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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.
Barratt Gamay (Low)

Barratt HSV Gamay 2023

Fruit is from the Hill Smith Vineyard located in Woodside. Destemmed whole berries are carefully handled and maturation occurs for...
Barratt Uley Pinot Noir Media

Barratt Uley Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022

Whole bunch fermentation is used for showcasing the steep aspect of the Uley vineyard Pinot Noir. Ripe wild strawberries, musk...
Usual Suspects Miss Zilm Clare Valley Pinot Gris Sevenhill Low

Miss Zilm Seven Hill Pinot Gris 2023

Sourced from vineyards at Sevenhill. Golden peaches, tinned pear and cantaloupe. Pineapple juice and squeezed lemon. The fruit matches the...
Miss Zilm Clare Valley Watervale Riesling Low

Miss Zilm Watervale Riesling 2023

Abundantly floral with elderflower, Acacia and white lilies. The wine combines green apple skin with very distinct lemon thyme. Like...
Miss Zilm Fiano low res

Miss Zilm Auburn Fiano 2023

The vines for this Fiano were grafted onto a single vineyard of 30-year old Riesling vines in the sub region...
UMAMU Sparks MacAnn lower kb

UMAMU Estate MacAnn Sparkling 2019

On lees for 15 months. Disgorged in October 2020. 4g/l dosage. Made from Semillon grapes and highly perfumed with lemon...
WALBURRA Cabernet Final NV

Walburra Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Whole bunch pressed fruit and into 30% new French oak for 18 months maturation. A core of raspberry compote surrounded...
CastleRock PinotNoir

Castle Rock Estate Pinot Noir 2023

Estate fruit, machine harvested and handpicked. 10 months on medium lees of which 25% was new oak and 15% whole...
CastleRock Diletti PinotNoir

Castle Rock Estate Diletti Pinot Noir 2023

Estate fruit, utilising carbonic maceration and matured in French oak for 10 months on medium lees. 14% in new oak...
CastleRock A&W PinotNoir

Castle Rock Estate A&W Pinot Noir 2023

Estate fruit from their 1986 plantings matured in French oak for 10 months of which 18% was new. 27% whole...
Giant Steps Yarra Valley Pinot Noir X

Giant Steps Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2023

Bing cherries, rhubarb and boysenberries. Crushed allspice, soft licorice and cardamom. Nigella seed, poppy and white pepper. Gravel and black...
Giant Steps Yarra Valley Chardonnay x

Giant Steps Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2023

Honeycrisp apple skin, lemon zest and green plum. Winter melon and starfruit. Plumes of talc powder, pomice and honeysuckle. Plenty...
Jilyara Heath Road Chardonnay

Jilyara Heath Road Chardonnay 2023

Golden circle pineapple chunks, jonathan apple and lemon verbena. Poached pears and chamomile tea. Cinnamon sugar, ground nutmeg and cumin....
A KE A sonny boy

Aristotelis ke Anthoula Sonnyboy 2023

Named after the triangle shaped frozen treat that so many school children would fondly remember. A blend of Vermentino and...
A KE A Little Red

Aristotelis ke Anthoula Little Red 2022

A blend of five mysterious varieties grown in the Hilltops region. Natural carbonic maceration achieved here in this crunchy style...
NVSyrahGrenache

Bekkers Syrah Grenache 2022

This years make up consists of 75% Syrah and 25% Grenache from 8 selected vineyards. An average of 18% whole...
NVGrenache

Bekkers Grenache 2022

Morello cherries, wild hibiscus and fresh raspberries. Two tone mulberries, boysenberry ice cream and lilac. Black sesame, fresh bay leaf...
TOME

Bekkers TOME Vol 2. 2022

Trade only bottling. The story of this vintage is expressed in volume 2 with 63% Syrah, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and...
Castelli Estate Chardonnay

Castelli Estate Chardonnay 2023 

Fruit from Albany, Denmark and Mount Barker, fermented in oak for eight months, one month in stainless steel with weekly...
UMAMU CHA

UMAMU Estate Margaret River Chardonnay 2018

Struck river stones, pomelo flesh, white nectarine and crab apple blossom. Sandstone, white lily and lemon curd. Marigold and shortbread....
UMAMU SHI

UMAMU Estate Shiraz 2019

Blackcurrant, bilberry and Bing cherries. A touch of cranberry and rhubarb stem. Dried Ancho chillis, prune plums and Kopi Luwak...
UMAMU CSM

UMAMU Estate Cabernet Merlot 2017

Blackberry, blueberry and bramble. Creeping ivy, mulberry leaf and blood plums. Crushed black peppercorn, clove and allspice. Licorice all-sorts, five...
UMAMU CAS

UMAMU Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

An elixir of blackberry, bramble and cassis. Intoxicating from start to finish. Crushed whole peppercorns, mulberry jam, clove studs and...
UMAMU MacAnn Cabernets

UMAMU Estate MacAnn Cabernets 2019

Pomegranate molasses, morello cherry and blackberries. Maple leaf, tree bark and sweet chewing tobacco. Red berried fruit meets blackcurrants, wrapped...

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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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