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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.
Squitchy Lane Fume

Squitchy Lane Fumé Blanc 2021

Way more to think about here than your average Sauvignon Blanc or Fume Blanc and, yes, I reckon the fabulous...
Squitchy Lane The Key

Squitchy Lane The Key Chardonnay 2021

There’s something special about the 2021 vintage in the Yarra Valley. The Key Chardonnay takes it to the next level...
Leeuwin Estate Siblings Sauvignon Blanc Bottle Shot

Leeuwin Estate Siblings Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Snow pea, herbals, cut grass, apple and grapefruit – the Sauvignon Blanc game is strong here. Archetypal savvy scents rise...
Leeuwin Estate Brut Bottle Shot

Leeuwin Estate Brut 2022

Pale-mid straw with a detailed bouquet in yellow apple, citrus, honeysuckle, white flowers and biscuit. Margaret River is home to...
MVG

Chapel Hill The MV Bush Grenache 2023

What a colour! That gorgeous shimmering red immediately catches the eye and the imagination. It’s followed by a real depth...
MVSH

Chapel Hill The MV Shiraz 2023

The MV – McLaren Vale – label offers an archetypal expression of grapes close to the Vale’s heart . ....
PV Shiraz LR

Pyren Vineyard Earthscape Shiraz 2022

A welcoming, juicy, bright and zippy young Shiraz with plenty of personality. Moves fast and easy, pleasing the palate on...
grand barossa cabernet

Château Tanunda Grand Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Barossa Cabernet, ripe, sweet-fruited and inviting. Everything spells out accessibility. Looks very much in the regional zone of black fruits,...
grand barossa shiraz

Château Tanunda Grand Barossa Shiraz 2022

Sourcing has clearly made a difference here, Barossa Shiraz offering a degree more elegance and structure in comparison to its...
grand barossa gsm

Château Tanunda Grand Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre 2023

An archetypal Barossa GSM displaying all the deliciousness we have come to expect and enjoy. And that price makes it...
ebenezer

Château Tanunda Terroirs of the Barossa Ebenezer District Shiraz 2022

Impenetrable in deep purple hues. A little impenetrable, too, at this early stage in its life, in cedary oak. Far...
chateau grenache

Château Tanunda The Château Barossa Grenache 2023

Unmistakable Grenache nose of red fruits and brambly wild mountain herbs with white pepper and spice. Sourced from a single...
greenock

Château Tanunda Terroirs of the Barossa Greenock Shiraz 2022

Keeps to the Barossa basics – nothing too fancy, let the fruit sing – and it shines. And the fruit,...
chardonnay

Château Tanunda Barossa Chardonnay 2023

Big in personality – à la Barossa – with plenty of good Chardonnay vibes packed into its smart $25 price...
year old

Château Tanunda 100 Year Old Vines Shiraz 2021

From a top vintage and, boy, does it show. Old vines and a strong vintage bring a deep sense of...
everest

Château Tanunda The Everest Barossa Shiraz 2021

The Everest ’21 reaches for the heights and then some, in what was a great vintage in the Barossa Valley....
riesling

Château Tanunda Barossa Dry Riesling 2024

Super impressive for the ’24 vintage. Captures the Barossa and one of its premier white grape  varieties well, combining youthful...
The Architect Cabernet Sauvignon

Dowie Doole The Architect Blewitt Springs Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

This is a wow on a number of levels but, mostly, it screams CLASS! Attention is grabbed with those solid,...
The Architect Shiraz

Dowie Doole The Architect Blewitt Springs Shiraz 2021

Blewitt Springs, given the sub-region’s deep sandy soils, offers a distinctly different style when it comes to McLaren Vale Shiraz.. ...
Estate Merlot

Dowie Doole Estate Merlot 2022

Merlot in all of its pretty floral and spice aromatics, which is saying a lot. Lifted violet, anise, sage, plum...
Riposte Katana Chard NEW NV

Riposte Wines The Katana Chardonnay 2023

The ’23 vintage in the Adelaide Hills was cool, the coolest in 100 years. The wet and cold season played...
Riposte Stiletto PG NEW NV

Riposte Wines The Stiletto Pinot Gris 2024

A less is more kind of Pinot Gris, quite intense and deep.  It’s no shouter but it makes its presence...
Riposte Scimitar Riesling NEW NV

Riposte Wines The Scimitar Riesling 2024

Tim Knappstein and his son, Nick, return to the original Knappstein ancestral home – the Clare Valley – to be...
KynetonRidgeChard

Kyneton Ridge Chardonnay 2024

There’s a softness and warm familiarity at first – Chardonnay fully ripened and looking good – before expanding into some...

Stories

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...
Barrique Year image Viv Tom

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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