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Ray Jordan

Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
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Crabtree Estate Grenache Shiraz 2023

A vibrant young blend of medium body highlighting all that is good in these varieties when brought together. The aromas...
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Crabtree Tempranillo 2023

Designed as a fresh and vibrant medium bodied style. The distinctive cherry and raspberry characters are immediately apparent on the...
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Geoff Merrill Reserve Shiraz 2016

Here is Merrill at his best. This was a small vintage after a dry winter, but the resulting fruit concentration...
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Geoff Merrill Charley Grenache Rosé 2024

Rosé is a variety that Merrill knows a thing or two about. Some of his Rosés while at Reynella are...
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Geoff Merrill G&W Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Merrill is in a position where he is happy to keep his wines for a few years before release. This...
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Chain of Ponds The Cachet Pinot Noir 2022

A wave of red fruit characters with a spicy lift strike immediately indicating something special awaits. The winemaking techniques were...
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Chain of Ponds The Cachet Chardonnay 2023

This comes from two high performing blocks with the handpicked fruit treated separately in the winery. The fermentation took place...
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Bekkers McLaren Vale Syrah 2022

Toby and wife Emmanuelle continue to make some of the best and most regionally expressive wines from McLaren Vale. Syrah...
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Chateau Yaldara Charley Cabernet Merlot 2022

A balanced and poised blend bringing the linear characters of Cabernet together with the fleshier Merlot. It’s a medium bodied...
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Chateau Yaldara Charley Shiraz 2022

A bright and lively Shiraz of medium weight but with good fruit intensity. Lots of punchy plummy fruit characters on...
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Chateau Yaldara Charley Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021

An excellent product of this outstanding vintage in the Barossa Valley. Plush and ripe with great intensity and fruit concentration....
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Chateau Yaldara Charley Shiraz Cabernet 2021

A delightfully bright and lively blend of Shiraz and Cabernet from Currency Creek in South Australia. Perfumed and highly scented...
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Reserve 2020

A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz from a cool and quite dry Wrattonbully vintage. This is a wine made...
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz 2022

The cooler vintage in Wrattonbully has contributed to a stylish medium bodied wine of impeccable presentation and poise. The medium...
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2022

Cabernet Franc is a variety that seems well suited to the southern vineyards of Wrattonbully, although vineyard design and management...
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2023

A Savvy that shows there’s a lot more to this variety than the accepted norm of fruit bomb delivery. Many...
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Plantagenet York Chardonnay 2023

A wine brimming with ripe and intense stone fruit characters from the white peach and edgy nectarine notes on the...
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Plantagenet Three Lions Shiraz 2019

A beautifully presented Shiraz from this cooler vintage. Bright red fruits with an underlay of plush plum greets the nose...
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Plantagenet Aquitaine Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Deep dark secrets are lurking in this polished and impressive Cabernet. It was a vintage of challenges after a good...
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Omrah Tempranillo 2020

A wine that screams ‘drink me’ and captures the variety rather well. Dried herbs float across the nuances of raspberry...
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Plantagenet Angevin Riesling 2023

Beautiful Riesling from the famous Wyjup Vineyard in Mount Barker. Opens with a healthy aroma of lime dominant citrus against...
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Omrah Cabernet Merlot 2020

A smooth and easy drinking medium bodied blend from the Great Southern. Lots of ripe red fruits on the nose...
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Plantagenet Three Lions Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

The Cabernet from this very early vintage had plenty of punch and it’s been captured beautifully in this generous medium...
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Omrah Shiraz 2020

It was a tough vintage with Covid rearing its ugly head but the wines turned out mighty fine. This is...

Stories

Hayes Family Wines

Hayes Family Wines is a relatively new name for the Barossa Valley, but its roots date back to the middle...

Elderton in Form

It’s one of those weird twists. The Barossa Valley is renowned for its shiraz and one of the best has...

A New Grenache Benchmark from the West

History may show that the Swinney Farvie Frankland River Grenache 2020 was the wine that redefined this variety in WA....
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