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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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Cape Mentelle Wallcliffe Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2019

Possibly a little more barrel time in this Wallcliffe? There is definitely more breadth, more dusty oak, toastiness and creaminess...
Cape Mentelle Wallcliffe SBS

Cape Mentelle Wallcliffe Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2018

A superb Wallcliffe release. Captures the Bordeaux white blend style with pitch perfect precision. Opens up with snow pea, green...

Cape Mentelle Icon Shiraz 2018

Not shy, this top tier Margaret River Shiraz generates plenty of richness and ripeness and more than a little earthy...

Cape Mentelle Icon Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

The Endeavour Group acquired Cape Mentelle from Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton earlier this year. It has moved fast to make...

Cape Mentelle Wallcliffe Red 2020

A Cabernet Franc led Bordeaux blend. More Right Bank than Left, with 91% Cabernet Franc out front of Cabernet Sauvignon,...
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Cape Mentelle Icon Chardonnay 2021

The new HH Icon series highlights the best wines from any particular vintage, from a selection of individual barrels. The...

Cape Mentelle Icon Shiraz 2020

A marvellous ensemble production. Fruit from three vineyards, the arrival of a near perfect lead up to vintage and small...
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Cape Mentelle Chardonnay 2021

Not your usual powerhouse of a Chardonnay, but rather subtle and reserved at this early stage. Perhaps it’s a feature...
Cape Mentelle MR Chardonnay

Cape Mentelle Chardonnay 2020

A complex and convincing Margaret River Chardonnay. Trades on the plush fruit and power of the region’s Chardonnay and, in...
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Cape Mentelle Sauvignon Blanc 2022

Bursts forth in a lively rush of gooseberry, nettle, green apple, green bean and citrus aromas. The tempo doesn’t let...
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Cape Mentelle Zinfandel 2019

Works the exotic side of the Zinfandel grape, the wild side. Brimming in blueberry, raspberry and bramble fruit with a...
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Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Good vintage conditions in 2020 – low yields, warm, dry weather, no bird issues – brings a stunning Cabernet Sauvignon...
Cape Mentelle Wallcliffe Petit Verdot Cabernet Franc

Cape Mentelle Wallcliffe Petit Verdot Cabernet Franc 2018

To be precise this is a four-way partnership of grapes, revealing the little one percenters – quite literally – that...
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Cape Mentelle Icon Chardonnay 2020

Quite the modern Australian Chardonnay personality: a compelling mix of power and restraint. A Chardonnay to take in, take time...
Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon

Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Shows the other side to Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon with less obvious immediate fruit impact and more intrinsic savoury allure....
Cape Mentelle MR Shiraz

Cape Mentelle Shiraz 2020

A Shiraz that simply doesn’t stop from start to finish. This ’20 Shiraz has energy plus. Densely packed in ripe,...
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Bellarine Estate James’ Paddock Chardonnay 2022

Bellarine Peninsula’s signature white grape shines in this delightfully vibrant young Chardonnay. Yellow peach, melon, grilled grapefruit aromas are supported...
BE Rose Front

Bellarine Estate First Blush Rosé 2022

You gotta love a serious rosé. One that immediately entices in soft, delicious pink hues. One that brings more than...
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Bellarine Estate Phil’s Pinot Noir 2022

Perfumed, pure and bunchy, there is no getting away from the imprint of the winemaker’s hand, or rather decision, to...
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Bellarine Estate Two Wives Shiraz 2022

A co-ferment of Shiraz and 5% Viognier, Two Wives is a dark, peppery combo of the two grapes. Endowed with...
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Bremerton Best Of Vintage (BOV) Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

We are right to be cynical about the free-wheeling use by some producers of terms like reserve and best of...
BREM NV WALTERS WEB

Bremerton Walter’s Reserve Cabernet 2018

Walter’s Reserve exacts every inch of personality out of the Cabernet grape. Oozes character in varietally strident scents of blackberry,...
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Bremerton Old Adam Shiraz 2020

Expansive flavours are key to Old Adam Shiraz, but perhaps more so in the 2020 vintage which was Langhorne Creek’s...
Wills Domain Paladin Hill Chardonnay

Wills Domain Paladin Hill Chardonnay 2022

Margaret River Chardonnay expectations are met and then some in this most sophisticated youngster. Imagine how long its journey will...

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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...
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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