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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.

Wynns Coonawarra Estate Coonawarra Shiraz 2021

Viewed as a high-quality vintage, the 2021 shiraz tells a story of both ripe fruit and firm tannins. The result...

McWilliam’s Hanwood Estate Rare Tawny

McWilliam’s Hanwood Estate, now under the ownership of Calabria Family Wines, senses the time is right to promote its stable...

Wolf Blass House of the Dragon Fire & Blood Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2021

Fan of Game of Thrones? Looking forward to the prequel, House of the Dragon? This is the wine for you....

RockBare Single Vineyard Shiraz 2017

Said single vineyard hails from Marananga in the Barossa Valley. Located on the Valley floor with its full sun and...

RockBare McLaren Vale Grenache 2021

Opens with an aromatic splurge of violet, cherry, raspberry and plum. It’s all about the fruit and attractive floral aromatics....

RockBare McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020

This is a McLaren Vale shiraz of the old school, the one that dictates that the ripeness of the fruit...

RockBare The Clare Valley Riesling 2021

Reaches deep into its regional DNA to present a riesling that is steely, brimming in lime juiciness and mineral acidity....

Driftwood Artifacts Meritage 2020

Meritage is a name not common to Australian wine labels. It’s a term more familiar among American winemakers and was coined...
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Xanadu Reserve Chardonnay 2020

If Stevens Road offers the sunny side of the Gin Gin chardonnay clone, here we see its other, more serious...

Silver Lining Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2021

This is a good news wine, the best kind of wine, full of hope and a bright future. It’s the...
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Xanadu Stevens Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

A fresh, clean, aromatic cabernet from one of its Australian soul homes. Breathe in the violet, lavender, leaf, black berries,...
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Yering Station Reserve Shiraz Viognier 2020

The northern Rhone Valley tradition of blending syrah – aka shiraz – with viognier goes back hundreds of years. In...
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Yering Station Reserve Chardonnay 2020

Not every vintage produces wines worthy of reserve status. The 2020 vintage in the Yarra Valley started hot and dry...

Pirie Late Disgorged 2011

Tasmania is quietly, resolutely, cementing a reputation for top quality sparkling wines. Cool, wet years like 2011 is where that...

Brown Hill Estate Ivanhoe Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Cabernet minus merlot this time round. The aromatic lusciousness is no more and it is more than adequately replaced by...

Seppelt St. Peters Grampians Shiraz 2020

Former Wolf Blass winemaker, Clare Dry, underwent a baptism of fire when she started at Seppelt in late 2020. Her...

Seppelt Drumborg Vineyard Pinot Meunier 2021

Some winemakers view pinot meunier as the third string grape variety in a classic sparkling wine. No more, no less....

Seppelt Drumborg Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021

From one of the most southerly vineyards in Victoria comes a pinot with “cool climate” written in big, bold letters...

Seppelt Drumborg Vineyard Chardonnay 2021

Even in a good year like 2021, there’s no escaping Drumborg’s racy acidity. It stands sentinel over the ’21 chardonnay,...

Seppelt Jaluka Henty Chardonnay 2021

Immediately friendly and approachable with a sunny disposition that will win over most – if not all – chardonnay drinkers....

Seppelt Salinger Vintage Cuvée 2017

Seppelt chief winemaker, Clare Dry, has chosen to reduce the amount of sugar or dosage added to the company’s top...

Brown Hill Perseverance Cabernet Merlot 2019

In case you were wondering, why Perseverance, as I was? It turns out that many of the names given to...
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Xanadu Stevens Road Chardonnay 2020

The Gin Gin – aka Mendoza – chardonnay clone is very Margaret River. Very Western Australia, for that matter. It...
Xanadu Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Xanadu Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

The word reserve on a wine label has come to mean so much . .  and so little. Who makes...

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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...
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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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