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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.

Craggy Range Te Muna Martinborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 

This is Ben Tombs first vintage as chief winemaker, here he states his mark, not as hen honcho but as...
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Craggy Range Te Muna Road Martinborough Pinot Noir 2024

This is Ben Tombs first vintage as chief winemaker, as he follows in the well trodden path of those before...
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Pewsey Vale Estate Riesling 2025

It’s clear Riesling is an obsession with the entire range of Pewsey Valley Riesling being of the highest quality and...
Pewsey Vale Block Riesling No Vintage

Pewsey Vale 1961 Block Riesling 2024

Vines planted in 1961, the wine captures the first morning dew balancing on blades of grass. A hint of flint,...
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Pewsey Vale The Contours Riesling 2018

Walk into a bath house and you’ll be met with trickling water, essential oils and the feeling of calm, this...
Pewsey Vale The Contours Riesling Year No Vintage

Pewsey Vale The Contours Riesling 2015

The miraculous pilgrimage of Riesling can be found here. It’s hard to taste young Riesling and imagine just how it...
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SOUMAH Crescent Moon Methode Traditionelle 2020

Base wine is a blend of 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay. Aged on lees for 4 years and disgorged...
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Riposte The Dagger Pinot Noir 2025 

It’s perhaps easy to think Pinot Noirs under $30 might be easy drinking but simplified. That’s not the case here...
LOTTouriga

Land of Tomorrow Touriga 2024

A dynamic Touriga from McLaren Vale that opens with Pepper berries, juniper and black cherries. There is sandalwood, poppy seed...
LOTChard

Land of Tomorrow Chardonnay 2024

White blush nectarines, rainier cherries and pomelo pulp. Some fresh linen, lotus and lemon tea. Acidity climbs like a vine,...
Thiele Rd Grenache

Schwarz Wine Co Thiele Road Grenache 2024

Vines were planted in 1941 and speak of their site with the rouge tones of Gala apple, and the precise...
Chardonnay

Cloudbreak Nouveau Collection Chardonnay 2024

It’s not an easy feat to make excellent Chardonnay and even harder to bring it under $30, but Jack Tomich...
Pinot Gris

Cloudbreak Nouveau Collection Pinot Gris 2024

A centered wine that shows its white pear and cider apple frame with some summer frangipani perfume. There is a...
B Cloud Break Pinot Noir

Cloudbreak Premier Collection Pinot Noir 2024

A wild journey through strawberry fields, into the shrubbery of raspberry bracken and deep into pine needles and the dappled...
B Cloud Break Chardonnay

Cloudbreak Premier Collection Chardonnay 2024

White lilies, yellow yolked frangipanis and pomelo skin. A softness of orchard fruit at its core, with a hint at...
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Tyrrell’s Vat 1 Semillon 2019

Sourced from the oldest and best blocks, dry grown vines dating back to 1923. The 2019 continues the harmonious vintage...
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Tyrrell’s Vat 8 Shiraz Cabernet 2023

The herald multi regional blend, of which 65% is Shiraz from Tyrrells Estate Ashmans and 35% premium Cabernet Sauvignon from...
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Tyrrell’s Vat 9 Shiraz 2023

Fruit is sourced from best parcels on the Tyrrell’s Estate Ashmans. Vines are at least 50 years of age. The wine...
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Tyrrell’s Vat 47 Chardonnay 2023

All fruit is sourced from the Short Flat vineyard, planted in 1968. Quite simply, this is the sexiest Chardonnay I’ve...
Tapanappa Definitus PinotNoir

Tapanappa Definitus Pinot Noir 2022

The treasured north-western slope is in its 5th bottling. Destemmed berries in the cool season were fermented slowly with daily...
Tapanappa FoggyHill PinotNoir

Tapanappa Foggy Hill Pinot Noir 2024 

In the very cool year, a minuscule amount of wine was made from the 777 clone. Destemmed berries went through...
chardonnay

Bay of Fires Chardonnay 2024

A basket of fuzzy peach, cantaloupe and grapefruit, this crackles with some sparkler flint and the toasting of campfire marshmallows....
pinot gris

Bay of Fires Pinot Gris 2024

A halo of nashi pear and green pear skin, some coconut water freshness and a slippery acid line. There is...
pinot noir

Bay of Fires Pinot Noir 2024

A spicy concoction of brooding dark berries with little bursts of cherry popping candy that surprise and delight. There are...

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Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking is a wine label created by Belinda and John Hughes in dedication to their close friend, Tom...
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The new Mumm Prestige releases come from the capable hands of Trina Smith, recently appointed as Mumm Terroirs Pacific Winemaker,...
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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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