the scent and carries...
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Mitchell Kinsfolk Clare Valley Riesling 2025

Quietly encompasses the essence of Clare Valley Riesling with its deep lime citrus concentration. Aromas of Bickford’s lime cordial, lime...
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Mitchell Kinsfolk Pinot Grigio 2025

A Grigio style offering enough richness to please those who might generally prefer a Gris over a Grigio. Works the...
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Henschke Peggy’s Hill Eden Valley Riesling 2025

An anniversary vintage celebrating 20 years of Peggy’s Hill. Coincidentally, the maker suggests the ’25 will age for 20-plus years,...
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Henschke Julius Eden Valley Riesling 2025

Brings some cracking acidity to concentrated lemon-lime citrus Riesling fruit and the result is quite startling and perky. There is...
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Henschke Green’s Hill Adelaide Hills Riesling 2025

A rebirth of sorts, the 2025 vintage marks the first vintage to be made following the Cudlee Creek bushfires that...
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Henschke Percival’s Mill Adelaide Hills Grüner Veltliner 2025

Planted in 2011 on ancient grey shales at Lenswood, the Grüner vines are just hitting their straps and revealing a...
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Henschke Joseph Hill Adelaide Hills Gewürztraminer 2025

Intense as Gewürz can get and so, so complex. Offers a beautifully pure varietal scent of  lychee, rose petal, tangerine,...
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Henschke Johanne Ida Selma Blanc de Noir MD

A multi-vintage, mature, Pinot Noir-based sparkling with parcels that have matured for up to 26 years on lees. With lovely...
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Coldstream Hills Reserve Chardonnay 2024

Quiet and, yes, nicely reserved in the glass. A restrained introduction in scents of citrus blossom, white peach, melon skin...
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Coldstream Hills Deer Farm Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

A charming counterpoint to the linearity of Beenak Vineyard with a more open and textural expression of Yarra Valley Chardonnay....
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Coldstream Hills Deer Farm Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024

One of the most consistent performers in the Coldstream Hills stable, Deer Farm, is well known for its display of...
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Devil’s Lair 9th Chamber Chardonnay 2023

Made only in exceptional years of which 2023 was most definitely one over in the west (less so in parts...
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Devil’s Lair Margaret River Chardonnay 2024

The undeniable richness of the GinGin Chardonnay clone is being tempered by the introduction of other clones under winemaker, Travis...
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Devil’s Lair Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

A truly remarkable, great Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon that continues to astound and stack up major awards and, to think,...
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DAOSA Blanc de Blancs 2021

Brings the scent of spring to the glass in white flowers, apple blossom with citrus, white peach and apple Danish...
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DAOSA Blanc de Blancs Late Disgorged 2017

The Bizot pedigree is evident in this remarkably youthful and fresh aged sparkling from the Adelaide Hills. The creator, multi-generational...
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Hewitson Barrel 1853 Shiraz Mourvèdre 2022

A 50-50 blend of the best barrel of Monopole Mother Vine Shiraz and Old Garden Vineyard Mourvèdre. A true seamless...
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Hewitson Old Garden Vineyard Mourvèdre 2022

Planted in 1853, these ungrafted (own roots) Mourvèdre vines are believed to be among the oldest – if not, the...
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Hewitson Monopole Mother Vine Shiraz 2022

The Mother Vine is one of the oldest Shiraz vines in Australia, planted in 1853. Buds taken help to create...
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Hewitson Ungrafted Grenache 2024

A wine that speaks with an original – own roots/ungrafted – voice which highlights the tremendous history that resides in...

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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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