Avatar photo

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.
Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay

Vasse Felix Heytesbury 2024

Wild yeast, fermented in French oak barriques. Matured in French oak barriques with 53% being new oak for 10 months....
Vasse Felix Chardonnay

Vasse Felix Chardonnay 2024

100% wild yeast and mature in 30% new French oak barriques for 10 months and a further 5 months in...
Filius Sauvignon Blanc NV

Vasse Felix Filius Sauvignon Blanc 2025

The $30 Filius Sauvignon Blanc label gets the same amount of consideration in wine making labour as does the top...
Sauvignon Blanc NV

Vasse Felix Sauvignon Blanc 2023

This boosts lemon rind and preserved apple skin, some safflower oil and canola. A hint at pine nut richness, some...
NONFIV

NON #5 Lemon Marmalade Hibiscus

The NON wine alternatives are some of my preferred on the market because from inception they have been about providing...
AIXSRONV BV

Maison Saint Aix Beau Viva Non Alc Sparkling Rosé 750ml

Hats off to the marketing team for the packaging, this feels and looks like a celebration in a bottle. With...
Higher Plane Vanishing Point Syrah NV

Higher Planes Vanishing Point 2023

A mix of heady blackberries, mulberries and toffee apples. A nice display of picked plums features throughout. Some thyme and...
Curtis Pasha McLaren Vale Shiraz

Curtis Pasha 2022

The fruit is sourced from 60 year old vines. Matured in French and American oak barrels for 24 months. This...
Curtis Cavaliere McLaren Vale Shiraz

Curtis Cavaliere Shiraz 2022

The 2022 Cavaliere shows some dark ground spices that lead to a core of blackberry fruit. Cracked peppercorn, clove and...
Curtis Ancestor McLaren Vale Shiraz ()

Curtis Ancestor 2022

The vines are as stated over 100 years old and matured in French and American oak barrels for 24 months....
gladiator helmet bottle revised copy

Curtis Gladiator 2022

Sourced from 80 year old vines and matured in French and American oak for 36 months. A wine that unfurls...
enigma bottle draft copy

Curtis Enigma 2024

Showing its dry ripening conditions in 2024, this has vibrant red and blackberries, with a slew of fresh acidity thanks...
Curtis Small Batch South Australia Durif ()

Curtis Small Batch Durif 2025

This is a witches brew if ever I smelt one. There are mulberry stained hands and rich cocoa aromas. A...
YEV Blanc Bottleshot WEB ()

Yangarra Blanc 2023

This season’s blend is made up of 25% Grenache Blanc, 25% Clariette, 22% Piquepoul, 18% Bourboulenc, 8% Roussanne and 2%...
Mount Pleasant Mount Henry Shiraz Pinot LR

Mount Pleasant Mount Henry 2025

Another early rising for Hunter Valley vintage crew, but no surprise the team at Mount Pleasant were ready and roaring...
Mount Pleasant Mothervine Pinot Noir LR

Mount Pleasant Mothervine Pinot Noir 2025

Australia’s oldest planted Pinot Noir vineyard by Mauirce O’Shea himself in 1921. A vivid wine this vintage with maraschino cherries,...
Mount Pleasant OP&OH Shiraz LR

Mount Pleasant OP & OH 2024

OP & OH is short for Old Hill and Old Paddock, this vintage opens with blackcurrant and wild raspberries. Nicely...
Mount Pleasant Mountain A LR

Mount Pleasant Mountain A Medium Bodied Red 2024

The medium bodied nature of Mountain A comes from the particular block planted in 1965. There are cranberries and lily...
Mount Pleasant Mountain D LR

Mount Pleasant Mountain D Full Bodied Red 2024

The Mountain D was first released in 1937 as a blended vineyard wine, crafted to express the richer, full-bodied character...
Mount Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz LR

Mount Pleasant Rosehill Single Vineyard Shiraz 2024

Planted in 1946 and later plantings in 1965. This bottling takes fruit from the lower Northern aspect that makes the...
Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon LR

Mount Pleasant Single Vineyard Lovedale Semillon 2025

This is like falling into a fairy bed of apple blossoms, so delicate is its fragrant perfume. Lime pith, pomelo,...
Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon LR

Mount Pleasant Cellar Aged Semillon Lovedale 2021

Good gracious this is fresh, and an exercise in the Lovedale vineyards enduring youth. The vintage was not a walk...
Mount Pleasant Old Hill Shiraz LR

Mount Pleasant Old Hill Shiraz 2024

Planted in 1880, Old Hill is Australia’s oldest continuously worked vineyard. The site and its promise was what drew Maurice...
Mount Pleasant Old Paddock Shiraz LR

Mount Pleasant Old Paddock Shiraz 2024

Established in 1921 from cuttings taken from Old Hill. Planted in Pokolbin in a north- south orientation on red and...

Stories

DD Hero

Dawning Day Farms

Dawning Day Farms is a micro-vineyard in Exeter, in the Southern Highlands. Michael and Katrina Archer branched out into winemaking...
MACB
Greg Clack believes that each vineyard possesses its own inherent aptitude — a natural ability for growing grapes that express...
N

Sheehan Vineyards

Nick Sheehan purchased three distinguished sites in the upper reaches of the Piccadilly Valley: St Margaret’s in Summertown, Allyra in...
image()

Small Acres Cyder

Small Acres Cyder is exactly that—small in scale but rich in intent. Run by the Geoghegan family in Orange, NSW,...
Lifestyle

Castello Di Meleto

Located in Gaiole in Chianti, in the heart of Chianti Classico, this estate traces its connection to wine back to...
IMG

Thunderstone, Porongrup

Thunderstone is a new venture from Tony Davis and Remond Sweeny. This union of two mates, sometimes known under the...
winepilot