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Tom Kline

Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
Keepers of the Flame Shiraz

Scarborough Keepers of the Flame Vineyard Selection Shiraz 2023 

Restrained and poised from the outset. This is packed with bloody, iodine-like minerality, plum conserve, black pepper, black cherry, game...
Keepers of the Flame Shiraz Tempranillo

Scarborough Keepers of the Flame Vineyard Selection Shiraz Tempranillo 2023

Spiced plum, liquorice, bacon fat, dark cherry and black pepper. It’s rich but restrained. Time in the glass reveals a...
Keepers of the Flame Shiraz Viognier

Scarborough Keepers of the Flame Vineyard Selection Shiraz Viognier 2023

Tar, grilled meat, dusty leather and liquorice kick off a savoury opening before a filling-out of black cherry, violets, blood-orange...
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Pizzini Verduzzo 2024

I love that Pizzini has leaned into a more obscure Friulian variety here, and to great success. This is interesting...
Pizzini Il Barone

Pizzini Il Barone 2022 

Here we have the uber-blend of the Pizzini range: 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Shiraz, 22% Sangiovese and 9% Nebbiolo. Each...
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Pizzini L’Aquila Nebbiolo 2022

This is ambrosial and alluring, while exhibiting good depth to the perfume. Dried rose petals, red cherry, blood orange, amaro...
Pizzini Pietra Rossa Sangiovese NVS ()

Pizzini Pietra Rossa Sangiovese 2024

Lovely dark-cherry and raspberry fruit on first look, quickly backed by rose, nutmeg spice, oregano, anise and a terracotta edge....
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Pizzini Attento 2024

Meaning ‘careful’ in Italian, ‘Attento’ is 100% Pinot Grigio grown at 800 metres on rich volcanic soils. Hand-picked and whole...
Pizzini Nonna Gisella Sangiovese NVS ()

Pizzini Nonna Gisella Sangiovese 2024

This is lifted and energetic Sangiovese with a playful and exuberant air. Red cherry, cranberry, plum and red rose leap...
Pizzini Arneis NVS ()

Pizzini Arneis 2025

A very lifted little number here, with florals and fruit aplenty. Honeydew melon, gardenia, guava, elderflower and kiwifruit lead, with...
Pizzini Pinot Grigio NVW ()

Pizzini Pinot Grigio 2025

This has all the classic Pinot Grigio fruit characters, but there’s lovely floral finesse and a saline edge that adds...
Pavona Pinot Grigio NVS ()

Pizzini Pavona Pinot Grigio 2025

A higher-end Pinot Grigio offering from a single-vineyard site. ‘Pavona’ is Italian for ‘peacock,’ and the site is named after...
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Pizzini Nero d’Avola 2024

This is a successful example of the variety sitting nicely in the value spot. Black cherry liqueur, violets, plum, pepper...
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Pizzini La Volpe Nebbiolo 2024

Juicy red cherry, blood orange, redcurrant, spiced plum, chinotto, dried rose and a glimmer of tar. There’s no mistaking the...
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Pizzini Fiano 2025

This features a quiet opening with gentle notes of almond, green apple, melon and shaved fennel. It unfurls and lifts...
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SOUMAH Crescent Moon Methode Traditionelle 2020

Named in honour of the belief that vineyard work attuned to the cycles of the moon produces superior results, this...
Hickinbotham TheNest CabFranc Bottleshot WEB

Hickinbotham The Nest Cabernet Franc 2022 

This comes from a block planted in 2013 with the cépage being 87% Cabernet Franc, 11% Merlot and 2% Malbec....
Hickinbotham ThePeake CabShiraz Bottleshot WEB

Hickinbotham The Peake Cabernet Shiraz 2022 

‘Restrained richness’ is the term that springs to mind. Savoury pan juices, iodine minerality, gravel, blood plum, bay leaf lift,...
Hickinbotham Trueman CabSauv Bottleshot WEB

Hickinbotham Trueman Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 

Elegant from the outset, this has notes of pimiento, bay leaf, subtle balsamic, blackcurrant, decaying leaves, plum and cedar. There’s...
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Hickinbotham Brooks Road Shiraz 2022

Pink peppercorn spice melds nicely with blueberry, blackberry and blood plum fruits to start. Some time in the glass draws...
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Willem Kurt Vermentino 2025

This is very lifted in its perfume, with sweet jasmine florals hovering above green mango skin, melon, preserved lemon and...
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Willem Kurt Chardonnay 2024

Nougat, smoky bacon fat and clotted cream sit around a lovely cut of citrus and stone-fruit drive – white peach,...
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Mitchell Peppertree Vineyard Shiraz 2019

Bright red plum melds with new leather first off, followed by dried herbs, blackberry, milk chocolate, clove, game meat and...
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Tyrrell’s Vat 1 Semillon 2019

This is very pure and precise with brilliant impact to firmly reinforce the value of Vat 1 Semillon in the...

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Penfolds Collection 2025 – Tom Kline

2024 Penfolds Bin 23 Pinot Noir | RRP $55 | 93 points A finely wrought Pinot Noir from Tasmania, matured...
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2024 Chardonnay May – Adelaide Hills

A good rhyme always elevates a name, imbuing it with a sense of playfulness and pop while also adding intrigue...
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