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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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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...
The Gypsy NV

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...
Lucys rosé NV

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...
Miss Piggy NV

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...
Grenache Nouveau NV

Black & Ginger Grenache Nouveau 2024

Grampians Grenache gets its moment and takes the opportunity to reveal an early drinking nouveau style of immediate drinking pleasure....
Cinco Rojas NV

Black & Ginger Cinco Rojas 2023

What an exciting bunch of Portuguese/Spanish red grapes offering some truly delicious drinking. Winemaker, Hadyn Black, is to be congratulated...
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Leconfield Coonawarra Old Vines Riesling 2024

The great white grape of Coonawarra shines here in a top vintage year.  It’s a cracking wine with old vines...
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Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet Franc 2022

That colour! Shimmering purple-red hues draw the eye and this smooth, supple and aromatic Cabernet Franc does the rest. Dried...
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Leconfield Shiraz 2022

A ripe, warm-hearted young Shiraz displaying not only some attractive fruit but also well-tuned oak treatment.  The sweet, toasty oak...
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Curly Flat Macedon Ranges Pinot Gris 2024

Nicely pitched ripeness here in pear fruits, pear skin, apple and citrus with a splash of spice. Fermentation took place...
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Curly Flat Macedon Ranges Chardonnay 2023

The producer lives up to its reputation as a quality Chardonnay maker with another cool climate lovely from a cool...
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Curly Flat Macedon Ranges Central Pinot Noir 2023

The Central block, planted on rare volcanic rock (called Hawaiite for those budding geologists out there), comprises Curly Flat’s oldest...
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Curly Flat Macedon Ranges Western Pinot Noir 2023

The western blocks of Curly Flat have reduced exposure to the afternoon sun and are the coolest part of the...
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Curly Flat Macedon Ranges Pinot Noir 2023

The stats on this wine say a lot about the seriousness with which the maker takes its Pinot Noir: sourced...
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Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2024

For those who think Sauvignon Blanc is beyond vintage variation, let me introduce Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc from the cool,...
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Angove McLaren Vale Shiraz 2022

A fighting Shiraz if ever there was one, hitting well above its price point and bringing some trad Vale generosity...
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Wynns likes to promote Black Label as “Australia’s benchmark Cabernet Sauvignon,” but it could also be called Australia’s greatest comfort...
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Coonawarra Messenger Chardonnay 2024

A glistening green gold hue offers an impressive start. Lifted aromatics keep the momentum going with aromas of nectarine, white...

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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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