Jeni Port

Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators and judges. Based in Melbourne, Jeni was the longest-serving wine writer on The Age newspaper and continues to write for most Australian wine magazines including Winestate, Wine Selector, Halliday Wine Companion magazine, Gourmet Traveller WINE, Winning and Il Tridente. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 was named Legend of the Vine.

Taylors Limestone Coast Clare Valley Shiraz 2019

You’ve gotta love the fact that when you open a bottle of Taylors entry level shiraz you have a wine ready to go, the very

Taylors Limestone Coast Clare Valley Merlot 2020

The question here is, what do we expect from a $22 merlot? The answer has to be, fruit, fruit, fruit. Merlot is generally not shy

Taylors Clare Valley Riesling 2020

Ever the reliable one, Taylor’s Estate Riesling from the Clare Valley doesn’t do less than top drinking at an everyday price.Rest assured the 2020 vintage

Bream Creek Riesling 2020

This wine presents a powerful argument for why we need more Tasmanian riesling in our lives. The grape is overshadowed by the success of chardonnay

O’Leary Walker Oakbank Pinot Noir 2020

O’Leary Walker is principally known as a Clare Valley-based wine producer. Its foray into pinot noir and the Adelaide Hills is a good indication of

Juniper Cornerstone Wilyabrup Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

In 2019, Wilyabrup was recognised as a sub-region within the larger Margaret River wine region. Today, it is seeking full regional status on its own

Wolf Blass Platinum Label Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018

The pick of the newly released Wolf Blass Luxury Collection, Platinum Label also happens to be the wine with the highest price tag. This wine

Wolf Blass Black Label Cabernet Shiraz 2018

Black Label, which represents Wolf Blass’ best fruit in any given year from across South Australian wine regions, was created in 1973. That wine took

Wolf Blass Grey Label Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2019

A wine not necessarily for this week . . . or perhaps even this year. What we have here is a muscular, structured red that

Wolf Blass Grey Label McLaren Vale Shiraz 2019

A real crowd pleaser here from a producer who has traditionally read the wine crowd better than most. The fruit is sweet and succulent, the

Wolf Blass Grey Label Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2019

The 2021 Wolf Blass Luxury Collection launched this month contains a lone white wine, a chardonnay that hails from the Adelaide Hills. Once upon a

Leura Park Estate Pinot Noir 2019

Great depth with a cool (climate) intensity. Mixes the regional pinot strengths of raspberry, stewed plums and heady aromatics, namely violets, with dark chocolate, spice

Parker Coonawarra Estate First Growth 2016

As the Bordeaux-inspired name suggests, First Growth sits on the highest branch of the Parker Coonawarra Estate wine tree. It is 100% cabernet sauvignon off

Parker Coonawarra Estate 95 Block 2018

The Parker Estate Abbey vineyard, sub-section 95 block, lies in the south of the Coonawarra wine region and is planted to cabernet sauvignon and petit

Hesketh G.A.R. Great Australian Red Coonawarra Cabernet/McLaren Vale Shiraz 2019

What a great wine title: G.A.R. It’s reason enough to get almost teary-eyed about Australia’s truly indigenous red blend of cabernet and shiraz and why it

Ox Hardy Slate Shiraz 2019

A little slice of history here. This McLaren Vale shiraz was fermented in an old, open slate fermenter in the historic Tintara winery built in

Whicher Ridge Mademoiselle V Viognier 2019

A viognier tale of two vineyards in two regions: 86% Margaret River and 14% off the Whicher Ridge vineyard in Geographe. Got to say the

Whicher Ridge Une Rangée Petit Verdot 2016

Fun Wine Fact: Une Rangée refers to the fact that in 2016 Whicher Ridge had just one row of petit verdot. Today, it has two

Orin Swift Machete California Petite Sirah Red Blend 2017

Dave Phinney, the winemaker/creator behind Orin Swift sounds like a fun guy who doesn’t mind shaking things up. Just take a look at his out-there

Whicher Ridge Margaret River Whitetail Sparkling Chardonnay 2016

It’s refreshing to see an Australian sparkling wine labelled varietally rather than using French terms. Hence, for its new sparkling release, Whicher Ridge has chosen