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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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Henschke Joseph Hill Gewürztraminer 2025

There’s no mistaking the variety as classic Gewürztraminer notes leap from the glass. Turkish delight, rose water and apricot blossom...
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Henschke Peggy’s Hill Riesling 2025

This is lifted and bright Eden Valley Riesling, hitting all of the regional markers well. Lime, wet stone, lemon peel...
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Henschke Percival’s Mill Grüner Veltliner 2025

This has some classic varietal character with spice complexity woven neatly through defined fruit. White peach, white pepper, honeydew melon,...
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Henschke Julius Riesling 2025

The immediacy of this wine’s depth is what’s striking straight off. It’s floral and refined with a sense of brimming...
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Henschke Green’s Hill Riesling 2025

This is a brightly lit Riesling of immediate appeal with refreshing energy and mineral tension. Lime cordial, sweet jasmine, green...
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Henschke Johanne Ida Selma Blanc de Noir MD

Here we have hand-selected Pinot Noir from Lenswood and a wine made from multiple vintages spanning 1999 to 2019. This...
Sparkling

Marnong Estate Blanc de Blancs 2022

A chiselled, fine-spun sparkling that unfurls slowly in the glass, revealing ripe lemon, green apple, salted water cracker and brine,...
FIano

Marnong Estate Single Vineyard Fiano 2024

An arresting aromatic profile opens with white grapefruit, lemon pith, cheese cloth and sliced fennel, before air unlocks subtler tones...
Chardonnay SV

Marnong Estate Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Stubborn flinty reduction dominates initially, before stepping aside to reveal cashew nut, brine, grapefruit, white pear and lemon pith. The...
Chardonnay Estate

Marnong Estate Chardonnay 2024

Much like the Single Vineyard Chardonnay, this opens with pronounced gunsmoke reduction, before brine and cashew cream emerge, joined by...
Lono

Lono Rosé 2025

As the name suggests, we’re in the low- and no-alcohol realm for this wine. It’s made from King Valley Shiraz...
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Leeuwin Estate Prelude Chardonnay 2024

Producer. Producer. Producer. Despite the 2024 naysaying (at least for Chardonnay) on account of its warmth, this is unsurprisingly all...
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Leeuwin Estate Art Series Riesling 2025

Quite an opulent opening here, led by cantaloupe, white peach, ripe lime, lemongrass and green apple, followed by flickers of...
Classic Dry Rosé NV

Vasse Felix Classic Dry Rosé 2025

100% Shiraz. Pale salmon with orange hues. Cranberry, watermelon, a hint of white pepper, blueberry and subtle rose-like florals. There’s...
Classic Dry Red NV

Vasse Felix Classic Dry Red 2024

100% Shiraz. A ripper this year, showing mulberry, blood plum, pine needle, black pepper, resin and a touch of graphite....
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Marchand & Burch Village Pinot Noir 2024

As with the Chardonnay, this is sourced from the Mount Barrow vineyard in Great Southern at an altitude of 380...
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Marchand & Burch Village Chardonnay 2024 

Sourced from the Mount Barrow vineyard in Great Southern at an elevation of 380 metres. Fermentation in French oak: 33%...
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Marchand & Burch Rosé 2025

Here we have a blend of Shiraz, Pinot Noir and Grenache from multiple WA regions. Watermelon pink in colour. Notes...
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...

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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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