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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.
Hare and Hound NV ()

Hare’s Chase Hare and Hound Cabernet Shiraz 2022

This is a wine that will comfort you from within, it begins with a basket of blackberries and blood plums,...
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Hare’s Chase Mataro Rosé 2025

A delicate, pale salmon hue in the glass. The wine opens with rockmelon and nectarine, some two tone strawberries and...
Garden Series Rosé

Bec Hardy Garden Series Rosé 2025

Fruit is from the lower Tintara Road Vineyard. A delicate cherry blossom pink hue in the glass. The wine is...
Gardens Series Grenache

Bec Hardy Garden Series Grenache 2025

Fruit is from the Joseph’s Block planted in 1988. This is strongly scented with black raspberries, boysenberries and native bush...
Lot Syrah

Bec Hardy BSR Lot 94 Syrah 2024

Fruit is from Block 3, an east facing slope in Blewitt Springs. A heady wine filled with spice and purple...
TwoGentlemens GSMNV

Bec Hardy Pertaringa Two Gentlemen’s GSM 2024

48% Grenache, 29% Shiraz and 23% Mourvèdre. A witch’s brew of blackberries, violets and lavender. Some blueberries and furry sage...
Tomich Hill Pinot Noir

Tomich Family Estate Grown Pinot Noir 2024

This is fragrant with wild red fruits, spice and delicate herbal nuance. Red Lingonberries, redcurrant and cranberries bobbing in their...
Woodside Vineyard Pinot Noir

Tomich Woodside Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024

A wine of earthy beauty, forest floor and a day of pottering around your garden, so is the link between...
Sparkling Blanc De Noir NV

Cloudbreak Sparkling Blanc de Noir Adelaide Hills NV

This is brimming with wild strawberries, baked plum and rhubarb tart and vanilla and cinnamon scrolls. It’s bursting with white...
Cloudbreak Pinot Gris

Cloudbreak Nouveau Collection Pinot Gris 2025

A fragile wine that requires a bit of air to capture the quince, blood plum citrus and poached pears. The...
Cloudbreak Sauvignon Blanc

Cloudbreak Nouveau Collection Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Thai is another successful vintage that displays the Adelaide Hills style of Sauvignon Blanc, Fresh, crisp and fruity but restrained....
WBNAG Rosso Classico

Nick & Goe Sangiovese Rosso Classico 2025

First and last impressions are that this smells Italian but with a distinctly Aussie approach, vibrant fruit focus and vivid...
St Hallett Faith Shiraz

St Hallett Faith Shiraz 2025

St Hallet is a faithful household name to many, my extended family included and it is the Faith Shiraz that...
Love Symbol

Zonte’s Footstep Love Symbol Grenache 2024

A bright and vivid expression of Grenache with Doris plum, Christmas cherries and rooibos tea notes. Fruit is chewy and...
NV YS CAB

Yering Station Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

A wine of the outback, showing bushes of thyme and river mint. Some blackberries and mulberries. A thread of rhubarb...
NV YS PN

Yering Station Pinot Noir 2024

Sumac and strawberries, paprika and lingonberries. Red fruit is taut and crunches with bursting acidity. A small portion of new...
NV YS CHA

Yering Station Chardonnay 2024

Tightly wound with delicate white florals, fennel and guava. This is tropical but finely etched with pomelo citrus. Almond butter...
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Yering Station Village Chardonnay 2024

A summer day with fresh linen on the line, Frangipani flowers and white pineapple core. Baked peaches and churned butter,...
NV YS LY CHA

Yering Station Little Yering Chardonnay 2025

A wine with citrus pith, sliced yellow melon and raw peanut shell. There are the fresh daffodil florals but what...
Old House Merlot HR

Gioiello Estate Old House Merlot 2020

Fruit is from the Yea Valley on the Goulburn River of Central Victoria with vines planted in 1987. Now into...
Old House Merlot HR

Gioiello Estate Old House Merlot 2021

Fruit is from the Yea Valley on the Goulburn River of Central Victoria with vines planted in 1987. This shows...
Cabsav

Gullyview Estate Countryside Cabernet Sauvignon 2025

Freshly picked blackberries, some kirsch and blackcurrants. Tonka bean and poppy seed spice, the wine relies on its fruit impact...
Grenache

Gullyview Estate The Fruitful Grenache 2025

All the glory of exquisite fluro red berries, cranberries, Morello cherries and raspberry compote. Rose petals and sandalwood. The wine...
LightRed

Gullyview Estate Sipside Light Dry Red 2025

Gorgeous garnet hues in the glass and dazzling attractive in the clear glass bottle. Sipside is all about easy going...

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Thunderstone, Porongrup

Thunderstone is a new venture from Tony Davis and Remond Sweeny. This union of two mates, sometimes known under the...
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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...
Castle Rock Estate CREDIT LEE GRIFFITH

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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