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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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Hutton Triptych Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Intense blackberries, prune plums and black sesame seeds. Clove and allspice. Salted licorice and black truffle. A wild red currant...
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Hutton Reserve Chardonnay 2022

Lemon meringue pie, Meyer lemon and golden baked apples. School toffees, vanilla bean ice cream and gardenia blooms. You’ll also...
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Frazer Woods La Cache Blanc de Blancs 2016

Dedicated to the art of Traditional method sparkling wines comes this 2016 vintage from Frazer Woods in their La Cache...
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Rising Chardonnay 2023

Yellow peach, winter melon and Bosch pear. Mandarin peel and frangipani. Candied cashews, sesame and lemon balm. Steep acidity that...
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Rising One Acre Chardonnay 2021

Two picks of the Birdwood block from the steep south facing site, these vines are 30 years old. Pressed to...
Rising Pinot Noir NV Web

Rising Pinot Noir 2023

What an attractively perfumed wine. These are my first and final thoughts. Lavender, lilac, Bing cherries and Alpine strawberries. Whole...
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Rising Cabernet Franc 2023

Concentrated blackberries, soft licorice and pomegranate juice. Turned potting soil, clove and cardamom. There is a purity of black fruit...
Extra Briut Blanc De Blanc

Watkins Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Langhorne Creek 2022 

Yellow grapefruit, green toffee apples and lime cordial. Bosch pear and self raising flour. Zesty acidity with a snap to...
Sparkling Rose

Watkins Sparkling Rosé Langhorne Creek 2022 

Steeped rosehip, cranberry and rhubarb stem. Wild strawberry and persimmon. A hint of cured meats and good intensity of flavour...
Chardonnay

Watkins Chardonnay Langhorne Creek 2022

Meyer lemon, white peach cheeks and honeysuckle. Toast with creamed honey, sesame and squeaky haloumi cheese creaminess. There is ripeness...
Langhorne Creek Shiraz

Watkins Shiraz Langhorne Creek 2021 

Blackberry, olive tapenade and rosemary stems. A sliver of red cherry and tonka bean. Tobacco, vanilla flecks and porcini mushrooms....
Barratt Adl Hills Chardonnay

Barratt Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2022

Fruit is sourced from three vineyards throughout the hills. Kuitpo, Paracombe and Lobethal. Full malo and nine months in oak...
Barratt Uley Chardonnay Low

Barratt Uley Vineyard Chardonnay 2022

The Uley vineyards is one of the original vineyard sites in the Piccadilly Valley planted in 1983. Razor focus of...
Barratt Gamay (Low)

Barratt HSV Gamay 2023

Fruit is from the Hill Smith Vineyard located in Woodside. Destemmed whole berries are carefully handled and maturation occurs for...
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Barratt Uley Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022

Whole bunch fermentation is used for showcasing the steep aspect of the Uley vineyard Pinot Noir. Ripe wild strawberries, musk...
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Miss Zilm Seven Hill Pinot Gris 2023

Sourced from vineyards at Sevenhill. Golden peaches, tinned pear and cantaloupe. Pineapple juice and squeezed lemon. The fruit matches the...
Miss Zilm Clare Valley Watervale Riesling Low

Miss Zilm Watervale Riesling 2023

Abundantly floral with elderflower, Acacia and white lilies. The wine combines green apple skin with very distinct lemon thyme. Like...
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Miss Zilm Auburn Fiano 2023

The vines for this Fiano were grafted onto a single vineyard of 30-year old Riesling vines in the sub region...
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UMAMU Estate MacAnn Sparkling 2019

On lees for 15 months. Disgorged in October 2020. 4g/l dosage. Made from Semillon grapes and highly perfumed with lemon...
WALBURRA Cabernet Final NV

Walburra Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Whole bunch pressed fruit and into 30% new French oak for 18 months maturation. A core of raspberry compote surrounded...
CastleRock PinotNoir

Castle Rock Estate Pinot Noir 2023

Estate fruit, machine harvested and handpicked. 10 months on medium lees of which 25% was new oak and 15% whole...
CastleRock Diletti PinotNoir

Castle Rock Estate Diletti Pinot Noir 2023

Estate fruit, utilising carbonic maceration and matured in French oak for 10 months on medium lees. 14% in new oak...
CastleRock A&W PinotNoir

Castle Rock Estate A&W Pinot Noir 2023

Estate fruit from their 1986 plantings matured in French oak for 10 months of which 18% was new. 27% whole...
Giant Steps Yarra Valley Pinot Noir X

Giant Steps Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2023

Bing cherries, rhubarb and boysenberries. Crushed allspice, soft licorice and cardamom. Nigella seed, poppy and white pepper. Gravel and black...

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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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After a career spanning 50 years, Richard Rowe began his journey under the tutelage of Brian Croser. Cutting his teeth...
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Peter Lehmann Wigan

The Peter Lehmann tale begins and ends with community. It’s the story of one man who looked out for a...
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Stonier has long been a stalwart of the Mornington Peninsula, with its bottles gracing dining tables in restaurants, homes, and...
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Ten Minutes by Tractor

Trahere is Latin for “to pull” or “to draw.” At Ten Minutes by Tractor, the bottling name signifies the drive...
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