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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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Tamar Ridge Reserve Pinot Noir 2023

Tasmania’s Tamar Valley is a happy hunting ground for Pinot Noir lovers. In a cool, wet year like 2023 the...
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Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc 2015

The decision to re-release the 2015 red blend is deliberate. The year, a cool vintage, is intended as a comparison...
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Henschke Keyneton Euphonium 2022

In challenging vintages like 2022, the art of the blender is highlighted, indeed, it deserves to be celebrated. Relying on...
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Henschke Johann’s Garden Grenache Mataro 2023

With its deep black fruits, dark spices, earthiness and serious structure, Johann arrives with a real sense of serious intent....
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Henschke Tappa Pass Shiraz 2022

A celebration vintage for Tappa Pass – its 20th anniversary. Old vine Shiraz up to 70 years in age lies...
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Henschke Marble Angel Vineyard 2022

Following on from the generosity and richness associated with the ’21 vintage of Marble Angel, expect a more restrained, finely-tuned...
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Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Cabernets Merlot Franc 2021

For those with long memories, the rise of the Wrattonbully wine region will come as a sweet postscript to one...
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Jules Taylor Wines Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Über herbaceous from the get-go; you know you are in Marlborough country. Pungent and arrestingly aromatic in snow pea, pea...
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Jules Taylor Marlborough Chardonnay 2023

A finely detailed Chardonnay running smooth across the tongue and revealing a multi-dimensional expression of the grape, one that highlights...
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Jules Taylor Wines Marlborough Pinot Noir 2023

Marlborough Pinot Noir remains one of New Zealand’s most under-rated wines. The grape lives in the imposing shadow cast by...
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Hewitson Belle Ville Rosé 2024

A light and breezy Rosé fashioned in the Provençal style with Mourvèdre calling the shots, as it so often does...
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Hewitson Madame M Blanc & Blanc 2024

Take a bunch of Muscat à Petit Grains grapes and add just 5% Sauvignon Blanc and watch – or rather,...
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Hewitson Ned & Henry’s Shiraz 2023

Dean Hewitson was challenged to make a traditional, full-bodied Barossa red that could be enjoyed early. He created a wine...
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Hewitson The Mad Hatter Shiraz 2023

Recognisably, reassuringly, Barossa from the first scent of lifted Aussie bush notes, earth and bay leaf matched to ripe black...
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Henschke Sass The Tailor 2024

A wine tailored to the past and working towards the future, Sass takes six white grape varieties from two wine...
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Henschke Innes Vineyard Pinot Gris 2024

Fits nicely into the Gris repertoire with its fine aromatics but also offers a touch of Grigio-style raciness thanks to...
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Henschke Five Shillings Shiraz Mataro 2024

Shiraz and Mataro were “stand out” Barossa Valley varieties in 2024 according to Henschke. You won’t doubt it once the...
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Henschke Noble Semillon 2022

As the weather cools and the days grow longer, the arrival of a top class Botrytised Semillon is most welcome....

FIVE Vineyard Reserve Shiraz 2022

A new vineyard development, a new beginning for the Melbourne semi-rural suburb of Plenty and what a promising start for...

FIVE Vineyard Reserve Chardonnay 2023

A new vineyard name on the Victorian wine scene, 45 minutes out from Melbourne at Plenty, that involves five members...
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Black & Ginger The Virginia Merlot 2023

The Virginia arrives with a sense of class and purpose. This is not your average Merlot. Violets and black pepper...
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Black & Ginger The Gypsy Vermentino 2024

The Sardinian grape variety takes flight and shows its potential to excite with this nicely nuanced, vibrant youngster.  Sweet citrus...
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Black & Ginger Lucy’s Rosé 2024

Lucy Black gets her own Rosé and it’s an eye-opening cherry-orange hued, aromatically lifted, texturally smooth but overall crisp, straight-backed...
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Black & Ginger Miss Piggy Muscat & Riesling 2024

There is a reason for blending Muscat with Riesling which becomes pretty obvious from the first taste. Miss Piggy is...

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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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Henschke: Celebrating 60 Years of Hill of Grace & 2018 Single Vineyard Releases

On February 28, an arousing, heady mix of scents, flavours, emotions, words – lots of them – and, above all,...
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