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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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Shaw + Smith Sauvignon Blanc 2025

A tightly coiled wine that leans on the Lemon Aspen, nashi pear and grapefruit side. A hint of Lilikoi but...
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Claymore One Lovely Day Shiraz 2022

Bill Withers will hum along in the back of your mind for the rest of the day, but there are...
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Claymore Joshua Tree Riesling 2025

A springtime fling of star jasmine, white pear and yellow plums. There is a salt bath mineral note, crushed chalk...
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Lark Hill Shiraz Viognier 2021

Fruit is from the certified biodynamic Dark Horse Vineyard in Murrumbateman. 4% Viognier co-picked and co-fermented with Shiraz, matured in...
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Lark Hill Regional Pinot Noir 2024

Fruit is sourced from a few sites across NSW mainly Canberra and Tumbarumba. 50% was carbonic macerated before foot stomping...
Leyline Riesling

Lark Hill Ley-line Riesling 2022

Fruit is sourced from a single block of its namesake Leyline. A fractured quartz site that allows for long ripening....
Estate Pinot Noir

Lark Hill Estate Grown Pinot Noir 2023

Fruit is sourced from the certified biodynamic Lark Hill Vineyard in Bungendore. Matured in 500L puncheons of which one third...
Estate Gruner Veltliner

Lark Hill Grüner Veltliner 2023

There are some perfumed orange blossoms backed by sliced pineapple, poached apples, white pepper and cumin spice. A note of...
Estate Scuro

Lark Hill Scuro 2022

Fruit is from the certified biodynamic Dark Horse Vineyard in Murrumbateman. The 4th bottling of this wine, 12 months in...
Estate Sangiovese

Lark Hill Sangiovese 2023

Fruit is from the certified biodynamic Dark Horse Vineyard in Murrumbateman. A mix of Mat6 and Coriole clone, with 30%...
Estate Chardonnay

Lark Hill Chardonnay 2022

Dried pineapple rings, golden apple and peach melba. A touch of Limoncello and browned butter. Golden fruit beckons in some...
Estate Riesling

Lark Hill Riesling 2023

Lemon aspen, winter melon and candied lime zest. A touch of green apple curls and elderflower. A tingling line of...
Roxanne Pet Nat

Lark Hill Roxanne Pet Nat 2021

Made from 100% Grenache from the Hilltops and a pretty flamingo hue in the glass. This is bedazzled with watermelon...
BW Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz NV

Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz 2023 

Sourced from the Graveyard Vineyard’s oldest plantings—typically fruit drawn from Pa’s Middle, End, and 7 Acre blocks—the heavy, dense soils...
Hardys HRB Shiraz

Hardys HRB Shiraz 2018

A blend of fruit from McLaren Vale, Adelaide Hills and Frankland River. This manages to be an overall cohesive wine...
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Hardys HRB Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

A blend of fruit from Margaret River, Coonawarra and Frankland River. Here the stellar fruit sources show in its concentrated...
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Riversdale Pinot Meunier 2025

A potent little number filled with black raspberry, rhubarb stem and licorice root. More blackberries and some inky dark fruit,...
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Riversdale Syrah 2023 

This is a heady wine that I always seek out to taste, it’s dense with blackberries, boysenberries and the medley...
NV EST Pinot Noir

Rivesdale Pinot Noir 2023

A marriage of sun warmed strawberries, mulberry and cherry twigs. Some subtle blood orange citrus and a halo of cassis....
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Riversdale Centaurus Pinot Noir 2022

A three year old wine under cork and this is looking youthful and expressive. Davidson plum and Acai berries are...
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Riversdale Crater Chardonnay 2022

A pretty wine from barrel selection, just as Jasper knows how to give people what they want, he also knows...
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Riversdale Estate Brut Reserve NV

Made from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier. 36 months on lees prior to disgorging. The wine envelopes you in orchard...
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Riversdale Riesling 2024

Walk into a cider mill and you might be met with as much apple flavour as this Riesling presents. Or...
NV EST Sauv Blanc

Riversdale Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Greengage plums, kiwi and a touch of blackberry gums. The wine teeters on tropical but is pulled back with lime...

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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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