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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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Paringa Estate Pinot Noir 2022

A deep, vibrant crimson purple. Paringa Estate Pinot is never short on colour or flavour and from the outset, the...
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Paringa Estate The Paringa Pinot Noir 2022

Top of the Paringa Pinot tree and everything steps up a notch; structure, fruit concentration and tannins, adding to the...
THE PARINGA CHARDONNAY

Paringa Estate The Paringa Chardonnay 2023

By any measure, a luxurious Chardonnay densely packed in summer stone fruits and lively citrus that speaks of its maritime,...
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Paringa Estate Chardonnay 2024

A free wheeling, generous Chardonnay in the Paringa style, but underneath the sunny exterior there is an underlying structural power....
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Kooyong Nord Pinot Noir 2023

This is the inaugural release of fruit from this single block, the vineyard’s most northern. It’s a bit of a...
KOO PIN Single Block Ferrous NV MED TN

Kooyong Ferrous Pinot Noir 2023

There is something about Ferrous Pinot. Year in, year out, it offers such complexity, natural balance and stunning flavours. Maybe...
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Kooyong Haven Pinot Noir 2023

A Pinot Noir to lift whatever mood you are in. Offers a multi-sided view of cool climate Pinot, one that...
KOO CHD Single Block Farrago NV MED TN

Kooyong Farrago Chardonnay 2023

Where to start? Maybe with the touch of exotic Asian spices and lemongrass, such an alluring, intriguing aspect of the...
KOO CHD Single Block Faultline NV MED TN

Kooyong Faultline Chardonnay 2023

By all accounts, the Faultline Vineyard has less ironstone pebbles than some Kooyong blocks, and, yet, there is a definite...
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Penfolds Bin 21 Grenache 2024

The first Bin 21 Grenache from the 2022 vintage was sourced from the Barossa Valley. This time, the Barossa is...
PEN Bin CabSauv NapaValley GEX FB Cork

Penfolds Bin 704 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Lives large and ripe, the result of what was to all reports some intense Napa Valley heat during harvest. With...
PEN MagillEstate Shz SouthAus GEX FB Cork

Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz 2023

Magill Estate’s evolution is now becoming quite palpable. With each vintage there is more poise, detail and finely nuanced oak....
PEN Bin Shz Marananga FB Cork

Penfolds Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz 2023

Polish and concentration matched to some extraordinary dark purple hues, Marananga Shiraz is quite the individual, year in, year out....
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Penfolds Bin 138 Barossa Valley Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2023

As usual, Bin 138 brings a wealth of flavour to the glass. It definitely has presence, weight and persistence delivered...
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Penfolds Bin 51 Eden Valley Riesling 2025

While enduring drought conditions led to smaller yields during the ‘25 vintage, the big win is Bin 51’s impressive purity...
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Penfolds Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz 2023

A cool season and vintage explained well in the glass. Deep purple hues. Bay leaf, spearmint, pepper aromas offer a...
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Penfolds Bin 28 Shiraz 2023

A warm-hearted Shiraz if ever there was one, generous yes, but it’s a well-controlled generosity. Deep purple hues. Blackstrap liquorice,...
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Penfolds FWT 543 Cabernet Sauvignon Syrah 2022

Cabernet Sauvignon (52%) takes the lead role – just – but this is very much a wine that celebrates two...
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Penfolds FWT 585 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Petit Verdot 2022

This is the fourth release of the French Wine Trial (FWT) sourcing Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon (56%), Merlot (41%) and Petit...
PEN StHenri Shz SouthAus AUS FB Cork

Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2022

Offers a little less of the classic St. Henri style – the comforting old lounge leather savouriness is now discreetly...
PEN Bin CabSauvShir SouthAus AUS FB Cork

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2023

A seamless pairing of Cabernet Sauvignon (51%) and Shiraz (49%) sourced from McLaren Vale, Padthaway and the Barossa Valley. A...
PEN Bin CabSauv SouthAus GEX FB Cork

Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

You get the sense that the French and American oak regime on 407 has been ever so slowly evolving, changing...
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Penfolds Bin 311 Chardonnay 2024

Delicate is Bin 311’s middle name. A blend of fruit from super cool Adelaide Hills, Tasmania and Tumbarumba, it’s a...
PEN RWT Bin Shz BValley GEX FB Cork

Penfolds RWT Bin 798 Barossa Valley Shiraz 2023

Retains that new oak smell and feel. Indeed, 14 months in French oak hogsheads (69% new) is towards the higher...

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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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