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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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Holm Oak The Wizard Chardonnay 2025

Over half went through malolactic fermentation and new French oak. The season has ripened this Chardonnay fruit to its full...
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Holm Oak Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay NV

A blend of 56% Pinot Noir and 44% Chardonnay, the wine spends 12 months on lees. 7.5g dosage. Rainier cherries,...
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Yangarra Ovitelli Blanc 2024

31% Grenache Gris, 28% Grenache Blanc, 225 Clairette and 18% Roussanne. Matured in ceramic eggs for 7 months. A wine...
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Yangarra Ironheart Shiraz 2023

20% whole bunch basket pressed to french and Austrian puncheons 30% was new and then into 1 year old foudre...
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Yangarra Kings Wood Shiraz 2024

A south east facing sandy outcrop, 20% whole bunch. Wild yeast, basket pressed Matured in French and Austrian foudre for...
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Yangarra High Sands Grenache 2024

Fruit sourced from 210m elevation is the highest section of the 1946 bush vines on deep sandy soil.  For the...
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Yangarra Ovitelli Grenache 2024

100% Grenache Noir planted in 1946 adjacent to the High sands block. Fermented and matured in ceramic eggs for 11...
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Yangarra Hickinbotham Clarendon Grenache 2024

100% Grenache Noir from the Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard, gnarled bush vines planted in 1962. Matured in amphora for 7 months....
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Yangarra Roux Beaute Roussanne 2024

100% Roussanne from the oldest plantings. Matured in ceramic eggs for 7 months. How they manage to maintain such distinctive...
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Raga Sangiovese 2025

Grown from 25 year old vines on Limestone over clay soils. Wild ferment with 20% whole bunches utilised. Pressed to...
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Mada Oak Hill Riesling 2025

From a north facing site east of Murrumnateman, 30 year old vines have weathered through shale, quartz and veins of...
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Mada Mountain View Chardonnay 2025

The Mountain View site, grown by Tom and Helle Southwell in Tumbraumba, sits at 765m in elevation on free draining...
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Mada Yass River Shiraz 2025

The Yass River site has been grown by Neil Macgregor and Fiona Wholahan for 28 years, this grower partnership with...
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Mada Poachers Shiraz 2025

The Poachers site grown by Will Bruce is in the Nanima Valley is an east facing site on granite hillsides,...
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Burton McMahon D’Aloisio Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

There are some intriguing aromas to this citrus driven wine, pomelo and lemon pith is dotted with lemongrass, fennel bulb...
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Burton McMahon Lusatia Park Chardonnay 2024

The Lusatia park shows its fleshy orchard fruit in nectarines and blush peach cheeks, a gentle nod at pineapple too....
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Burton McMahon Syme Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024

A pretty delicately floral wine with red berries at its heart. Tea rose, cranberries and red cherries. The mid palate...
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Burton McMahon Lusatia Park Pinot Noir 2024

Red gum bark and blood orange skin. Some Morello cherry and billy tea. The wine feels resolved and tannin and...
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Tête De Cuvée 2023

Some wonderful vintage conditions in 2023, this is a mosaic of flavours. Davidson plum, Bing cherries and Acai, the blue...

Pannell Family Pinot Noir 2024

I am tentative every year to say this, but if you love Pinot Noir, then this should be your yearly...
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Picardy Chardonnay 2025

All Dijon clones and from the estates single vineyard, handpicked, dry grown and matured in 25 new oak. A wine...
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Picardy Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2021

Blood plum, rusty nail and rooibos tea. Some blackcurrants on the vine, peppy leaf and paperbark. There are some Aperol...
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Picardy Pinot Noir 2023

A exotic red fruited wine with ripe raspberries, musk berries and vivid Morello cherries. Some dragonfruit flesh, rose thorn and...
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Picardy Pinot Noir 2024

The 2024 vintage shows off the bright red cherries and pomegranate with a tobacco leaf and autumnal forest floor element....

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Dawning Day Farms

Dawning Day Farms is a micro-vineyard in Exeter, in the Southern Highlands. Michael and Katrina Archer branched out into winemaking...
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Greg Clack believes that each vineyard possesses its own inherent aptitude — a natural ability for growing grapes that express...
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Sheehan Vineyards

Nick Sheehan purchased three distinguished sites in the upper reaches of the Piccadilly Valley: St Margaret’s in Summertown, Allyra in...
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Small Acres Cyder

Small Acres Cyder is exactly that—small in scale but rich in intent. Run by the Geoghegan family in Orange, NSW,...
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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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