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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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Tim Smith Roussanne 2025

This is, reliably, an excellent representation of Roussanne. Exotic fruit notes of mangosteen, loquat and papaya are gently cradled by...
Viognier ()

Tim Smith Eden Valley Viognier 2025

Jonquil bloom leads, entwined with honeysuckle, lemon balm and bee pollen. Notes of peach candy and a gentle dusting of...
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Tim Smith M.G.S 2024

This vintage bursts with fluorescent redcurrants, lifted by lilac and blueberry notes. Cassis and baked cherry add depth, while granitic...
Blanc ()

Tim Smith Bugalugs Blanc 2025

A Rhône-inspired blend of Grenache Blanc, Marsanne and Roussanne, this wine sits at the crossroads of lively orchard fruit and...
Briar Ridge Ruby's Rose

Briar Ridge Ruby’s Rosé 2025

Made from Merlot this shines with mixed berries folded through whipped cream. A umeboshi plum note with tailored acidity and...
Briar Ridge Block Orange Chardonnay ()

Briar Ridge Block 7 Chardonnay 2025

There is the powdery aroma of talc, matchstick and white flowers here that moves into the lemon skin and grapefruit...
Briar Ridge Viognier Wrattonbully ()

Briar Ridge Viognier Wrattonbully 2025

Another unique take on the floral variety. Here the musk, apricot and orange blossom has been hooked by a leash...
Briar Ridge Stockhausen Semillon Hunter Valley

Briar Ridge Stockhausen Semillon 2023

It is always an education to drink Semillon with a few years bottle age, don’t miss this adolescent time because...
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Briar Ridge Duff Grenache Blewitt Springs 2024

A very light hue in the glass, this doesn’t speak loudly but gains assertiveness and detail as it opens. A...
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Hare’s Chase Lepus Shiraz 2022

Named after the Lepus constellation that depicts a Hare bounding ahead of Orion and his hounds. This is the icon...
Hare's Chase Vigilance NV

Hare’s Chase Maranaga Vigilance Shiraz 2022

A wine with violet and dried potpourri florals. This opens with baked blackberries, Nyon olive savouriness and some terra cotta...
IRONSCRAPER NV

Hare’s Chase Ironscraper Shiraz 2022

A cascade of dark fruit, Davidson plum, cassis and a river of melted dark chocolate. This is indulgent and intoxicating...
Hare's Chase Springer NV ()

Hare’s Chase The Springer Shiraz 2022

Like its name sake, this is coiled and ready to leap out of the glass with blackberries, little pops of...
Paracombe Sauvignon Blanc

Paracombe Sauvignon Blanc 2024

A fruity style of Sauvignon Blanc with tree fruit at its core. Green apples, greengage plums and kiwi. There is...
Paracombe Plateau Pinot Noir NV

Paracombe Plateau Pinot Noir 2022

Sunshine in a strawberry patch, this opens with sunkissed strawberries, peach tea and nettle. The wild nature of whole bunch...
Paracombe Pinot Noir NV

Paracombe Pinot Noir 2024

A wine with wild raspberry and red cherry at its centre folded in with whole bunch spice and some herbal...
Wind River Shiraz

Wind River Shiraz 2022

A bramble of dark cherries and blueberries, there is a familiar black pepper spice and some chewy cedar oak spice....
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Vickery Polish Hill River Riesling 2024 

Lightening in its energy, this is juicy lemons cut with a sword in slow motion, just like the food advertisements...
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Riposte En Garde Pinot Noir 2025

Raspberries clinging to the bush, thorny rose stems and cranberries. Some sumac spice leads to a wild thrill of crunchy...
Pecorino

The Little Wine Company Pecorino 2025

A distinctly floral wine that leads with elderflower, fennel bulb and Star Jasmine. Fruit then shows up in droves with...
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The Little Wine Company Vermentino 2025

Lemon balm, flowering wattle and white sandstone. Young almonds, nashi pear and white melon. There is a swoon of delicious...
Little Wine Co Albarino

The Little Wine Company Albarino 2025

Albarino’s ability to show you the mosaic of fruit is remarkable. Here it starts in Morocco, in a souk of...
Little Wine Co LITTLE GEM PECORINO

The Little Wine Company Little Gem Pecorino 2025

Lemon aspen, honeysuckle and Lilly Pilly fruit. There is a delicacy here with a pink lady apple sorbet and grapefruit...
Hunter's Shiraz

Gundog Estate Hunter Shiraz 2024

Boysenberry swirled into vanilla icecream, some pomegranate seed and red fig. The wine also whispers of kalamata olive and kampot...

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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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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...
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...
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