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Lisa Cardelli

Lisa Cardelli is an Italian-born wine professional who has been based in Melbourne since 2010. She worked as a sommelier in some of the city’s leading fine-dining restaurants for over ten years before leaving hospitality to become a wine sales representative. Lisa is now a journalist for Il Globo, the newspaper for Italians in Australia and around the world, where she also curates her own wine column. She continues to write about wine for both local and international publications and is on track to become one of the few prolific bilingual wine writers in Australia. A certified WSET Educator, she teaches at various venues across Melbourne. She also judges at local wine shows and for the prestigious Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards. Lisa was the recipient of the 2022 Wine Communicators of Australia award for Best Published Feature Article, a finalist for the same award in 2024, the recipient of the 2022 Sydney Royal Wine Professional Development Scholarship sponsored by the Len Evans Foundation, and one of twelve carefully selected Len Evans Scholars in 2024.
Podere Ruggeri Corsini Bricco San Pietro Barolo ()

Ruggeri Corsini Barolo Bricco San Pietro 2021

Here it is, the ethereal from Ethereal Wines (aha). A tightly knit nose, with a carefully measured mix of dried...
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Ruggeri Corsini Langhe Nebbiolo 2022

A vibrant garnet colour introduces a textbook Langhe Nebbiolo, made from fruit sourced exclusively from the village of Monforte and...
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Boveri Giacomo Derthona Lacrime del Bricco 2023

There is a quiet power here, with everything tightly coiled on the nose – a glimmer of slate-like minerality, almonds,...
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Boveri Giacomo Derthona Munta 2023

The next big thing for Italian white wine after Carricante is Timorasso; no doubt about it. And Giacomo Boveri is...
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Fowles Are you Game? Pinot Noir 2023

“A dash of Sangiovese” (5%), as noted on the back label, has been added to spice things up. Indeed, it...
Ladies who Shoot their Lunch Chardonnay

Fowles Ladies Who Shoot their Lunch Wild Ferment Chardonnay 2023

Lemon-gold colour, with a measured aromatic intensity, leaning toward a fruit-forward, early-drinking style characterised by an unpretentious mix of Meyer...
Stone Dwellers Arneis

2025 Fowles Stone Dwellers Arneis

Lemon-gold in colour, with a confident note of yellow peach, followed by aromas of Packham pear, mandarin, and a hint...
Fowles Stone Dwellers Vermentino

Fowles Stone Dwellers Vermentino 2025

The wine opens with delicate citrus tones of grapefruit and lemon, followed by unripe nectarine, Granny Smith apple skin, and...
Ladies who Shoot their Lunch Riesling

Fowles Ladies Who Shoot their Lunch Riesling 2024

There is a decent aromatic intensity leaping from the glass, with a kerosene note just beginning to emerge. For now,...
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Chateau Yaldara Icon Shiraz 2022

Limited release, single vineyard, sourced from carefully selected rows, this wine positions itself as a true celebration of Barossa Shiraz....
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Payne’s Rise Mr Jed Pinot Noir 2024

The wine spent 10 months in barrels, with 20% new oak, 20% one-year-old oak, and the remainder in two- and...
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Payne’s Rise Redlands Shiraz 2024

Seventy percent destemmed, the wine spent 12 months in a combination of 20% new barriques and older oak. It was...
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Payne’s Rise Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

Twenty-five years of Cabernet for Payne’s Rise, and as ever, it is glorious in its typicity. Yes, you heard me:...
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Payne’s Rise Brody’s Block Pinot Noir/Syrah 2024

A blend of 55% Syrah and 45% Pinot Noir, from vines aged 18 and 25 years respectively. Fifteen percent was...
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Payne’s Rise Pinot Gris 2025

A brilliant, surprisingly golden colour for its age. There is a lot going on on the nose aromatically, with quince,...
Curtis Ancestor McLaren Vale Shiraz

Curtis Family Winemakers Ancestor Shiraz 2021

Incredibly light and fragrant, it leaps from the glass with grace and purpose. Aromas of pomegranate, red plum, mulberry, blueberry...
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Curtis Family Winemakers Cavaliere Shiraz 2021

Pretty contained, not overtly expressive in its fruit; instead, bunchy elements leap out as cinnamon, bramble, and herbal notes. There’s...
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Curtis Family Winemakers Tiberius Shiraz 2021

It’s charming and exotic on the nose, with aromas of roasted coffee beans, vanillin, incense, macerated violets, chocolate-dipped cherries, acai...
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Curtis Family Winemakers Cavaliere Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

It’s a constant flow of mint chocolate, blackcurrant, blackberry, smoked capsicum, cassis leaf, macerated violets, cedar, vanilla, cigar box, cinnamon...
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Curtis Family Winemakers Martins Vineyard Shiraz 2021

A lovely gamut of black cherries, liquorice, blackcurrant, macerated violets, cracked pink peppercorn, cedar, ylang-ylang, vanilla pod, and bay leaf....
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Curtis Family Winemakers Pasha Shiraz 2021

Polished and shimmering blue and black fruits, plum, mulberry, blackberry, and blueberry, are joined by a whiff of alcohol, a...
Curtis Terra Rossa McLaren Vale Shiraz

Curtis Family Winemakers Terra Rossa Shiraz 2024

It’s a rather vinous and lifted example, showing blue violets, moreish blue fruits, mulberries, pomegranate, and a touch of vanillin,...
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Curtis Family Winemakers Gladiator Shiraz 2021

From 80 years old vines, grapes destemmed and cold soaked for 7 days, fermented slowly for 21 days to aid...
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Curtis Family Winemakers Legion Chardonnay 2025 

Sort of “sunshine in the glass”, with pineapple, green mango, peaches and cream, melted butter, vanilla slice and canned apricots....

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A Dozen Reasons to Look South

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Uncorking Trentino with Gruppo Mezzacorona

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Calabria Family Wines: 80 years in the making

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The Langhorne Creek Wine Guide 2026

By Lisa Cardelli Often described as the “workhorse” or “blending bowl” of major South Australian wine brands, Langhorne Creek has...
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House of Arras: Defying Time and Expectations

A Burgundy expert once told me that white Burgundy wouldn’t age gracefully past ten years. The hot take there was...
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Craggy Range: Attention to Detail into the Future

At the end of the last (sigh again) Family of Twelve Tutorial in 2019, I was generously hosted by the...
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