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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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Shadowfax Little Hampton Pinot Noir 2024

Grown at the Little Hampton Vineyard on red volcanic clay soils at an elevation of 720 metres above sea level....
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Shadowfax Straws Lane Pinot Noir 2024

Grown on the close planted single vineyard site Straws Lane at an elevation of 800m above sea level. Soils are...
Marnong Estate Single Vineyard Heart Pinot Noir ()

Marnong Heart Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2025

This site sits at the centre vineyard of the estate. This is quite the deeply pigmented Pinot Noir with aromas...
Marnong Estate Single Vineyard Weatherstone Pinot Noir ()

Marnong Weatherstone Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2025

This is the most elevated of Marnong’s sites and that is clear by its dainty red florals. Some rosehip, cherry...
Marnong Estate Reserve Pinot Noir ()

Marnong Reserve Pinot Noir 2024

The Reserve is a selection of top parcels and barrel selection. Here you can see Alex Beckett’s ability to fit...
Marnong Estate Single Vineyard Sangiovese ()

Marnong Single Vineyard Sangiovese 2025

The potential for Sangiovese here in Sunbury isn’t lost on Alex Beckett, in fact the story and potential of the...
Marnong Estate Single Vineyard Montepulciano ()

Marnong Single Vineyard Montepulciano 2025

A boysenberry bramble, blood plums and juicy pulpy nature, this is full bodied but svelte in nature. You’ll saunter past...
Paracombe Gruner V NV

Paracombe Grüner V5 2023

An aromatic blend of Gruner Veltliner, Pinot Blanc, Gewürtraminer, Riesling and Pinot Blanc. This as you would imagine is quite...
Paracombe Pinot Gris NV

Paracombe Pinot Gris 2025

A buffet of honeydew melon, nashi pears and star fruit. There are juiced limes and red apples too. A tickle...
Paracombe Gamay NV

Paracombe Gamay 2025

Partial carbonic maceration and into 500L puncheons. Vivid purple flowers, with cranberries, boysenberries and cordial like notes. There is some...
Paracombe Somerville Shiraz NV

Paracombe Somerville Shiraz 2015

Held under natural cork, this is a  witches brew of satsuma plums, raspberry commode and sandalwood. There is billy tea...
HH Hilltops Classic Pinot Grigio

Hungerford Hill Hilltops Pinot Grigio 2025

A primary fruited wine with consideration for picking an obvious touch point. This is crisp with Jazz apple, supple pear...
HH Hilltops Fiano

Hungerford Hill Hilltops Fiano 2025

The kind of wine you’ll enjoy smelling for long moments. This is bursting with Jasmine, custard apple and guava. There...
Classic Chardonnay Tumbarumba

Hungerford Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2025

A sultry sulfite note opens swiftly making way for sparkler dust on lemon cream icing. There is pomelo and candied...
HH Hilltops Shiraz

Hungerford Hill Hunter Valley Shiraz 2023

A halo of dotted violet florals surround raspberry, black cherries and rhubarb. Kalamata olives swim in rosemary scented brine. A...
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Soumah Hexham Vineyard Savarro 2025

What a wine to get you to step out of your box. The folk at Soumah have always championed Savarro...
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Foreign Friends Barbera 2025

Give this a swift decant and you’ll be met with blood plums, mulberry and notes of cherry cola. There are...
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Foreign Friends Gamay 2025

Gamay grapes from Yarra Valley, this opens with mulled spice, orange, bergamot and cinnamon. Stewed raspberries and lingonberries. Some sumac...
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Foreign Friends Chenin Blanc 2025

A postage stamp from cool climate Victoria, this brings the rustling leaves of apple trees into light with white pear,...
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Foreign Friends Savagnin 2025

An edible wine that invokes peach, fresh apricots and honeysuckle. Some kernel and candlenut ground into a mortar and pestle....
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Bekkers Syrah Grenache 2024

Multiple picking days, bringing together a blend from four vineyards — two in Clarendon, alongside sites in Seaview and Blewitt...
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Craggy Range Te Kahu 2024

There is grandeur here with a cavalier sense of style. Cassis, licorice all-sorts, bracken and turned potting soil. A fine...
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Craggy Range Syrah 2024

Utter seduction in a glass. The 2024 shows staining beetroot and blood plums, some orange oils, a shrubbery of stalky...
SAUVIGNON BLANC TE MUNA ()

Craggy Range Te Muna Sauvignon Blanc 2025

A wine with good fruit power but offset by some wet stone and chalk dust. Pineapple, passion blossom, celery heart...

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Castello Di Meleto

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