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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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Petaluma Chardonnay 2024

This may not have the stuffing of other releases of this wine, but there’s excellent complexity and structure on show....
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Petaluma B.C.P. Butter Chardonnay 2024

A touch of peach schnapps is quickly occluded by buttered toast and bacon fat first off, somewhat delivering on the...
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Wangolina Project 5255 Malbec 2024

Project 5255 is a Langhorne Creek initiative that offers three winemakers two tonnes of Langhorne Creek fruit to make a...
Richard Hamilton Les Collines Pinot Gris NV Low Res

Richard Hamilton Les Collines Pinot Gris 2024

This is definitively Pinot Gris in style, with a subtly oily texture and ripe flavour while still maintaining freshness. Aromas...
Leconfield Richard Hamilton Cabernet Sauvignon NV low res

Richard Hamilton Hut Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

There’s varietal character here, and an elegant, digestible feel to the palate. Bay leaf, subtle bell pepper and blackcurrant lead...
Richard Hamilton Little Road Shiraz NV Low Res

Richard Hamilton Little Road Shiraz 2022

This is about digestibility and easiness more than anything else, though there is sufficient tannin structure to hold up to...
Teakle Riesling

Teakle Riesling 2024

This comes from the Teakle property in Port Lincoln which has a soil combination of rich combination of sandy loam...
Teakle Merlot Cab

Teakle Merlot Cabernet 2021

This wine is made from fruit off the Teakle property in Port Lincoln which has a soil combination of rich...
Sparkling NV

Teakle Brut Cuvée Traditional Method Sparkling NV

The Chardonnay and Pinot Noir for this wine are sourced from the Adelaide Hills and Clare Valley. Interestingly, the base...
Teakle Shiraz

Teakle Shiraz 2021

From the Teakle vineyard in Port Lincoln. Charred game meat, rhubarb, black pepper, black olive, blackberry, coal, and a glimmer...
Teakle Chardonnay

Teakle Chardonnay 2024

Barrel fermented in French Oak Hogsheads with 25% new. Eight months on lees with monthly battonage. Some charry cedarwood and...
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Teakle Rosé 2024

This is made using 100% Shiraz from the Teakle vineyard. Nice pale salmon pink colour. Quite herbaceous and vegetal tones...
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Parker Estate First Growth 2021

The 2021 vintage is said to have reflected the great years of a time gone by with its classically long...
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Parker Estate 95 Block Coonawarra 2022

From Parker Estate’s Abbey Vineyard, this is a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon and 19% Petit Verdot that was matured...
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Parker Estate Kidman Block Shiraz 2023

The Kidman Block Shiraz comes from 50+ year old vines in Tim Kidman’s vineyard in the northern end of the...
Patrick Sullivan Black Sands

Patrick Sullivan Black Sands Chardonnay 2024

Planted in 1990, The Black Sands vineyard is located just west of the township of Heywood in Western Victoria, with...
Patrick Sullivan Woori Yallock

Patrick Sullivan Woori Yallock Chardonnay 2024

The fruit for this wine comes from the coveted Lusatia Park vineyard in the upper Yarra Valley, planted in 1985...
Patrick Sullivan Bull Swamp

Patrick Sullivan Bull Swamp Chardonnay 2024

Located just outside of the town of Warragul, the dry grown Bull Swamp vineyard was planted in 1982 to deep...
Patrick Sullivan Ada River

Patrick Sullivan Ada River Chardonnay 2024

Planted in 1982, the dry-grown Ada River vineyard is in Neerim South in the foothills of Mount Baw Baw in...
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Harvest Moon Chardonnay 2023

Frisky pear and green apple lead the aromas with some lemon pith, honeydew melon and hazelnut in support. The palate...
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Harvest Moon Pinot Noir 2023

There’s a light and bright sensibility here. Simplicity and drinkability. Raspberry lolly, red plum, subtle beetroot, a hint of red...
Yeenunga Shiraz

Penny’s Hill Yeenunga Shiraz 2023

From the diverse soils of the Yeenunga vineyard comes this debut release. In this case, shallow topsoils over weathered siltstone...
Yeenunga Grenache

Penny’s Hill Yeenunga Grenache 2024

This is sourced from 0.88 hectares of 52 year-old bush vines planted in a horseshoe contour at 170m elevation. 30%...
Penny's Hill SV Grenache

Penny’s Hill Single Vineyard Grenache 2024

This is Penny’s Hill’s second vintage of this wine from 76 year-old bush vines in the sandy soils of Blewitt...

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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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