Lisa Cardelli

Lisa Cardelli is an Italian-born wine professional based in Melbourne since 2010. She has worked as a sommelier in some of Melbourne’s best fine-dining restaurants for over 10 years, then leaving hospitality to work as wine sales representative. Lisa is a certified WSET Educator and teaches at Prince Wine Store and Wine House. And, when she is not busy looking after her one-year-old son, she judges at local wine shows. She is also a member of the wine selection’s panel of Qantas/Neil Perry and a judge for Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards. Lisa is the recipient of the 2022 Wine Communicators of Australia Best Published Feature Article; 2022 Sydney Royal Wine Professional Development Scholarship sponsored by the Len Evans Foundation; 2021 Wine Communicators of Australia mentee.

Aline Beauné Montagny 2022

Other - Specialty

What I love about this wine is the showcase of aromas and flavours, which are so contrasting yet working perfectly...

Aline Beauné Bourgogne Blanc 2022

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This Bourgogne blanc comes from declassified Montagny fruit. Here, the creaminess and nuttiness come first; then, it’s the exotic bonanza...

Mark Haisma Saint-Romain Le Jarron 2022

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Salty pink grapefruit, yuzu, and mandarin peel. Then, it goes into the appetizing cooking herbs territory, with a sprinkle of...

Chapelle de Blagny Puligny Hameau de Blagny 1er Cru 2022

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Aromatically, I’m all in. Chamomile flowers, pulverised rocks, yellow apples, freshly scooped butter, and blanched almonds. Pleasant phenolic bitterness, superb...

Chapelle de Blagny Meursault 1er Cru Les Ravelles 2022

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This wine has a lot going on, from lemon curd, smoked citrus peel, fleshy mandarin, gentle toastiness from the oak,...

Jean Michel Gaunoux Meursault Les Criots 2021

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This red Meursault is glowing in the glass. It is infused with cherries, luxurious red plums, red licorice, fragrant summery...

Aline Beauné Santenay 1er Cru Beaurepaire 2022

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From certified organic grapes. A lick of volatile acidity gives it the lift, and then it plunges deep into red...

Chapelle de Blagny Blagny 1er Cru Sous Le Dos D’Ane Rouge 2022

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The nose is delicate, almost ethereal, with wild red currants and raspberries, fragrant gladioli, an accent of sandalwood, ylang-ylang, a...

Mark Haisma Chambolle Musigny 2022

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An ethereal touch of volatile acidity opens up to a forest of glossy wild red berries, exotic sandalwood and vanilla...

Platinetti Guido Ghemme 2020

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That distinguished Campari-like Amaro tang, alpine herbs, smoked orange peel, asphalt, polished cranberries, redcurrant, and an alluring rosehip character unmistakably...

Podere Ruggeri Corsini Langhe Nebbiolo 2021

Red Wine - Nebbiolo

Made in a baby Barolo style, this wine showcases the ethereal side, with shimmering red cherries, cranberries, and plums, an...

Aline Beauné Montagny 1er Cru Chazelle 2022

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There is a gentle, almost whisper-in-the-ear array of nectarine and orange blossom, Nashi pear, grilled walnut and pecan, fresh cream,...

St Hallett Sacred Ground Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz

It’s an eye-catching, brilliant ruby-red colour with enticing aromas of wild black cherries, currants, plums, dark chocolate, cracked black pepper,...

Briar Ridge Which Way Pinot Gris 2024

Other - Specialty

A multi-regional blend with fruit coming from both Orange and Wrattonbully. Ginger, poached pear sprinkled with cinnamon, pink grapefruit, persimmon,...

Richard Hamilton Ghost Hill Single Vineyard Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz

It’s on at the first swirl of the glass, with all its fleshy and generous red plums, pomegranate, black cherries,...

Provenance Golden Plains Pinot Noir 2023

Red Wine - Pinot Noir

A blend of the best regions from South-West Victoria: Ballarat, Drumborg, Barrabool, Moorabool Valley and Bellarine. Polished and intensely aromatic...

Provenance Henty Riesling 2024

White Wine - Riesling

Tense, chiselled, lemon pith, verbena, lemongrass, sea spray—this terroir-driven wine is from volcanic buckshot topsoil. Incredibly salty on the palate,...