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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.
PH 'The Abstracts' Grenache

Penny’s Hill The Abstracts Grenache 2024

A thoroughly beautiful example of McLaren Vale Grenache which sources its fruit from Blewitt Springs and Seaview from vineyards that...
PH 'The Abstracts Fiano

Penny’s Hill The Abstracts Fiano 2024

Here is a Fiano where building texture and palate complexity has been a key part of maximising what this increasingly...
Tapanappa Definitus PinotNoir

Tapanappa Definitus Foggy Hill Pinot Noir 2018

This is a re-release of this wine from the excellent 2018 vintage. This was the second release of this wine...
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Sieger Estate ERBE E3 Shiraz 2021

A rich and opulent wine from this outstanding Barossa vintage. Layers of dark richly concentrated plummy fruit topped with syrupy...
Tapanappa FoggyHill PinotNoir

Tapanappa Foggy Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023

This was an exceptionally cool vintage. Despite that, the colour is light but with a glowing intensity and vibrancy. The...
The Dead Arm Shiraz

D’Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2019

Bright fruit characters are evident immediately from the first engagement. On the nose, savoury spicy plum and dried herb and...
The Dead Arm Shiraz

D’Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2015

Comes off low-yielding, old dry-grown vines and treated in small batches ever so gently, even to the point of foot...
Henschke Johann's Garden S

Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023

Oh yes, we like this. No we love this. A glorious combination of aromatic Grenache and Mataro from the Barossa...
Henschke Henry's Seven S KC

Henschke Henry’s Seven 2023

Always one of the most enjoyable and pleasing wines from the annual Henschke portfolio release. Well, it is for me...
Henschke Louis Semillon EV S Over yrs

Henschke Louis Eden Valley Semillon 2023

Control, fruit intensity, purity, palate length and vibrancy. Yeah, just a few of the descriptors that come to mind when...
Henschke Keyneton Euphonium ShiCabMer EVBV S

Henschke Keyneton Euphonium 2021

This was such a brilliant vintage in the Barossa. This is a blend of 63% Shiraz, 29% Cabernet and smaller...
Twin Valley Pinot Gris

Twin Valleys Single Site Reserve Pinot Gris 2024

From a single site in the Alpine Valleys this is a wine that displays a level of complexity and intrigue...
Arlewood tasting Notes Rose

Arlewood Rosé 2024

This southern part of Margaret River proved very useful in such a hot year, allowing some nice fragrances and perfumes...
La Bratta

Arlewood La Bratta Cabernet Franc 2021

This does have a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon included to provide a little spine and backbone definition. It’s medium-bodied...
La Bratta

Arlewood La Bratta Rosso 2020

This is a 70% Cabernet Franc dominant blend with the rest Cabernet Sauvignon. The Cab Franc certainly gives it that...
CB GSM NV

Cooper Burns GSM 2022

This is an impressive example of this terrific Barossa blend. Soft supple fruit is a feature. The nose is a...
CB Shiraz NV

Cooper Burns Shiraz 2013

A wine that should be starting to show some development, but it hardly seems to have moved. Still loaded with...
CB Mason NV

Cooper Burns Mason Shiraz 2016

There is generosity and energy in this wine that’s been made following largely traditional techniques including open fermentation and basket...
sterling shiraz

Cooper Burns Sterling Shiraz 2019

A generous and soft Barossa Shiraz treated with kid gloves to gently coax the best from this excellent fruit. Aromas...
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Cooper Burns Emy Lou Riesling 2023

This is a good example of the increasing number of Australian Rieslings using a small portion of barrel influence in...

Cooper Burns Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

A 10-year-old Cabernet that is starting to show some really attractive developed characters. The nose reveals a combination of leather...
wizard pinot noir nv

Holm Oak The Wizard Pinot Noir 2022

A structured and powerfully framed Pinot that in many ways is still a work in progress. More and more new...
hotshot pinot nv

Holm Oak Hot Shot Pinot Noir 2021

A super impressive Pinot Noir of elegance and such poise. It’s a blend of just two barrels of different clones...
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Holm Oak Pinot Noir 2023

It was a pretty mild year in Tassie, contributing to a wine that is refined and so supremely elegant but...

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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