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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.
Mount Pleasant Maurice O'Shea Shiraz LR

Mount Pleasant Maurice O’Shea Shiraz 2023

Wow, just wow. You know the blending bench has had tireless hours of tasting and conversation for this wine. The...
Mount Pleasant Vines Rosehill Shiraz LR

Mount Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz 2023

A wine that has always moved me to tears, which may sound phony but such is the power and emotion...
Mount Pleasant OP&OH Shiraz LR

Mount Pleasant O.P & O.H Shiraz 2023

Sourced from the Old Paddock and Old Hill vineyards. A wine for peering into its depths, this is delicate with...
Mount Pleasant Mountain A LR

Mount Pleasant Mountain A Medium Bodied Dry Red 2023 

Fruit is sourced from the 1965 vines planted at Rosehill. Matured in less than 20% new puncheons for 9 months...
Mount Pleasant Mount Henry Shiraz Pinot Noir LR

Mount Pleasant Mount Henry Shiraz Pinot Noir 2023

To many generations the nifty blend of Shiraz and Pinot Noir might seem like a modern blending twist, but it...
Vickery Eden Valley Riesling Low Res

Vickery Eden Valley Riesling 2024

Yellow guava, pomelo juice and white pear flesh. Squeezed limes and zest play well against the gentle tropical fruits that...
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Vickery The Reserve Eden Riesling 2022

Struck stone, sparkler dust and tangerine oil. A hint of peach and crab apple. The later vintage has allowed for...
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Vickery The Reserve Watervale Riesling 2022

Fluorescent hues of emerald feijoas, golden kiwi and juicy limes. A plume of powdery talc and star jasmine. There is...
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Vickery Watervale Riesling 2024

A perky wine with lovely crisp green apple flesh, water lilies and aloe. There is cut celery heart and elderflower...
SW sem NV

Sweetwater Wines Semillon 2023

A very lemon citrus dominant wine with lemon leaf, zest and sprays of juice. Behind that you’ll also find some...
SW shriaz NV

Sweetwater Wines Shiraz 2022

A sultry number with chocolate wrapped licorice, plum skin and boysenberries. A hint of lavender and lilac blossoms peeks their...
SW Shiraz Cab NV

Sweetwater Wines Shiraz Cabernet 2021

This feels as though East meets West here with the fragrance of red cherries wrapped with blackberries and dark figs,...
SW Shiraz T

Sweetwater Wines Shiraz Touriga 2023

Vibrant Kirsch, Ribena and raspberry compote bubbling on the stove. Thyme leaves, rosemary stem and blossoming Grevillea. There is plenty...
SW cab sav NV

Sweetwater Wines Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Ripe black cherries, mulberry and cassis. Some pencil box, dried oregano and crushed clove. The palate is assertive with grainy...
Black Label Chardonnay

Dexter Wines Black Label Chardonnay 2023

Sourced from the Dexter family farm in Tuerong, this is all Dijon clones. Fermentation occurs in 500L French puncheons 50%...
Classic Dry White NV

Vasse Felix Classic Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2024

A blend of 63% Semillon and 37% Sauvignon Blanc. The wine is vivacious with elderflower, star fruit and squeezed backyard...
Classic Dry Rosé NV

Vasse Felix Classic Dry Rosé 2024

Made entirely from Shiraz fruit. A delicate cherry blossom pink hue in the glass. The wine opens with donut peach...
grenache

Oliver’s Taranga Grenache 2024

Early summer berries. Plump raspberries, wild strawberries and nettle leaf. There is some terra cotta clay and an autumnal leaf...
anforefiano

Oliver’s Taranga Anfore Fiano 2023

The royal treatment for the best parcels of fruit, maturing in Italian amphorae for 15 months on lees. This invokes...
Vermentino

Oliver’s Taranga Vermentino 2024

Full of sea spray, lemon juice highlighter and sandy shores. This is transportive of summer days and the lightness of...
mencia

Oliver’s Taranga Mencia 2024

Kalamata olive, black cherries and Assam tea leaf. Dried Ancho chiles and sumac spice. Like a deep well, this wine...
tempranillo

Oliver’s Taranga Tempranillo 2024

Blackberries, prune plums and fig skin. Mocha, pomegranate and vanilla bean. Fruit sweetness on the palate is divine indeed, it’s...
RW

Oliver’s Taranga RW Grenache 2023

10% whole bunches used with the rest made up of whole berries. Matured in seasoned puncheons and stainless steel. Iron...
BrionisBlend

Oliver’s Taranga Brioni’s Blend 2024

A blend of Touriga, Grenache and Mencia. This is the best of both worlds, robust, crunchy and high drinkability. Some...

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