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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.
Discovery Grenache Touriga

Taltarni Grenache Touriga 2022

Macerated blackberries, red licorice straps, redskins and raspberry coulis. A herbal bay leaf with pungent spices of star anise, aniseed...
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Taltarni Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre 2021

Grenache 45% Shiraz 37% Mourvèdre 18%. Raspberry, red cherries, black plum and mulberry. An assortment of red and black hues....
Dynamic Shiraz Viognier

Taltarni Shiraz Viognier 2022

Shiraz 89% Viognier 11%. Wild hibiscus, black cherry pie, lilac and blackberry wine gums. A waft of apricot, blood plums...
Taltarni Pyrenees Estate Shiraz NV

Taltarni Shiraz Estate 2019

Made from select fruit from mature vines on their Estate vineyard. I love the Pyrenees for being able to capture...
Yangarra Ovitelli Grenache Screwcap

Yangarra Ovitelli Grenache 2021

Always the delicately fine wine and long awaited between vintages. Here they have selected berry sorting and 100% destemmed fruit...
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Yangarra Ovitelli Blanc 2021

I can’t help but do a little happy dance for the savvy team behind Yangarra when I crack the seal...
Lange Estate Fifth Generation Riesling

Lange Estate Fifth Generation Riesling 2022

Makrut lime leaf, lemon zest and Johnathon apple core. A perfume of white lilies and climbing jasmine. A whack of...
Lange Estate Providence Road Chardonnay

Lange Estate Providence Road Chardonnay 2022

Pineapple core, winter melon and white nectarine meets chalkboard duster, loofah and pumice stone. There is candied lemon, grated nutmeg...
Lange Estate Fifth Generation Shiraz

Lange Estate Fifth Generation Shiraz 2021

A charming expression of Shiraz from the Frankland River, a region with so much Shiraz potential. Wild raspberries, kirsch and...
Lange Estate Fifth Generation Cabernet Sauvignon

Lange Estate Fifth Generation Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Evocative. The wine recalls memories of afternoon walks at dusk, with the crackle of dried leaves underfoot, the sweet smell...
Lange Estate Providence Road Cabernet Sauvignon

Lange Estate Providence Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Blackberry bush, macerated mulberries and vanilla bean paste. Oak sits front and centre but with good weight and carry from...
Shaw + Smith Balhannah Vineyard Shiraz (front)

Shaw + Smith Balhannah Shiraz 2020

From a close planted site within a stone’s throw from the winery. The Balhannah is always a distinctive wine. Old...
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Shaw + Smith Lenswood Pinot Noir 2021

Planted in 1999, the Lenswood site sits at 500m in elevation. This is purely 114 clone in-bedded in loam over...
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Shaw + Smith Lenswood Chardonnay 2021

Whole bunch pressed, fermented in puncheons of which 30% were new before full malolactic fermentation and 10 months in oak....
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Shaw + Smith M3 Chardonnay 2022

It’s always great to see the incarnation of M3. I tend to think of this wine in a similar vein...
Shaw + Smith Pinot Noir (lower res)

Shaw + Smith Pinot Noir 2022

The 2022 release of S+S Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir delivers all the pretty, delicate pristine red wild strawberries it’s known...
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The Other Wine Co Arinto 2022

The 2022 Arinto is grown in the Riverland at Ricca Terra Farms who have made waves with their plantings of...
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The Other Wine Co Savagnin 2021

Always with a mindset to think outside the box The Other Wine Co has once again hit it out of...
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Tomich Icon 1777 Pinot Noir 2022

Only made in the best of vintages this is a celebration of the 777 clone, which works well for the...
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Tomich Woodside Pinot Noir 2022

A real change of pace with the Woodside Pinot Noir. Here you’ll find stewed strawberries, raspberry licorice and pomegranate seeds...
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Tomich Woodside Chardonnay 2022

White lilies, crushed sandstone, grapefruit pith and white peach with coconut water freshness followed by cloudy apple juice and honeysuckle....
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Tomich Icon Q96 Chardonnay 2022

A family icon wine made with Bernard clone 96 picked from the Q block within their 27 block vineyard.  Elegance...
Woodside Vineyard Shiraz

Tomich Woodside Shiraz 2021

An emphasis on perfume here in this 2021 Shiraz. Concentrated blackberries, redcurrants and mulberry, a whip of bitter chocolate, black...
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Watkins Ruscello Sangiovese Mad Cousins Series 2021

Italian at heart and endowment of fruit only Langhorne Creek can deliver. Goji berries, pomegranate, semi dried tomato and cranberry....

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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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