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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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Burton McMahon D’Aloisio Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

There are some intriguing aromas to this citrus driven wine, pomelo and lemon pith is dotted with lemongrass, fennel bulb...
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Burton McMahon Lusatia Park Chardonnay 2024

The Lusatia park shows its fleshy orchard fruit in nectarines and blush peach cheeks, a gentle nod at pineapple too....
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Burton McMahon Syme Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024

A pretty delicately floral wine with red berries at its heart. Tea rose, cranberries and red cherries. The mid palate...
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Burton McMahon Lusatia Park Pinot Noir 2024

Red gum bark and blood orange skin. Some Morello cherry and billy tea. The wine feels resolved and tannin and...
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Tête De Cuvée 2023

Some wonderful vintage conditions in 2023, this is a mosaic of flavours. Davidson plum, Bing cherries and Acai, the blue...

Pannell Family Pinot Noir 2024

I am tentative every year to say this, but if you love Pinot Noir, then this should be your yearly...
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Picardy Chardonnay 2025

All Dijon clones and from the estates single vineyard, handpicked, dry grown and matured in 25 new oak. A wine...
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Picardy Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2021

Blood plum, rusty nail and rooibos tea. Some blackcurrants on the vine, peppy leaf and paperbark. There are some Aperol...
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Picardy Pinot Noir 2023

A exotic red fruited wine with ripe raspberries, musk berries and vivid Morello cherries. Some dragonfruit flesh, rose thorn and...
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Picardy Pinot Noir 2024

The 2024 vintage shows off the bright red cherries and pomegranate with a tobacco leaf and autumnal forest floor element....
Handpicked Single Vineyard Highbow Hill Pinot Noir

Handpicked Highbow Hill Chardonnay 2024

A wine with crystalline purity of Meyer lemon and finger lime droplets. Subtle sparkler flint, pumice stone and creamy sawdust...
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Handpicked Wombat Creek Chardonnay 2024

The elevated site has fared very well this vintage with high tones of Lemon myrtle, lemongrass and green apple but...
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Handpicked Collection Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2024

What I love about the Collection wines is the confidence of showcasing an entire region in one bottle, not only...
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Handpicked Collection Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2024

A wine that dances with glittering redcurrants on the vine, some Lingonberries and musk strawberries. Raspberry ice, crunchy acid line...
Handpicked Collection Tasmania Pinot Noir

Handpicked Collection Tasmania Pinot Noir 2024

Fruit is from two sites in Northern Tasmania, across the Tamar Valley, with quite diverse picking times. Here the wine...
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Handpicked Capella Vineyard Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2024

Handpicked’s home site and a wine I always look forward to tasting each year. This is a beauty, soft raspberries...
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Vasse Felix Classic Dry Red 2025

A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec this is 100% wild yeast, 100% whole berry and spends maturation in...
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Zonte’s Footsteps Scarlett Ladybird 2025

A ruby hue in the glass, the colour giving a good indication that this isn’t trying to replicate the southern...
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Salo Chardonnay 2025

Fruit is from the Full Moon vineyard on red and brown volcanic soils in Gladysdale. This will be the last...
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Aramis Vineyards Willunga Creek Reserve Shiraz 2022

A witches brew of a wine and one that would benefit from a decant to allow the pool of blackberries,...
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Jim Barry Benbournie Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

A wine with deep colour and a perfume of Rosella, tulip and boysenberries. The wine is packed with black plum...
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Small Island Enso Coal River Pinot Noir 2025

100% Coal River fruit – across from Pooleys premium sites. A very fragrant and perfumed wine that invokes lavender, rosehip...
WT Heirloom Vineyards King's Garden Barossa Valley Shiraz

Heirloom Vineyards King’s Garden Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022

Hand-picked from premium Barossa Valley vineyards, the wine spends 18 months maturation in American and French oak barrels. This is...
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Hardys Thomas Hardy Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Fruit is from Margaret River 95%, McLaren Vale 5%. Blackcurrant, cassis and steeped cherries in dark tea. This is showing...

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