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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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Vickery Watervale Riesling 2024

A perky wine with lovely crisp green apple flesh, water lilies and aloe. There is cut celery heart and elderflower...
SW sem NV

Sweetwater Wines Semillon 2023

A very lemon citrus dominant wine with lemon leaf, zest and sprays of juice. Behind that you’ll also find some...
SW shriaz NV

Sweetwater Wines Shiraz 2022

A sultry number with chocolate wrapped licorice, plum skin and boysenberries. A hint of lavender and lilac blossoms peeks their...
SW Shiraz Cab NV

Sweetwater Wines Shiraz Cabernet 2021

This feels as though East meets West here with the fragrance of red cherries wrapped with blackberries and dark figs,...
SW Shiraz T

Sweetwater Wines Shiraz Touriga 2023

Vibrant Kirsch, Ribena and raspberry compote bubbling on the stove. Thyme leaves, rosemary stem and blossoming Grevillea. There is plenty...
SW cab sav NV

Sweetwater Wines Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Ripe black cherries, mulberry and cassis. Some pencil box, dried oregano and crushed clove. The palate is assertive with grainy...
Black Label Chardonnay

Dexter Wines Black Label Chardonnay 2023

Sourced from the Dexter family farm in Tuerong, this is all Dijon clones. Fermentation occurs in 500L French puncheons 50%...
Classic Dry White NV

Vasse Felix Classic Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2024

A blend of 63% Semillon and 37% Sauvignon Blanc. The wine is vivacious with elderflower, star fruit and squeezed backyard...
Classic Dry Rosé NV

Vasse Felix Classic Dry Rosé 2024

Made entirely from Shiraz fruit. A delicate cherry blossom pink hue in the glass. The wine opens with donut peach...
grenache

Oliver’s Taranga Grenache 2024

Early summer berries. Plump raspberries, wild strawberries and nettle leaf. There is some terra cotta clay and an autumnal leaf...
anforefiano

Oliver’s Taranga Anfore Fiano 2023

The royal treatment for the best parcels of fruit, maturing in Italian amphorae for 15 months on lees. This invokes...
Vermentino

Oliver’s Taranga Vermentino 2024

Full of sea spray, lemon juice highlighter and sandy shores. This is transportive of summer days and the lightness of...
mencia

Oliver’s Taranga Mencia 2024

Kalamata olive, black cherries and Assam tea leaf. Dried Ancho chiles and sumac spice. Like a deep well, this wine...
tempranillo

Oliver’s Taranga Tempranillo 2024

Blackberries, prune plums and fig skin. Mocha, pomegranate and vanilla bean. Fruit sweetness on the palate is divine indeed, it’s...
RW

Oliver’s Taranga RW Grenache 2023

10% whole bunches used with the rest made up of whole berries. Matured in seasoned puncheons and stainless steel. Iron...
BrionisBlend

Oliver’s Taranga Brioni’s Blend 2024

A blend of Touriga, Grenache and Mencia. This is the best of both worlds, robust, crunchy and high drinkability. Some...
Shiraz

Oliver’s Taranga Shiraz 2023

A fistful of picked mulberries, wild boysenberries and blood plums. Dancing joyful acidity and a serpentine of smooth tannins. Some...
corrinas

Olivers Taranga Corrina’s Shiraz Cabernet 2023

A sleek wine that manifests its happy marriage of the two varieties. Here they are sailing together rather than standing...
sagrantino

Oliver’s Taranga Sagrantino 2023

Blue ink turned earth and blackcurrants. Fig heart and rhubarb. The angular shape pushes at the front palate with some...
Fiano

Oliver’s Taranga Fiano 2024

Yellow peaches, pineapple core and guava skin. Wattle, frangipani blooms and nutmeg spice. A wine on the weekly rotation for...
Falanghina

Oliver’s Taranga Falanghina 2024

A Campania queen, it’s exciting to see this in the hands of Corrina Wright who has managed to capture a...
Castle Rock Estate AW Riesling

Castle Rock Estate A & W Riesling 2024

This is a selection of the best Riesling blocks in honour of Angelo and Wendy, the founders and visionaries. Light...
Castle Rock Estate Diletti Riesling

Castle Rock Estate Diletti Riesling 2024

All estate fruit and racked to the barrel with solids. Matured in seasoned French oak puncheons on light lees for...
Castle Rock Estate Skywalk Riesling

Castle Rock Estate Skywalk Riesling 2024

A bouquet of spring flowers, nashi pear and white peach. Some firm angles with some apple skin in the middle...

Stories

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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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Sisu: Planting Grit and Grapes in the Coal River Valley

Jake Sheedy earned his stripes working alongside Peter Logan at Logan Wines in Mudgee. When COVID reshaped the world, it...
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After a career spanning 50 years, Richard Rowe began his journey under the tutelage of Brian Croser. Cutting his teeth...
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Peter Lehmann Wigan

The Peter Lehmann tale begins and ends with community. It’s the story of one man who looked out for a...
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Stonier has long been a stalwart of the Mornington Peninsula, with its bottles gracing dining tables in restaurants, homes, and...
MCPL

Ten Minutes by Tractor

Trahere is Latin for “to pull” or “to draw.” At Ten Minutes by Tractor, the bottling name signifies the drive...
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