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Shanteh Wale

Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
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Riposte En Garde Pinot Noir 2025

Raspberries clinging to the bush, thorny rose stems and cranberries. Some sumac spice leads to a wild thrill of crunchy...
Pecorino

The Little Wine Company Pecorino 2025

A distinctly floral wine that leads with elderflower, fennel bulb and Star Jasmine. Fruit then shows up in droves with...
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The Little Wine Company Vermentino 2025

Lemon balm, flowering wattle and white sandstone. Young almonds, nashi pear and white melon. There is a swoon of delicious...
Little Wine Co Albarino

The Little Wine Company Albarino 2025

Albarino’s ability to show you the mosaic of fruit is remarkable. Here it starts in Morocco, in a souk of...
Little Wine Co LITTLE GEM PECORINO

The Little Wine Company Little Gem Pecorino 2025

Lemon aspen, honeysuckle and Lilly Pilly fruit. There is a delicacy here with a pink lady apple sorbet and grapefruit...
Hunter's Shiraz

Gundog Estate Hunter Shiraz 2024

Boysenberry swirled into vanilla icecream, some pomegranate seed and red fig. The wine also whispers of kalamata olive and kampot...
Wild Semillon

Gundog Estate Wild Semillon 2025

Indigenous yeast, extended skin contact and finished in an off dry style. There is lots to be said for attempting...
The Chase Semillon

Gundog Estate The Chase Semillon 2025 

The water shine of young Semillon picked early, a trademark of the fresh vitality of the variety is all here....
St Andrews Riesling

Taylors St Andrews Clare Valley Riesling 2021

The 2021 St Andrews is alive with bush lemon skin, white tea leaf and honeysuckle. It’s laser sharp with direct...
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Taylors St Andrews Clare Valley Chardonnay 2023

A classically framed Chardonnay with flesh on its bones and a fine oak frame. Lemon creams, peach cheeks and Ruby grapefruit...
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Taylors St Andrews Clare Valley Shiraz 2020

A nicely ripe mix of blackberries and plump blueberries. There is a svelte chocolatey tone to this wine, melting on...
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Taylors Masterstroke Mclaren Vale Shiraz 2020

A wine laden with spice and the tell tale fragrance of McLaren Vale, here in the 2020 vintage its hibiscus...
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Taylors Masterstroke Clare Valley Cabernet Shiraz 2022

Perfumed and enticing, this captures and highlights some cassis and raspberry compote. Picked rosemary leaf, some dried oregano and pencil...
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Taylors Masterstroke Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

One lift of the glass to your nose and you know where you are, this is Coonawarra, its iron rich...
Mora PN NV

Mora Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022

The fruit is taken from predominantly Felton terraces and a portion of Cairnmuir. This opens with distinct blue plum skin,...
Mora Albi NV

Mora Pinot Gris 2024

Fruit is from the Felton Terraces in Bannockburn and smells of green apple candies, elderflower and crab apple blossoms. There...
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Mora Chardonnay 2023

Fruit is from an equal split between Eden Vineyard in Pisa and Cairnmuir in Bannockburn. Full malolactic fermentation and matured...
Mora Albi NV

Mora Albi Rosé 2024

A 100% Pinot Noir wine with delicate, palest sugar plum pink hues in the glass. There is whipped butter, strawberries...
Mora Brut NV

Mora Brut NV

A traditional method sparkling made 65% Chardonnay and 35% Pinot Noir, no labour or expense has been spared to craft...
Grenache Rose

Watkins Rosé 2024

A pale coral hue in the glass, the wine opens with blood orange and cranberries. A spray of ruby grapefruit...
Blanc De Blancs NV

Watkins Blanc de Blancs NV

Made from estate Chardonnay grapes and extended time on lees for 6 months. This captures the just ripe tree fruit...
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Watkins Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Cape gooseberries, lemon skin and winter melon. There is aloe and some dried hemp. A wealth of natural flowing acidity...
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Watkins Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

A well of deep crimson and black fruited tones, another example of why Watkins consistently delivers value for dollars spent....
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Aristotelis ke Antholua Gundagai Chenin Blanc 2025

A savoury iteration this vintage showing squeezed lemons, white oyster mushroom, oyster shell and fresh fennel bulb. Its naturally vibrant...

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Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking is a wine label created by Belinda and John Hughes in dedication to their close friend, Tom...
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The new Mumm Prestige releases come from the capable hands of Trina Smith, recently appointed as Mumm Terroirs Pacific Winemaker,...
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Since college days at Roseworthy Ag College, best mates Brad Rogers and Steve Flamsteed goaded each other on. This is...
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The McLaren Vale Wine Guide 2026

By Shanteh Wale McLaren Vale’s success lies not only in the quality of its wines and the careful custodianship of...
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A Note on Castle Rock Estate Pinot Noirs

Castle Rock is one of those rare producers where you truly need to taste across the entire Pinot Noir range...
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Sisu: Planting Grit and Grapes in the Coal River Valley

Jake Sheedy earned his stripes working alongside Peter Logan at Logan Wines in Mudgee. When COVID reshaped the world, it...
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