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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.
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Main Ridge Old Vine Chardonnay 2025

Founded in 1975 by Nat and Rosalie White, Main Ridge Estate is now guided by the Sexton family and winemaker...
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Main Ridge Old Vine Pinot Noir 2025

Founded in 1975 by Nat and Rosalie White, Main Ridge Estate is now guided by the Sexton family and winemaker...
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Main Ridge Mary’s Vineyard Chardonnay 2025

Mary’s Vineyard was founded in 1996 and spans five acres. Main Ridge has leased the vineyard since 2024. It sits...
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Main Ridge Harvey Vineyard Pinot Noir 2025

Harvey Vineyard was planted in 2019 on a slope overlooking Port Phillip Bay. The site’s northern aspect, bay-wind protection and...
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Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay 2025

A good winter of rain in 2025, on the long-term average, set things up well; warmish flowering brought a strong...
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Tolpuddle Vineyard Pinot Noir 2025

The Coal River Valley had a kind 2025: solid winter rain against the long-term average, flowering through warmish conditions that...
Tinnyu Chardonnay

Tinnyu Coma Chardonnay 2024

Grown across two high-altitude Shangri-La villages — Xi-Da at 2,800m and A-Dong at 2,600m — on sandy-loam soils threaded with...
Silver Heights Marselan

Silver Heights Jiayuan Marselan 2023

Hand-picked over two separate harvests from the sandier Jishan vineyard soils for freshness and structure, then de-stemmed and fermented in...
Silver Heights Chardonnay

Silver Heights Reserve Chardonnay 2022

Sourced from the sandier soils of the Jishan vineyard and hand-picked before a day’s skin contact, this is fermented under...
Xiao Pu Perdue Pinot Noir

Xiao Pu Perdue 22.3 Pinot Noir

Made by nomadic négociant Ian Dai Hongjing under his ‘Perdue’ label — this is the third release, drawn from Ningxia...
September Helan Chardonnay

September Helan Chardonnay 2024

Fermented at 16°C over seven days from Gezi Mountain fruit, half the blend spends six months in new French oak...
Tinnyu Cabernet

Tinnyu Coma Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

Sourced from the Mei-Li-Shi Village vineyard at 2,300m in Shangri-La — a site expected to disappear within five years to...
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Water Wheel Grenache 2024

Smoky plum, woodsmoke, rhubarb, raspberry, clove, cinnamon, red liquorice and bark-like earth on the nose. The palate delivers juicy, sweet-fruited...
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Water Wheel The Estate 2024

Sweet vanillin and coconut oak lead the perfume before dusty cedar, earth, plum, blackberry, bay leaf and cracked black pepper...
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Bekkers Clarendon Vineyard Syrah 2024

There’s incredible depth to the red and blue fruits from the very first sniff, and it holds hands nicely with...
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Bekkers McLaren Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

Classic notes of blackcurrant and fine cedar lift from the glass with elegance before a cascading of complexity in tilled...
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Bekkers McLaren Vale Syrah 2024

This has such restrained richness and profound complexity. Savoury notes lead the charge with briny olive tapenade, cracked pepper, pan...
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Craggy Range Aroha Te Muna Martinborough Pinot Noir 2024

Grown on a narrow band of clay over stone in the Te Muna Vineyard, from vines now over 25 years...
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Craggy Range Sophia Gimblett Gravels Vineyard 2024

A 79% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon blend anchored by Merlot from Block 24 (clone 481), hand-harvested after...
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Craggy Range Le Sol Gimblett Gravels Vineyard 2024

Syrah from a heritage MS clone brought to New Zealand in the 1840s, planted in the stoniest reaches of the...
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Alkina Estate Grenache 2025

Here we have Alkina’s self-proclaimed ‘Village’ level Grenache, taken from a range of sites across the stable, some older and...
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Alkina Estate Stonefire Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2024

‘Stonefire’ is a tribute to the mother rock beneath the Alkina vineyard. Grenache comes from schist-rich sites and the ferrous...
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Alkina Estate Stonefire Shiraz 2025

Lovely restraint on show with an alluring perfume of black cherry, blueberry and blackberry melding with graphite, crushed rocks, clove,...
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Fleet Wines Leongatha Pinot Noir 2025

Grown on a single site in Leongatha, South Gippsland, north-facing rows on an easterly aspect, with deep, basalt-rich clay loam...

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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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