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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.
Shaw + Smith LV Chardonnay

Shaw + Smith Lenswood Vineyard Chardonnay 2023

The hallmark of all three new Single Vineyard releases is their youth and their promise yet to be fully revealed....
MMAD Vineyard Shiraz

MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Shiraz 2023

The accompanying wine notes tell of the latest and coolest vintage yet for this vineyard, but the upshot was a...
MMAD Vineyard Grenache

MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Grenache 2023

There’s energy and then there’s the kind of exuberance that comes from the well-drained, ancient, sandy soils of Blewitt Springs...
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Riposte En Garde Pinot Noir 2024

The bright red-magenta vibrancy of colour is one big attraction with this wine. Thankfully, it keeps on impressing in a...
Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay

Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2017

How well does a top Australian Chardonnay age? Here’s your answer. This is a wine boasting complexity plus. Eight years...
Lambrook Emerson

Lambrook Emerson Sparkling Pinot Noir 2018

Four years on lees and it retains an impressive freshness and youthful energy combined with the right amount of yeasty...
Lambrook Pinot Noir

Lambrook Adelaide Hills Plant Pinot Noir 2024

Immediate appeal here with a step up from Lambrook’s introductory Pinot Noir to the next level with real elegance and...
Lambrook Amelia

Lambrook Adelaide Hills Amelia Pinot Noir 2024

A reserve style that goes deep into the heart of Pinot Noir seeking out complexity. It comes to the glass...
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Riposte Wines The Foil Sauvignon Blanc 2024

A Sauvignon that brings both citrus fruits and grassy herbal notes together, nicely balanced, and the drinker is the winner....
Tapanappa PiccadillyValley Vineyard Chardonnay

Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2024

A refined, concentrated Chardonnay from another cool year in the Adelaide Hills, one of five consecutive cool vintages in a...
Tapanappa Tiers M Vineyard Chardonnay

Tapanappa Vineyard Tiers Vineyard 1.5m Chardonnay 2024

The use of 1.5m informs the drinker that a part of the vineyard has been close-planted – a 1.5 metre...
Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay

Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Another superb Tiers Chardonnay highlighting the beauty achieved with the grape in the Adelaide Hills. Adjectives get a real work...
Bethany Wines First Village GSM

Bethany Wines First Village Barossa Valley GSM 2023

What a charmer. Brings some real zing to the GSM style, bright fruited and lively. To a big degree it’s...
Bethany Blue Quarry Chardonnay

Bethany Wines Blue Quarry Barrel Ferment Chardonnay 2023

A barrel fermented Chardonnay in the richer, mouth-filling style and it does carry it well. Yellow peach, ripe melon, quince...
Bethany East Ground Shiraz

Bethany Wines East Grounds Barossa Shiraz 2022

A single vineyard wine sourced from one of Bethany’s highest vineyards at 300 metres. It is an unabashed and proud...
Bethany GR Shiraz

Bethany Wines G.R. Reserve Shiraz 2022

G.R. offers a ripe, sweet fruited Barossa Shiraz that is easy to get to know and enjoy. It is super...
SW Auburn Chardonnay

Small Wonder Auburn Tasmanian Chardonnay 2023

This is not a loud Chardonnay – Tasmania rarely, if ever, does loud – and so there is a delicacy...
SW Auburn Pinot Noir

Small Wonder Auburn Tasmanian Pinot Noir 2023

Plenty of varietal definition and detail to explore in this young Pinot from the Tamar Valley.  It marries the lightly...
SW Block Pinot Noir

Small Wonder Block 3 Tasmanian Pinot Noir 2023

A shift up in gear and complexity here in Small Wonder’s Block 3 Pinot. It’s a herbal, rich and earthy...
PPE CHD Estate RHL NV MED TN

Port Phillip Estate Red Hill Chardonnay 2023

Hard to miss those fresh, summery aromas in grapefruit, lemon, white peach and struck flint. The follow up on the...
PPE QTR PIG NV MED TN

Port Phillip Estate Quartier Pinot Gris 2024

One of the varietal stalwarts of the Mornington Peninsula, Pinot Gris can fit any price point. Here, it brings some...
Chardonnay Caldwell Lane

Swinging Bridge Caldwell Lane Reserve Chardonnay 2022

A different take on a reserve quality Chardonnay from the producer compared to its flagship Block 7 Chardonnay. Caldwell Lane...
Chardonnay Hill Park Block

Swinging Bridge Hill Park Block 7 Reserve Chardonnay 2021

A wine that takes on the reserve title and means it. In fact, it also takes on the company’s title...
Pinot Noir Caldwell Lane

Swinging Bridge Caldwell Lane Pinot Noir 2022

A fine-edged Pinot Noir, fragrant and delicate in a style that the Orange wine region does so well. Crams strawberry,...

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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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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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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...
Tread Softly

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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