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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.
mmad rosé

MMAD Rosé 2023

A marriage of Grenache, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chenin Blanc makes up this Flamingo pink hue. Pink peppercorn, blood plum...
Shaw + Smith Riesling (front)

Shaw + Smith Riesling 2023

A mix of free run juice with a portion seeing some contact with skins. The Hills really are alive with...
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Yering Station Yarrabank Cuvée 2017

A consistently impressive traditional method sparkling and graces many of the top wine lists of this country. The 2017 is...
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Yering Station Y28 Block Chardonnay 2022

The vine age sits around 22 years for this Mendoza clone, and it spent 9 months in 2-4 year seasoned...
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Yering Station Shiraz Viognier 2021

98% Shiraz and 2% Viognier. Lilac and violet blooms with bilberry and mulberry compote. Intensely concentrated black and purple fruits...
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Yering Station Carr Vineyard Shiraz 2021

20% whole bunch inclusion matured for 15 months in luncheons and barriques of which 15% were new with vine source...
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Yering Station Yarrabank Rosé 2016

53% Chardonnay and 47% Pinot Noir with 9% reserve wines and 2.5 years in barrel. The wine has a dosage...
Lange Estate PR Riesling noreflect

Lange Estate Providence Road Riesling 2023

A wine full of vibrant citrus peel aromas. Orange creamsicles, pomelo and summer frangipani blooms. Wet sand, pandan leaf and...
Crittenden Estate Macvin Savagnin

Crittenden Cri De Coeur Macvin #4 2021

It’s total indulgence to make Macvin when your Savagnin Sous Voile is in such high demand and so is the...
Crittenden Cri De Coeur Savagnin Sous Voile

Crittenden Cri De Coeur Savagnin Sous Voile 2018

The sixth release of, what was at first, a mistake that evolved to an experiment to what is now one...
Crittenden Cri De Coeur Pinot Noir NV

Crittenden Cri De Coeur Pinot Noir 2021

This wine has been made at Crittenden for as long as I have been on this earth and it displays...
Crittenden Cri De Coeur Chardonnay NV

Crittenden Cri De Coeur Chardonnay 2021

Indigenous yeasts, whole bunch pressing and matured on gross lees in new and used French barriques with half going through...
Richard Hamilton Burton's Vineyard Old Vine Grenache

Richard Hamilton Burton’s Vineyard Old Vine Grenache 2022

Red raspberry, persimmon and ripe figs. A heady mix of baking spices, nutmeg, clove and dusty cinnamon. Fig leaf, rosemary...
Richard Hamilton Ghost Hill Shiraz

Richard Hamilton Ghost Hill Shiraz 2020

Prune plums, blackberry and Acai fruits. Soft licorice, five spice and espresso. Cardamon pods, wattle seed and black earth. The...
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Mitchell Watervale Riesling 2023

The wine is jubilant with native florals and citrus zest. Lime sorbet, fig leaf and Lemon Myrtle. There is a...
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Strelley Farm Pet Nat NV

A blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling and Gewürztraminer from the Coal River Valley. I imagine the winemaking team had...
ANON Pinot Noir NV NEW

Anon Pinot Noir 2020

Morello cherries, pomegranate molasses and blackberries. Dried autumn leaves, tobacco pouch and swiss mushrooms. There is a hint of sumac...
Ludo Mt Torrens Colluvium Reflect

Ludo Wines Mt Torrens Colluvium Moscato Giallo Verdicchio Viognier Pinot Bianco 2022

Co-planted Moscato Giallo, Viognier, and Pinot Bianco grapes were hand-harvested and filled into a French hogshead partly destemmed and partly...
Ludo Mt Torrens Ironstone

Ludo Wines Mt Torrens Ironstone Nero d’Avola Syrah Sangiovese Merlot 2022

Hand-harvested with 30% whole cluster inclusion and 10 days maceration. Aged in French and Hungarian hogsheads for 9 months. A...
Ludo Mt Torrens Alluvium PG Reflect

Ludo Wines Mt Torrens Alluvium Pinot Grigio 2021

Hand-harvested grapes fermented with native yeast and racked into a single French hogshead and kept on lees for 10 months....
Ludo Forreston Alluvium

Ludo Wines Forreston Alluvium Chardonnay 2022

Chardonnay grapes from an organically farmed vineyard in Forreston. It is fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks and...
YEV Noir Outshinery

Yangarra Noir Red Blend 2022

34% Grenache Noir, 31% Carignan, 20% Cinsault, 8% Counoise 5% Shiraz and 2% Mourvèdre. As expected, Peter Fraser has paid...
YEV PFGrenache Outshinery

Yangarra Preservative Free Grenache 2022

Handpicked, destemmed and a large percentage of whole berries. Wild fermentation and matured for 5 months in stainless steel. You’ll...
YEV PFShiraz Outshinery

Yangarra Preservative Free Shiraz 2022

Destemmed and sorted with wild fermentation and 5 months maturation in stainless steel. Red cherries, raspberry and black currants. Harissa...

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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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