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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.
Briar Ridge Stockhausen Shiraz

Briar Ridge Stockhausen Signature Shiraz 2024

Plucked mulberries straight from the tree, plum skin and slivers of raspberry roll up. A posy of purple flowers and...
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1847 Wines Grand Pappy’s Shiraz 2020 

Sourced from largely unirrigated vines around 35- 75 yrs in Rowland Flat. Open fermented for 14 days with a good...
Cabernet Nysa

Streicker Nysa 2018

52% Cabernet Franc and 48% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Clairault Vineyard in Wilyabrup. Lightly crushed with a slow controlled extraction...
Streicker Bridgeland Block Pinot Noir

Streicker Bridgeland Block Pinot Noir 2023

Fruit is sourced from the Bridgeland Vineyard in Karridale. Handpicked and destemmed fermented in Bugundian style oak barrels of which...
Streicker Ironstone Block Chenin Blanc

Streicker Ironstone Block Chenin Blanc 2023

Fruit is from the Ironstone Vineyard in Wilyabrup, planted in 1986 and goes into old French oak barriques for fermentation...
Streicker Blanc De Blancs

Streicker Blanc de Blancs 2021

Fruit is sourced from the Bridgeland Vineyard in Karridale. Primary fermentation in stainless steel and aged on lees for 5...
Paracombe The Reuben NV

Paracombe The Reuben 2018

A blend of Bordeaux varieties matured in French oak. Blackcurrants, dark cherry skin, bitter cocoa nib and chocolate dust. Prune...
Paracombe Shiraz NV

Paracombe Shiraz 2018

A meeting of blackberries and wild raspberries, held by chocolatey oak and coffee syrup spice. There is a lacework of...
Paracombe Reserve Chardonnay NV

Paracombe Chardonnay 2021

A kaleidoscope of lemon citrus, kumquat and golden peach. Some sparkler flint and toasted coconut flakes lead to a creamy...
Caretaker Cabernet NV

Paracombe Caretaker Cabernet 2018

Fall into a well of this wine and your senses would perish happy, the 2018 Caretaker Cabernet beckons you in...
YeringLane SingleVineyard Bottle

Yering Lane Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024

MV6 clone grown in Gruyere and matured in French barriques for 10 months. Red Currants, lingonberries and earthy rooibos tea....
NVSyrahGrenache

Bekkers McLaren Vale Syrah Grenache 2023

55% Syrah from Clarendon and 45% Grenache from Blewitt Springs. The deep bass tones of Clarendon make themselves known here...
NVGrenache

Bekkers McLaren Vale Grenache 2023

As the back label reads this is a story of soil and soul and as the 2023 is sourced from...
Jericho McLaren Vale Grenache NV

Jericho Wines Grenache 2023

It’s a testament to the strength of the variety and its growing conditions that for under $30 we can enjoy...
Jericho Adelaide Hills Fiano NV

Jericho Wines Fiano 2024

Sourced from four sites across the Adelaide Hills. This shows off the buffet of fruits Fiano is capable of displaying....
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Raga Five Rivers 2024

From 25 year old vines this is a blend of 40% Cabernet Franc, 40% Merlot, 10% Malbec and 5% Petit...
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Hickinbotham Mr Grant Malbec 2022

93% Malbec and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon. The second release of Malbec. Handpicked sorted, destemmed and 100% whole berries retained. Basket...
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Hickinbotham Brooks Road Shiraz 2022

20% whole bunch 30% destemmed and berry sorted and 50% crushed to open top fermenters. 20 days on skins and...
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Hickinbotham The Nest Cabernet Franc 2022

87% Cabernet Franc, 11% Merlot and 2% Malbec, for all Aussie intents and purposes this is Hickinbothams Cabernet Franc bottling...
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Hickinbotham The Trueman Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Handpicked, destemmed to open top fermenters. 21 days on skins basket pressed to 60% new French oak barriques for 14...
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Hickinbotham The Peake Cabernet Shiraz 2022

51% Cabernet Sauvignon 49% Shiraz. Handpicked, destemmed and fermented separately and basket pressed. 17 days on skins for the Cabernet...
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Hickinbotham The Revivalist Merlot 2022

Hand picked, destemmed and gently crushed, basket pressed, 16 days on skins and matured in French oak barriques of which...
nocturne

Nocturne Old Vine Shiraz 2024

Sourced from a site closed to the coast in McLaren Vale. This is a nimble wine filled with black cherries,...
Mount Pleasant Vines Old Hill Shiraz LR

Mount Pleasant Old Hill Shiraz 2023

Sourced from the esteemed 1880 plantings and the stimulus for Mount Pleasant and its future. The 2023 Old Hill is...

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Castello Di Meleto

Located in Gaiole in Chianti, in the heart of Chianti Classico, this estate traces its connection to wine back to...
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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...
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