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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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Marri Wood Park Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Fermented in large format and French oak barrels before being transferred to amphora and oak for a further four months...
Understudy Cabernet Sauvignon

Pertaringa Understudy Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Here is a wine you’ll find familiar for its intensity of blackberries and kirsch notes, followed by its graphite traces...
Dexter Pinot

Dexter Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2024

Fraise des bois, musk berries, and a touch of cigar clippings open the wine, which quickly whisks you off your...
Dexter Chardonnay

Dexter Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay 2024 

An orchard of trees laden with white nectarines and blossoming frangipanis. Some raw macadamia and the sawdust powder of newly...
SV HX Chardonnay

SOUMAH Hexham Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Wild fermented and into 18% new French oak. Backyard lemon skin, yellow apples and cooked quince. A heady mix of...
SV UN Chardonnay

SOUMAH Upper Ngumby Chardonnay 2024

One of my favourite Chardonnay descriptors has long been warm, stretched Blu-Tack—strange to some but a core memory from old...
NV SV NEBBIOLO

SOUMAH Hexham Vineyard Nebbiolo 2022

The intoxicating perfume of Nebbiolo is unmistakable here, carried in swoon-worthy wafts that echo dreams of Piemonte. Rosella, pepperberry, and...
NV D'SOUMAH NEBBIOLO BARBERA

Barbera Nebbiolo d’Soumah 2024

The northern Italian blend makes so much logical sense, that it’s drunk domestically in the Bramaterra DOC bottlings and rarely...

Yelland & Papps Limited Cuvée Barossa Grenache 2024

Sourced from dry-grown bush vines planted in the 1930s at Marananga and tended by Bob Modra, this is de stemmed...

Yelland & Papps Limited Cuvée Shiraz 2023

Sourced from the Old Bamboo Vineyard in Greenock and tended by David Materne, these vines were planted in the 1960s....
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Yelland & Papps Old Vine Grenache 2024

From a vineyard planted in 1956 in Vine Vale.  Some heady black fruit here, punctured with pops of pomegranate pulp....
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Yelland & Papps Stone Well Syrah 2024

A lovely meaty number with charred cherries, sapote and blackberries. Some kalamata olive and black peppercorn spice. A coil of...
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Yelland & Papps Roussanne 2024

Upside down pineapple cake, baked peaches and lemon butter. A hint of jasmine flowers and bee pollen. Fruit is decidedly...
Year Old Vines Shiraz NV

Château Tanunda 50 Year Old Vine Shiraz 2022

Handpicked fruit off the estate vineyard in Vine Vale. Basket pressed and matured in a  combination of new and seasoned...
Year Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon NV

Château Tanunda 50 Year Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

From the Valley floor of Bethany where the first vines were planted in Barossa, comes this wine made from 50...
Leasingham Classic Clare Riesling

Leasingham Classic Clare Watervale Riesling 2016

Orange blossom, kumquat and pools of cloudy apple juice. There is a hint of savoury mustard fruit and bronze fennel...
Leasingham Classic Clare Riesling

Leasingham Classic Clare Watervale Riesling 2017

Grapefruit halves, sprinkles of fine sugar and white Frangipani. It’s filled with the perfume of summer nights, seaspray, coconut oil...
Tolpuddle Vineyard Pinot Noir NV [HR]

Tolpuddle Pinot Noir 2024

An unearthing of black cherries, ancho chillis, and tonka bean. A backdrop of thicket and foliage is carefully threaded with...
Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay NV [HR]()

Tolpuddle Chardonnay 2024

A smattering of quartzite, white apple flesh, and lemon aspen. Chalk dust and fennel seed. Nutmeg grated into white sauce,...
Dalwood Semillon NV

Dalwood Semillon 2024

White apple flesh, lime skin and nashi pears, this is a zippy youthful Semillon in all its zesty glory. There...
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Stonier Hillcrest Chardonnay 2024

Only a 100 dozen made, like all the range that now sits in much smaller quantities. The site is located...
Dalwood Chardonnay NV

Dalwood Chardonnay 2024

Pure peach tones, lemon skin and fresh apricot. New oak compliments with nutmeg and cinnamon dust. Acidity has been kept...
Dalwood TT NV

Dalwood Tempranillo Touriga 2023

Some glossy blue and purple fruits, this shines a light on the bilbery, boysenberries and Davidson plum. Poppy seed and...
Dalwood Shiraz NV

Dalwood Grown Shiraz 2023

Gala apples, a medley of black cherries, cassis and wild raspberries. Olive skin and rosemary stem bring out the richness...

Stories

Castle Rock Estate CREDIT LEE GRIFFITH

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...
Sisu Wines Olivia Sattler

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...
rowe wines
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...
Hero x
Stonier has long been a stalwart of the Mornington Peninsula, with its bottles gracing dining tables in restaurants, homes, and...
MCPL

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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