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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.
Pertaringa TipsyHill SV Caberner Sauvignon

Pertaringa Tipsy Hill Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

This was a very good season in McLaren Vale, producing some quite wonderful wines, and in this case it’s sourced...
Pertaringa BelongingToTheHills ReserveShiraz

Pertaringa Belonging to The Hills Reserve Shiraz 2023

A power-packed expression of McLaren Vale Shiraz. The colour is a deep reddy black. The aroma shows spicy cherry and,...
BelongingToTheHillsShiraz NV

Pertaringa Belonging to The Hills Shiraz 2023

This is a rich and quite opulent expression of McLaren Vale Shiraz. The colour is deep and dark. Aromas burst...
Pertaringa BelongingToTheHills GSM

Pertaringa Belonging to The Hills GSM 2024

A wine that captures the smooth, textural richness of McLaren Vale in this very good year. It’s bright, lively, and...
Cape Mentelle Explorers Blend Petit Verdot Cabernet Merlot ()

Cape Mentelle Explorer’s Blend Petit Verdot Cabernet Merlot 2024

This was a warm vintage in Margaret River, and yet the quality of the red wines certainly hasn’t suffered. In...
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Greenock Creek Vineyard and Cellars Third Estate Shiraz 2021

There’s one thing you get with Greenock Creek, and that’s power and deep flavour intensity, and this one has it...
Marchand & Burch Mount Barrow Pinot Noir x

Marchand & Burch Mount Barrow Pinot Noir 2024

A wine that has both depth and generosity, albeit delivered with a fine, elegant, medium-weight structure. The colour is bright...
Marchand & Burch Mount Barker Chardonnay x

Marchand & Burch Mount Barrow Chardonnay 2024

An early and very quick vintage in Mount Barker in 2024 has produced a beautiful example of this regional Chardonnay....
SHIRAZ

Nikola Estate Shiraz 2024

This was a generally warmer year in WA, but in certain parts it worked out pretty damn well. This wine...
Nikola TheSymbolist

Nikola Estate The Symbolist 2024

This is sourced largely from the Swan Valley with a whole bunch of varieties – Mencía, Nero D’Avola, Arinto, Malbec,...
The Surrealist

Nikola Estate The Surrealist 2023

This is a combination of Tempranillo, Montepulciano, Shiraz, Nero d’Avola, Grenache, Mencía, and Arinto. Okay, what do you get? You...
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Nikola Estate Fiano 2025

I’m starting to develop a real affection for Fiano from Western Australia and from a number of regions. In this...
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Nikola Estate Chardonnay 2025

This excellent value-for-money Chardonnay comes from vineyards throughout Western Australia. It’s light to medium-bodied but has plenty of power and...
The Mark Chard

Nikola Estate The Mark Chardonnay 2025

This is the first release of this wine, which sits alongside the Shiraz that burst onto the scene last year....
Krondorf King's Mantle Shiraz

Krondorf Kings Mantle Shiraz 2022

As the name suggests, this is really the result of selecting the very best fruit from the individual vineyards Krondorf...
Krondorf Settlers Old Vine Shiraz

Krondorf 121 Settlers Old Vine Shiraz 2022

There have been some quite exceptional wines from this vintage out of the Barossa, and this one lands smack bang...
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Heathcote Estate Single Vineyard Rosé 2025

This is made from a combination of largely Shiraz with smaller contributions of Grenache and Nebbiolo from the Heathcote region....
Heathcote Estate Single Vineyard Heathcote Shiraz NV no BG low res

Heathcote Estate Single Vineyard Shiraz 2023

Gosh, this is such a good wine. It was a super vintage in Heathcote, and you can see it immediately...
Heathcote Estate Nebbiolo NV low res no BG

Heathcote Estate Single Vineyard Nebbiolo 2023

This Heathcote region really does seem to suit this famous Piedmont variety. In particular, one of the features is the...
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Pettavel Estate Blend White Quartet 2024

This is a most appealing blend of Viognier, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay from the Yarra Valley. Opens with a...
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Pettavel Sparkling

This is a wine that shows more of the initial primary fruit characters. It’s lightly sparkling, but has good flavor...
Wynns BlkLbl CabShiraz Coonawarra AUS FB SC

Wynns Black Label Cabernet Shiraz 2024

This is the first release of this wine, which comes from the old McBain Road vineyards. Of course, this is...
Wynns V&ALane Shiraz Coonawarra AUS FB SC

Wynns V&A Lane Shiraz 2024

This is a wine that’s been designed to highlight a somewhat different aspect of Coonawarra Shiraz. It’s always picked a...
Wynns V&ALane CabShiraz Coonawarra AUS FB SC

Wynns V&A Lane Cabernet Shiraz 2024

This is a thoroughly beautiful wine and again, like the V&A shiraz, picked a little earlier to highlight the vibrancy...

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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