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Tony Love

Tony is best known for his 10 years as News Corp’s National Wine Writer, with weekly columns in major metropolitan mastheads throughout Australia including The Adelaide Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Melbourne Herald Sun. He continues to write feature articles and columns for all the major Australian wine media publications. Tony has also worked as a restaurant reviewer, section editor, book editor, digital content provider, journalism teacher and was named Wine Communicators of Australia 2018 Legend of the Vine (SA). Find out more about Tony at tonylove.com.au
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Sidewood Estate Chardonnay 2024

Sidewood’s multi-tiered Chardonnay portfolio is an impressive collection in anyone’s language, and the 2024 vintage is clearly a beauty if...
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Riposte The Dagger Pinot Noir 2025

From a warm, dry and early vintage, fruit selected from several vineyards across the region, this new release sits more...
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Rock Ferry 3rd Rock Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc – three words that can attract or divide, depending on where you personally sit with the variety....
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Rock Ferry Aurora Creek Chardonnay 2021

Chardonnay in a glory style, towards the riper and richer end of the varietal scale, peachy and creamy, some roasted...
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Rock Ferry Aurora Creek Pinot Noir 2022

Multi-clonal, wild yeast fermented with a miniscule 5% whole cluster, all the little-big things to release a captivating, pinot-clear bouquet...
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Sidewood Pinot Gris 2025

Sourced from Sidewood Estate’s vineyards in the Charleston and Oakbank districts, a fair bit wild-fermented in large format French oak...
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Hardys HRB Shiraz 2018

The HRB range (Heritage Reserve Bin) is a display in the art of blending regions within a varietal spectrum, here...
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Hardys HRB Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

A wine created to style parameters rather than regional or even more so specific. Here it’s from three sources: Margaret...
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Coeur des Sages Mâcon Villages Chardonnay 2023

An AOC Macon Villages by a cooperative of around 80 growers – Les Vignerons d’Ige – this is a delicate...
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Coeur des Sages Beaujolais Villages Gamay 2023

An AOC Beaujolais Villages designation, harvested from Domaine de la Longere. Earthy, foresty with a heart and soul honest styling...
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Rameau d’Or Côtes de Provence Rosé 2024

Extreme pale, with a pretty white-topped strawberry like nose, the faintest of mints in the background. All very attractive in...
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Mr Riggs Outpost Cabernet 2023

A classic regional statement here, again sourcing the variety from outside Riggs’s home base – and unsurprisingly Coonawarra, showcasing its...
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Mr Riggs Watervale Riesling 2025

From a warm and dry vintage when the balance of ripe flavour and natural grape acidity was a critical decision...
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Mr Riggs Piebald Syrah 2023

Grown in Ben Riggs’s Piebald Gully vineyard in the northeast of McLaren Vale’s Willunga foothills country, which enjoys a cooler...
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Mr Riggs Valerie Pinot Noir 2023

Leaving his McLaren Vale home base to plug into the Adelaide Hills for a set of varietals more suited to...
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Mr Riggs The Gaffer Shiraz 2023

The Gaffer is Ben Riggs’ special Shiraz that he leverages fund-raising for cancer research. It’s a ripper in its own...
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Mr Riggs Woodside Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Like many McLaren Vale based producers, Ben Riggs heads up to the neighbouring Adelaide Hills for many of his aromatic...
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Knappstein The Mayor’s Vineyard Shiraz 2021

Clare Valley Shiraz might not have the same rep as other South Australian regions more renowned with the variety, but...
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Knappstein The Insider Shiraz Malbec 2022

The Shiraz-Malbec blend is one of Clare Valley’s notable red wine signatures, here from the northern end of the region,...
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Hesketh Small Batch Pinot Blanc 2024

Pinot Blanc is a relative newcomer to our winemaking catalogue, and not surprising that it is growing in a cooler...
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Hesketh Pinot Gris 2025

From a mature vineyard in the Birdwood district of the Adelaide Hills, a specific clonal selection with less skin colour...
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Hesketh Small Batch Chardonnay 2024

Sourced from two districts, the renowned sub-region of Piccadilly Valley as well as the less elevated Paracombe surrounds in the...
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Hesketh Woodside Gamay 2024

Harvested from a much-loved vineyard in the central Hills district of Woodside, whole berry and some whole bunch fermented before...
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Vickery Polish Hill Riesling 2024

The first ever Polish Hill River Riesling from the Vickery label, having for the previous 11 years released a Watervale...

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Aramis The Governor Shiraz

Lee Flourentzou remembers clearly the first two cases of wine he bought more than 20 years ago, and the impact...

Penfolds 2022 including 100 Point Grange

The Penfolds story simply can’t contain itself. For years its narrative has relied on wines with a South Australian provenance...

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Salomon Estate The Verve 2018Fleurieu Peninsula, SA ($30)92 Points From the South Australian estate of renowned Austrian winemaker Bert Salomon,...
How deeply do you go in a quest to discover the intricacies of the land you are farming and to...

Mitolo on song

The people of Italy’s Abruzzo region live by a motto. Forte e gentile. Strong and kind. It’s said the revered...

Clone Wars at Sidewood Estate

Just when we’ve got our heads around the idea of single vineyards  – even single blocks within those vineyards –...
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