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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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Squitchy Lane Yarra Valley Merlot 2024

This is a first for the producer – a stand-alone, limited release Merlot. The vines were planted in 1982 with...
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Squitchy Lane Yarra Valley Rosé 2025

The eye is drawn to the pale tea rose hues – pretty and delicate.  Aromas also beckon in strawberry, cherry,...
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Lambrook Seed Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2025

Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir puts on one classy display of vibrant cherry, red berry fruit in this youngster just released....
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Abe Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025

If it’s been a while between drinks for venturing into Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc – as it has been for me...
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Astrale Chianti Riserva 2021

A wine with time on its mind. The term, Riserva, indicates extended time in oak (two years, by law) and,...
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Domaine Galuval Le Coq Volant Côtes du Rhône 2022

Le Coq Volant – The Flying Rooster – takes off on a runway of Syrah (aka Shiraz) and Grenache. Aromas...
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Castel Firmian Teroldego Rotaliano Superiore 2022

From the cool alpine mountains of Italy’s Trentino region comes a warm-blooded and welcoming young red. Brings some savoury punch...
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Jean Loron Pouilly-Fuissé 2022

A composed and restrained Chardonnay from the heart of Burgundy’s Mâconnais sub-region. It is a wine with a solid, stone...
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Red Hut Central Otago Pinot Noir 2024

A new name on the New Zealand wine scene with some impressive wine credentials, Red Hut, is the brainchild of...
Red Hut Albarino Front Deep Etched NV HR

Red Hut Gisborne Albariño 2025

Hails from New Zealand’s Gisborne region well-known for Chardonnay but now home to a small bunch of alternative varieties such...
Red Hut Chardonnay Front Deep Etched NV HR

Red Hut Hawkes Bay Roy’s Hill Chardonnay 2024

A ripe, full throttle Chardonnay from New Zealand’s North Island with aromas of honeysuckle, Asian pear, white peach, honey, nougat,...
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Oliver’s Taranga Fiano 2025

This is the wine that helped start the stampede towards Fiano. It remains a solid benchmark, and no doubt will...
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Oliver’s Taranga Anfore Fiano 2024

Aged in 300L terracotta amphora, unfiltered, unfined and inspired by the winemaker’s trip to Italy, Anfore offers up a very...
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Oliver’s Taranga The Hunt For Mrs Oliver Late Disgorged Sparkling Fiano 2017

The Fiano grape is certainly versatile. Lets its inner citrus complexity fly with extended time on yeast lees. The autolysis...
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Peter Lehmann The Barossan Grenache Rosé 2025

Tea rose hues glisten in a fluted proprietary bottle designed to capture and enhance the colour perfectly. Concentrated aromas of...
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Watkins Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

The back label notes this 4-year-old is “for the Cabernet loyalists.” You could also add that it is for those...
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Paracombe Adelaide Hills Somerville Shiraz 2015

It is far from usual to see a 15% ABV Adelaide Hills Shiraz, rarer still to see a 10-year-old Hills...
Paracombe Plateau Pinot Noir NV

Paracombe Plateau Pinot Noir 2022

Takes its name from the ancient, 1.7 billion-year-old Paracombe Plateau which is high in altitude – 425 metres- and comprised...
Paracombe Pinot Noir NV

Paracombe Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2024

For the $25 price tag, you get a fresh, vibrant Pinot Noir with lasting flavour. Mid red-crimson colour. Mixes scents...
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Paracombe Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2023

A young sparkling given some extra gravitas through the addition of older vintage cuvées. No ages are given for the...
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Paracombe Plateau Blanc NV

Pinot Blanc gets its moment in bubbles and it makes it count. Super dry and fresh with a nicely struck...
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SOUMAH Upper Ngumby Chardonnay 2024

The Upper Ngumby vineyard, west of Yarra Glen, offers a contrasting brighter, more citrus-defined expression of Chardonnay which highlights, as...
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SOUMAH Hexham Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Soumah offers a tale of two Yarra Valley Chardonnays from the cooler 2024 vintage. Each brings a distinct personality to...
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Springs Road Kangaroo Island Shiraz 2022

A wine of impressive logistics with fruit from Kangaroo Island harvested and sent to the producer’s McLaren Vale winery for...

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Greek jewels from Alpha Estate and the emerging regions of PGI Florina (ΠΓΕ Φλώρινα) and PDO Amyndeon (ΠΟΠ Αμύνταιο)

Indigenous grape varieties – those multi-syllable ones that often trip the tongue and hail from ancient varieties off ancient lands...
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The Clare Valley Wine Guide 2026

By Jeni Port Clare Valley old vines dating back to the 1800s now share land and retail shelf space with...
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Grampians Winemakers Shiraz The Barrique 2024

Each year, the Grampians winemakers pool together and blend their best Shiraz to send to auction at their annual Grampians...
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Out of the fires

The tragic Central Victorian fires have had a devastating effect on many small wineries with ongoing financial and personal challenges...
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Vasse Felix Tom Cullity Vertical

The Vasse Felix Tom Cullity project was impressive from day 1 with aspirations to make one of Margaret River’s greatest...
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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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