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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.
Beresford Rose

Beresford McLaren Vale Rosé 2025

The versatility of the Grenache grape knows no bounds. Here, we see it as a smart, young Rosé – bright...
Beresford Shiraz Render

Beresford McLaren Vale Shiraz 2024

A fab little price for a big hearted McLaren Vale Shiraz. Doesn’t ask for any extra time in the cellar,...
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Beresford McLaren Vale Grenache 2025

Grenache has many personalities. This youngster falls into the modern Oz style where tannin and phenolics help heighten the wine’s...
New Beresford Estate Shiraz

Beresford Blewitt Springs Shiraz 2024

Blewitt Springs is effectively a sub-region of McLaren Vale with its distinctive sandy soils and old Shiraz vines. The fruit...
Yabby Lake Chardonnay

Yabby Lake Vineyard Mornington Peninsula Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2025

Where do you start? The aromas rise in a flurry of scents, aromatic and lively, in peach, nectarine, baked quince,...
Yabby Lake Tasmania Chardonnay NV

Yabby Lake Vineyard Tasmania Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2025

Hails from the Coal River Valley and in this cool, southerly Tassie sub-region, the ’25 vintage shone with a warm...
Yabby Lake Pinot Gris NV

Yabby Lake Vineyard Mornington Peninsula Single Vineyard Pinot Gris 2025

The Single Vineyard in question is Block 2 at Tuerong which resides on sandy clay loam with iron shot stone....
Yabby Lake Syrah NV

Yabby Lake Mornington Peninsula Single Vineyard Syrah 2025

This Mornington Peninsula Syrah shows the region’s innate ability to produce depth and elegance with the grape. The same cool...
Yabby Lake Tasmania Pinot Noir NV

Yabby Lake Tasmania Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2025

This well-travelled Pinot has a hell of a story to tell. Fruit was hand-picked in Tasmania’s Coal River Valley before...
Red Claw Pinot Noir NV

Yabby Lake Red Claw Pinot Noir 2025

Trademark Mornington Peninsula cherry, berry fruits to the fore here with toasted oak spice, florals and a layer of herbs,...
Yabby Lake Pinot Noir NV

Yabby Lake Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2025

Dances bright and lively which seems to very much be a 2025 Peninsula Pinot thing. It is a picture of...
WW Baringhup Shiraz

Water Wheel 5 Rounds Baringhup Shiraz 2023

5 Rounds? Makes sense when you learn that it refers to four years of challenging vintage conditions and  life on...
Viognier

Water Wheel Viognier 2025

A burst of orange blossom, spring flowers, honeysuckle, yellow peach, melon and apricot aromas introduces this young Central Victorian Viognier....
Kinship Chardonnay

Credaro Kinship Margaret River Chardonnay 2025

Beautifully captures the allure of Margaret River Chardonnay: the luscious fruit drive and oyster-like salinity that brings with it a...
Kinship Cabernet Sauvignon

Credaro Kinship Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2025

Doesn’t wish to be the life of the party just yet – very Cabernet-like – and is still opening up....
Monterra Reserve Sauv Blanc

Monterra Adelaide Hills Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2026

Asks more of the Sauvignon Blanc grape than most, and it is delivered in a wine that combines textural warmth...
MRE Old Vine Chardonnay F

Main Ridge Estate Old Vine Chardonnay 2025

Old vine complexity and youthful energy join forces to present one heck of a special Chardonnay. There’s that gorgeous aromatic...
MRE Half Acre Pinot Noir F

Main Ridge Half Acre Pinot Noir 2025

A wine that has rightly gained its own cheer squad over the decades, such is its role in pioneering the...
MRE Old Vine Pinot Noir F

Main Ridge Estate Old Vine Pinot Noir 2025

This is a wine that will forever be associated with Nat White, the co-founder of Main Ridge Estate, who sadly...
SBCAB NV Low

Stella Bella Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Pause over that aroma – it really is something special – with its deep flourish of lifted scents in ripe...
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Otro Vino Margaret River Tempranillo 2025

A wine built for the table, for food, for sharing with friends, such is the easy going nature of this...
CRE Chardonnay b

Charles Reuben Estate Chardonnay 2024

A Chardonnay that dances light and bright in the glass. Winemaker, Nick Glaetzer, opted for limited maturation time in French...
CRE Chardonnay b

Charles Reuben Chardonnay 2025

Offers a different look at Chardonnay, one that is a little riper, a tad more sweet fruited with stone fruits...
CRE Pinot Noir b

Charles Reuben Pinot Noir Next Expression 2025

Arrives in a bright cherry colour – in shades of brilliant red-maroon – a real eye tempter which follows through...

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Drone

Greek jewels from Alpha Estate and the emerging regions of PGI Florina (ΠΓΕ Φλώρινα) and PDO Amyndeon (ΠΟΠ Αμύνταιο)

Indigenous grape varieties – those multi-syllable ones that often trip the tongue and hail from ancient varieties off ancient lands...
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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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Grampians Winemakers Shiraz The Barrique 2024

Each year, the Grampians winemakers pool together and blend their best Shiraz to send to auction at their annual Grampians...
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Out of the fires

The tragic Central Victorian fires have had a devastating effect on many small wineries with ongoing financial and personal challenges...
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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...
Tread Softly

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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