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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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Riposte The Cutlass Shiraz 2023

Strictly speaking, this could easily be labelled Syrah such is the wine’s medium-bodied, cool climate, high spice factor. While the...
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Riposte The Scimitar Riesling 2025

The latest vintage Riesling, just bottled, and showing all of the youthful, zesty, energy you might expect. Reassuringly, The Scimitar...
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Riposte The Stiletto Pinot Gris 2025

Do Riesling producers understand Pinot Gris better than most? It’s a question often posed and generally my answer is, yes....
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Riposte The Katana Chardonnay 2024

The katana was a curved, single-edged bladed sword favoured by the samurai. Nuff said, it was serious stuff. Equally serious...
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Best’s Wines Thomson Family Shiraz 2020

It’s not usual for wine producers to hold back wine after a planned release date to give the wine more...
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Fishbone Estate Margaret River Tempranillo 2022

We’ve seen Tempranillo’s fruity and approachable side. Here, Fishbone offers the other side of the coin, the serious side where...
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Fishbone Estate Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

A sweet fruited, warm and generous embrace of Margaret River Cabernet. The region does it so well, its Mediterranean climate...
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Fishbone Estate Margaret River Shiraz 2022

A Shiraz very much of its time, flowing easily, confidently with supple tannins and generous in fruit and spice. Dark...
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Howard Park Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Stands tall, statuesque even. Captures the essence of Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon so well in a vintage that has been...
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Howard Park Allingham Chardonnay 2024

Earns a place at Margaret River’s Chardonnay top table such is the complexity and utterly undeniable beauty it brings to...
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Howard Park Wines A.S.W. Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2023

A.S.W. offers a departure from its usual wine philosophy with grapes sourced from across the Margaret River region rather than...
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Cape Mentelle Heritage Shiraz 2022

Taps into the deep well of Shiraz’s considerable power. Deep purple hues. Aromas of sweet aromatics, liquorice, baking spices, pepper,...
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Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Plenty to like here. It’s all ready to go now should you wish and, if you do, you will discover...
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Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

All class! A beautifully captured regional statement that seamlessly delivers one classy wine. It’s hard to stop at one glass....
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Cape Mentelle Heritage Chardonnay 2024

Such a beautiful richness of Chardonnay, pure Margaret River! Honeysuckle, wildflowers, white peach, spiced pear, citrus and rockpool, sea spray...
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Cape Mentelle Heritage Chardonnay 2023

Heritage is a reference to some of Cape Mentelle’s best Chardonnay blocks planted in the southern and cooler reaches of...
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Cape Mentelle Chardonnay 2023

The modern Aussie Chardonnay looks a lot like this – a place where less is more. It’s a fine juggling...
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Cape Mentelle Wallcliffe Cabernet Franc 2021

A wine to open your eyes – not to mention, tastebuds – to the delights of the Cabernet Franc grape....
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Cape Mentelle Wallcliffe Cabernet Franc 2022

Cabernet Franc steps out from behind its usual blending role and stands proud. Take a deep breath and enjoy those...
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Riversdale Estate Centaurus Pinot Noir 2022

While the state of Tasmania is a single wine region, it is in vintages like 2022 where you can see...
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Riversdale Estate Pinot Noir 2023

Such a rollicking good Pinot Noir, miles away from the sweet Pinots we so often see, this Pinot looks to...
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Riversdale Estate NV Brut Reserve

Nicely executed sparkling from Australia’s premier sparkling wine region. The three-way blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier was...
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Riversdale Estate Crater Chardonnay 2022

A selection of the best barrels. Mid gold. Roasted nuts, plush stone fruits peach and nectarine aromas with melon, citrus...
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Riversdale Estate Chardonnay 2023

Shows some complexity, courtesy of warm, cedary and toasty oak, amongst the citrus, stone fruits and spice. It’s still a...

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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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