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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.
NV Estate Sauv Sem

The Lane Vineyard Estate Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2024

The Adelaide Hills takes on Margaret River at its own SBS game and shows itself to be a mighty strong...
NV The Lane Rosé

The Lane Vineyard Rosé 2025

Arrives in vivid, fairy floss pink hues. Offers up a wealth of red summer berry aromas with some musky confection...
OVTSM High NV

Stella Bella Otro Vino Tempranillo 2024

Made in the Spanish joven or young style. It is intended for immediate drinking and with its busy immediacy and...
SBCAS

Stella Bella Cabernet Merlot 2023

A streamlined, linear Cabernet Merlot that hails from the southern end of Margaret River and offers some pretty sharp value...
OVCHA NV Low

Stella Bella Otro Vino Chardonnay 2024

Reflects GinGin clone generosity and we wouldn’t want it any other way. It is such a distinctive and hugely attractive...
LUMCAB NV Low

Luminosa Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Winemaker, Luke Joliffe, is just a little excited by this wine or possibly more excited than usual. It is the...
HC ROSE NV

Hare’s Chase Mataro Rosé 2024

Mataro – aka Mourvédre – is a natural for Rosé. Blessed with both tannin and acidity, fruit and spice, it...
MMAD Chenin Blanc [HR]

MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Chenin Blanc 2024

It is rare to see such complexity in youth. Aromatically dense, it builds an impressive, beautifully revealing whole, even within...
Teakle Sauvignon Blanc

Teakle Wines Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Port Lincoln brings some serious intent to its Sauvignon Blanc with classic varietal vibrancy on display here.  Delivers zesty aromas...
Teakle Rose?

Teakle Wines Rosé 2025

Solid in fairy floss pink hues, this Port Lincoln Rosé lives up to those bold credentials once it hits the...
Teakle Riesling

Teakle Wines Riesling 2025

I’m not sure what wildflowers grow at Port Lincoln, but I suspect this is exactly the scent that covers the...
Teakle Merlot Cab

Teakle Wines Cabernet Merlot 2023

The building blocks are firmly in place with this youngster. It’s at that gangly stage, all arms and legs and...
Teakle Merlot Cab Copy

Teakle Wines Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

If this ’23 Cabernet is any indication of the potential of the grape in Port Lincoln, then it is clearly...
Riposte Sabre PN NEW NV

Riposte The Sabre Pinot Noir 2024

Comes at you firm, dry and savoury, dressed in sinewy tannins. It’s definitely all about the structure at this early...
Riposte Foil SB NEW NV

Riposte The Foil Sauvignon Blanc 2025

One of the first 2025 vintage Sauvignon’s off the rank and it’s one vibrant, herbaceous dose of savvy pyrazines. Snow...
TaT Crayères CabShiraz

Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz 2023

Cabernet Sauvignon (65%) takes the lead and with it comes some firm, structural tannins – a Cabernet speciality – nicely...
TaT Crayères ReserveRed

Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Reserve Cabernet Shiraz Franc 2021

I opened the bottle, I tasted it, I drank a glass with dinner . . .  and then the next...
Terre à Terre ReserveFuméBlanc

Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Reserve Fumé Blanc 2023

If the temptation is to chill this wine down low, don’t.  You will miss the nuance, the aromatics, the minerality...
TaT Crayères CabFranc

Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2023

Almost, but not a completely solo Cabernet Franc. It is joined by 8% Shiraz, presumably to bring a little more...
Terre à Terre Botrytis WEB

Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Late Harvest 2024

When life gives you Botrytis, grab it with both hands and make a delicious sweetie. We all need a sweet...
PHR

O’Leary Walker Polish Hill River Riesling 2025

Concentrated, elegant, with power to burn. Polish Hill River brings its A Game to a year that brought its challenges...
Watervale

O’Leary Walker Watervale Riesling 2025

If Polish Hill River represents the power of Clare Valley Riesling, Watervale represents the finesse, the purity. Nowhere is this...
St Hallett Sacred Ground Shiraz

St. Hallett Sacred Ground Shiraz 2022

Nice name and it resonates so well with Barossa Shiraz. The Barossa is indeed sacred ground for the variety. Expectations...
ESTATE PINOT NOIR

Paringa Estate Pinot Noir 2022

A deep, vibrant crimson purple. Paringa Estate Pinot is never short on colour or flavour and from the outset, the...

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Drone

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...
IMG

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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