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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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Port Phillip Estate Red Hill Chardonnay 2024

Sub-regional expression is definitely a feature of this stunning Red Hill Chardonnay. The higher, cooler Red Hill area promotes a...
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Port Phillip Estate Balnarring Chardonnay 2024

With each vintage, the role of vine age is becoming more apparent in the depth and intensity of Mornington Peninsula’s...
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Kooyong Estate Beurrot Pinot Gris 2024

Kooyong Estate is an old hand at Pinot Gris choosing to look to the grape’s serious side where texture rules,...
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Kooyong Estate Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Potential plus! In the rush for immediate drinking gratification, the potential for further ageing with Chardonnay is often overlooked. This...
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Kooyong Estate Massale Pinot Noir 2024

The use of whole bunches is almost de rigueur among Pinot Noir makers these days. However, it is the precise...
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Kooyong Estate Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024

The adjectives get a real work out with this little beauty, but suffice to say that is one tightly layered,...
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Kooyong Estate Clonale Chardonnay 2024

Takes a dip into the very heart and soul of Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay at an approachable price. Summery stone fruits...
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Tamar Ridge Reserve Pinot Noir 2023

Tasmania’s Tamar Valley is a happy hunting ground for Pinot Noir lovers. In a cool, wet year like 2023 the...
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Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc 2015

The decision to re-release the 2015 red blend is deliberate. The year, a cool vintage, is intended as a comparison...
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Henschke Keyneton Euphonium 2022

In challenging vintages like 2022, the art of the blender is highlighted, indeed, it deserves to be celebrated. Relying on...
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Henschke Johann’s Garden Grenache Mataro 2023

With its deep black fruits, dark spices, earthiness and serious structure, Johann arrives with a real sense of serious intent....
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Henschke Tappa Pass Shiraz 2022

A celebration vintage for Tappa Pass – its 20th anniversary. Old vine Shiraz up to 70 years in age lies...
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Henschke Marble Angel Vineyard 2022

Following on from the generosity and richness associated with the ’21 vintage of Marble Angel, expect a more restrained, finely-tuned...
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Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Cabernets Merlot Franc 2021

For those with long memories, the rise of the Wrattonbully wine region will come as a sweet postscript to one...
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Jules Taylor Wines Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Über herbaceous from the get-go; you know you are in Marlborough country. Pungent and arrestingly aromatic in snow pea, pea...
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Jules Taylor Marlborough Chardonnay 2023

A finely detailed Chardonnay running smooth across the tongue and revealing a multi-dimensional expression of the grape, one that highlights...
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Jules Taylor Wines Marlborough Pinot Noir 2023

Marlborough Pinot Noir remains one of New Zealand’s most under-rated wines. The grape lives in the imposing shadow cast by...
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Hewitson Belle Ville Rosé 2024

A light and breezy Rosé fashioned in the Provençal style with Mourvèdre calling the shots, as it so often does...
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Hewitson Madame M Blanc & Blanc 2024

Take a bunch of Muscat à Petit Grains grapes and add just 5% Sauvignon Blanc and watch – or rather,...
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Hewitson Ned & Henry’s Shiraz 2023

Dean Hewitson was challenged to make a traditional, full-bodied Barossa red that could be enjoyed early. He created a wine...
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Hewitson The Mad Hatter Shiraz 2023

Recognisably, reassuringly, Barossa from the first scent of lifted Aussie bush notes, earth and bay leaf matched to ripe black...
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Henschke Sass The Tailor 2024

A wine tailored to the past and working towards the future, Sass takes six white grape varieties from two wine...
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Henschke Innes Vineyard Pinot Gris 2024

Fits nicely into the Gris repertoire with its fine aromatics but also offers a touch of Grigio-style raciness thanks to...
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Henschke Five Shillings Shiraz Mataro 2024

Shiraz and Mataro were “stand out” Barossa Valley varieties in 2024 according to Henschke. You won’t doubt it once the...

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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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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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Wine South Tasmania: Spring In The Vines November 1-3

Descriptors such as “crunchy,” “purity” and “intensity” fall easily from the mouths of southern Tasmanian wine producers. It’s quite a...
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Vintage 2023 in the Canberra District was a testing time. Summer turned into autumn and still not a grape had...
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The Penfolds Collection 2023 Release – 20.07.23

The theme for this year’s Penfolds Collection 2023 release is the ongoing search for diversity of style. Hence, the Australians...
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Yarra Yering 30+ years of Underhill Shiraz

Great wine, it is said, is made in the vineyard. Whoever first coined that expression clearly never met Dr Bailey...
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