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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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Ghostgum Southern Light Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023

Another wine from this cool and damp vintage, presenting a triumph in both excellent vineyard management and sympathetic winemaking. The...
Ghostgum Chardonnay Halliday

Ghostgum Vineyard Southern Light Vineyards Chardonnay 2023

This was a cool and wet year in Mornington, presenting a challenging vintage. The wine has emerged triumphantly. Hand-picked and...
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Flametree Embers Cabernets 2022

A blend of the five main Bordeaux varieties dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. This is supreme elegance that delivers with the...
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Glaetzer Anaperenna Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Exceptional old vine Ebenezer fruit has been brought in to create this wonderfully expressive Barossa blend. The Shiraz from vines...
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Glaetzer Amon-Ra Shiraz 2022

A wine that speaks with passion about its Barossa heritage. Generously full-flavoured with masses of concentrated dark fruit delivered with...
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Glaetzer Bishop Shiraz 2022

An impressive, elegantly crafted Shiraz from the Ebenezer subregion within the Barossa. So much to like in this rich and...
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Glaetzer Wallace Shiraz Cabernet 2022

Some pretty serious Barossa fruit has gone into this terrific value for money high quality blend. Shiraz is between 50...
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Byrne Tallarook Chardonnay 2023

This is a most attractive cool climate Chardonnay. Made after handpicking from a single vineyard with wild fermentation and then...
Byrne Coghills Creek Chardonnay

Byrne Coghills Creek Chardonnay 2021

This is a pretty funky style of Chardonnay. It was hand picked from a single vineyard and then wild fermented....
Byrne Coghills Creek Pinot Noir

Byrne Coghills Creek Pinot Noir 2020

A neat little Pinot from Ballarat showing the earliest stages of secondary development, but it remains driven by its primary...
Neldner Road Neldner Road Shiraz

Neldner Road Shiraz 2021

If you ever wanted a window into how good the Barossa was in 2021, then this wonderful wine from Dave...
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Howard Park Miamup Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

A picture-perfect vintage has produced one of the best Cabernets under this label yet. Bold statement of blackcurrant and lifted...
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Howard Park Flint Rock Shiraz 2023

A thoroughly beautiful wine from this sensational vintage. Bursts from the glass with perfumed notes of slightly spicy and peppery...
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Howard Park Flint Rock Pinot Noir 2024

Medium-bodied Pinot from this excellent year showing depth and fruit concentration, a result of this hot vintage. Bursts with a...
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Howard Park Miamup Chardonnay 2024

Several different blocks and clones have contributed to a very tidy young Chardonnay. A feature is its texture and beautiful...
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Howard Park Flint Rock Riesling 2024

It was a very early and compact vintage, resulting in wines of good fruit concentration and generosity, even with Rieslings...
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Heartland Shiraz 2021

This is a most stylish Shiraz from Langhorne Creek. It’s spicy and vibrant with tremendous palate energy delivered on its...
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Heartland Directors’ Cut Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Love this wine. It’s from a very good year and it reflects both the vintage and region. Perfumed aromas of...
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Heartland Directors’ Cut Shiraz 2021

A beautifully structured and presented Shiraz from old Langhorne Creek vines. Aromas of dark cherry and spicy plum with a...
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Heartland Ilicium 2021

This is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Dolcetto. I think the key to this ready-to-drink medium-bodied blend of...
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Varney Wines GSM 2022

A deeper and more generous combination to the Entrada, but still with the vibrancy and bright fruit expression. Some interesting...
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Varney Wines Chardonnay 2024

A lighter-bodied Chardonnay, but one that reveals both depth and intensity. It comes from different clones within the Adelaide Hills,...
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Varney Wines Grenache 2024

Comes off 70-year-plus old bush vines from several sites in McLaren Vale. It was picked slightly early to retain the...
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Varney Wines Syrah 2022

A beautiful Syrah that comes from the Adelaide Hills. Merging of plummy blackberry fruits on the nose with a sprinkle...

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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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