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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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Wynns O’Deas Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Wynns’ single vineyard series for the 2023 vintage honed in on younger vines from a block just north of the...
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Wynns Single Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2025

Every year Wynns winemakers select a single vineyard parcel of fruit to bottle as a limited edition. This, from the...
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V&A Lane Shiraz 2024

This Shiraz comes at you from a very different angle, a celebration of cool climate region viticulture and winemaking that...
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Wynns V&A Lane Cabernet Shiraz 2024

An extraordinary wine with a wonderful link to the past generation of Wynns clarets, which were built around this classic...
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Wynns Black Label Messenger Chardonnay 2025

Sourced from the Messenger vineyard at the southern end of Coonawarra’s Terra Rossa strip, there’s a purity of fruit here...
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Wynns Black Label Cabernet Shiraz 2024

Surprising. This is the first time Wynns have released a classic Australian blend of Cabernet and Shiraz within their famed...
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Wynns Black Label The Original Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

The most visible of Wynns’ Coonawarra creations, and the most collectable as well, Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon has an enviable...
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Wynns Black Label Old Vines Shiraz 2024

Shiraz in a good year, like 2024, is one of Coonawarra’s best “secrets”, its deep south ripening season responsible for...
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Knappstein Unearthed Sangiovese 2025

An inaugural release under Clare Valley’s Knappstein winery’s new “Unearthed” range, created to explore the less familiar side of the...
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Knappstein Unearthed Malbec 2025

From the inaugural release of Knappstein’s new “Unearthed” range, which explores the less familiar elements of Clare Valley’s varietal makeup....
Jacob's Creek Reserve Shiraz

Jacob’s Creek Reserve Shiraz 2023

The Reserve JC range is where you can find excellent value for up-scaled wines in this globally recognised commodity brand....
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Grant Burge The Holy Trinity Grenache/Shiraz/Mourvèdre 2023

The Holy Trinity, you might think, refers to the three varieties within, but in fact it is named after a...
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Grant Burge Nebu Cabernet Shiraz 2024

Traditionally sourced from the southern districts of the Barossa Valley, the sophistication in this particular blend is palpable from the...
Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz

Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz 2024

A captivating and purely Barossa vibed Shiraz, rounded and rich with blackberry cream and chocolate feels wrapping sound deliciously ripe...
GB Meshach

Grant Burge Meshach Shiraz 2022

The Grant Burge flagship Shiraz from a highly regarded vintage that brings with it so much concentration and richness yet...
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St Hugo Grenache/Shiraz/Mataro 2025

The St Hugo range has long been a trusted Barossa portfolio that takes much of the better fruit sources previously...
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Petaluma Hanlin Hill Riesling 2025

From the Clare Valley, specifically Hanlin Hill Vineyard, which has been a long-prized site in the region for the Petaluma...
Petaluma Evans Vineyard

Petaluma Evans Coonawarra 2021

A Coonawarra regional classic blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (90%) and Merlot (10%) from the Evans Vineyard that has been a...
Blackwell

St Hallett Blackwell Shiraz 2023

St Hallett’s Blackwell Shiraz – one of several elite Shiraz expressions under the brand – takes its fruit from mature...
Old Block

St Hallett Old Block Shiraz 2021

One of the Barossa’s perennially great Shiraz ambassadors, as the name suggests regularly sourced from old vines with a minimum...
Super Trooper

Zonte’s Footstep Super Trooper Shiraz Cabernet 2023

The Shiraz-Cabernet blend, romantically referred to as Australian Claret, has an enviable reputation in Langhorne Creek, reflected here with the...
Hills are Alive Shiraz

Zonte’s Footstep Hills Are Alive Shiraz 2023

Shiraz is not a one trick pony and this shows why. Here from a vineyard at the northern border of...
Lake Doctor Shiraz

Zonte’s Footstep Lake Doctor Shiraz 2023

The name of this wine refers to the cooling afternoon breezes that roll in from the Southern Ocean, over Lake...
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Curtis Family Vineyards Ancestor Shiraz 2022

Sourced from 100 year old Mclaren Vale vines and given a full suite of traditional winemaking treatments including 24 months...

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Unlimited horizons at Cloudbreak

Jack Tomich stands at the top of his family’s vineyard in the Woodside district of the Adelaide Hills, and all...
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The Adelaide Hills Wine Guide 2026

By Tony Love & Cyndal Petty There is a lot to love about the Adelaide Hills, with its ever-winding landscapes,...

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...

Salomon Fishing in the Fleurieu

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...
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