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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.
Kreglinger Vintage NV

Kreglinger Sparkling 2019

Tinned peaches, apple tarts and the kind of dense lemons, full of juice, that only your grandma can grow. This...
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Pipers Brook Chardonnay 2023

Jonathan apples, mango skin and Meyer lemons. Whipped butter and baked peach danish. The coolness of Tassie’s north maritime climate...
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Kreglinger Sparkling Rosé 2019

Light Pink Lady apple hues in the glass and on the nose. Some baked rhubarb and cantaloupe. Citrus falls in...
MMAD Chenin Blanc [HR]

MMAD Blewitt Springs Chenin Blanc 2024

Fruit is hand harvested, half crushed and half whole bunch pressed. Fermented in a mix of concrete and large format...
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Rochecombe Pinot Noir 2024

Apple and cranberry cordial, with a core of black cherries in syrup. Wet stone, dark pebbles and clove. The palate...
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Rochecombe Sauvignon Blanc 2024 

Green pears, jalapeno jelly and lemon curd. There is plenty of yellow, green and verging on the orange hues of...
riesling NV

Holm Oak Riesling 2023

A beautiful and fragrant, classically cool-climate Riesling from this excellent producer in Tasmania. There’s an engaging mix of bright florals...
Lot Cabernet Sauvignon

Lot 94 BSR Blewitt Spring Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

A dry grown site in Blewitt Springs planted by Geoff Hardy in 1993. This shows off the concentrated and uniform...
Gapsted Estate Alpine Valleys Saperavi

Gapsted Estate Saperavi 2022

The inky flesh of Saperavi is always a good wine to close your eyes and experience tasting it blind, for...
Gapsted Estate Alpine Valleys Chardonnay

Gapsted Estate Chardonnay 2023

Full of sunshine and golden hues in the glass, this is Chardonnay with no holds barred. A confident wine with...
Gapsted Estate Alpine Valleys Grand Manseng

Gapsted Estate Grand Manseng 2023

A wreath of honeysuckle and Freesia. Mango skin and lemon icing. Pineapple slices meet with rocky sandstone dust. There is...
MWP SPARKLING CHENIN

Marri Wood Park Sparkling Chenin Blanc 2020

Traditional méthode 100% Chenin Blanc with 4 years on lees. Fruit is sourced from a single vineyard. Curls of green...
MWP CHENIN

Marri Wood Park Chenin Blanc 2024

Fruit is picked in two separate passes to add balance and complexity. Here in Margaret River the fruit is as...
Scarecrow Sauv Blanc

Pertaringa Scarecrow Sauvignon Blanc 2025

This is filled with frangipani, hot sand and the yellow logan fruit you find atop the highest tree, just out...
MWP SAUV BLANC

Marri Wood Park Sauvignon Blanc 2024

A fully loaded Sauvignon Blanc, showing the tropical and savoury sides of considered Sauvignon Blanc. Beginning with pineapple skin and...
Undercover Shiraz

Pertaringa Undercover Shiraz 2023

For under $35 you can find a basket of black, blue and red berries. A sphere of blueberry, black cherries...
MWP CAB SAV

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...

Stories

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Since college days at Roseworthy Ag College, best mates Brad Rogers and Steve Flamsteed goaded each other on. This is...
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The McLaren Vale Wine Guide 2026

By Shanteh Wale McLaren Vale’s success lies not only in the quality of its wines and the careful custodianship of...
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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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