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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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Petaluma Coonawarra Evans Vineyard Cabernet Merlot 2019

Everything about this wine screams the traditional character of Coonawarra, the name of course, and the front label’s subtitled Evans...
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Sergio Barale Barolo Bussia 2020

What this Bussia Soprana vineyard in the Monforte d’Alba commune produces is akin to everything Barolo you can imagine. At...
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Barale Fratelli Barbaresco Serraboella 2021

From the Serraboella vineyard in the Neive commune, everything about this wine points to the more immediate approachability of Barbaresco....
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Barale Fratelli Barolo Castellero 2020

From the Castellero vineyard and specific plots and sections designed to deliver this revered “cru”. Mid to dark cherry skin...
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Barale Fratelli Barolo del Commune di Barolo 2020

From three vineyards in the Barolo municipality, including plots from the revered Castellero, this is essentially a Village style fully...
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Barale Fratelli Barolo Monrobiolo di Bussia 2020

From the Barolo Communes Monrobiolo vineyard, and within that single plots and sections defined for this specific selection. Dark cherry...

Watkins Symmetry G.S.M. 2021

Equal parts of this new classic “Rhonish” red blend – Grenache/Shiraz/Mourvedre. Hence the Symmetry title here, the wine sitting in...
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Mr Riggs The Gaffer Shiraz 2022

Winemaker Ben Riggs has for the past 18 years donated proceeds from The Gaffer to a broad range of cancer...
Iron Fire Tempranillo

Watkins Iron-Fire Tempranillo 2021

The Watkins family grows a comprehensive range of traditional varieties as well as a few Mediterranean and Iberian newcomers. Here...
Ruscello Sangiovese

Watkins Ruscello Sangiovese 2022

The Watkins family vineyard in Langhorne Creek provides for a range of traditional and newer wines, this sitting in a...
Grenache Rose

Watkins Grenache Rosé 2023

From the Watkins family vineyards in Langhorne Creek, focusing on the Grenache variety which has serious cache in the Rosé...
Sauvignon Blanc

Watkins Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Sourced out of a southern Fleurieu Peninsula districts vineyard, where the cooling comes off the Southern Ocean to promote all...
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Watkins Chardonnay 2022

There might not be too many educated wine experts going wobbly at the knees over a Langhorne Creek Chardonnay, but...
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RAGA Grenache Sangiovese Marsanne 2023

RAGA Wines is the passion project of former chef and sommelier Sid Pachere, a career in which he no doubt...
Limited Release Shiraz

Victorian Alps Wine Co Limited Release Shiraz 2022

A regional stalwart red variety, there’s a definite terroir driven identity here with this selected Shiraz exuding an earthy, minerally...
Limited Release Sangiovese

Victorian Alps Wine Co Limited Release Sangiovese 2022

Sangiovese, and a couple of other Mediterranean/ southern Euro varieties are making quite a name for themselves out of the...
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Victorian Alps Wine Co Prosecco NV

King Valley is Australia’s heartland for Prosecco with its cooler climate and rising altitudes perfect for the retention of the...

EPIC Negociants No. 40 Shiraz 2018

Big, lively and effusive Shiraz from one of South Australia’s hot-spot regions. The fruit is delicious and after 6 years...

EPIC Negociants No. 58 Shiraz 2018

Two words: rich and ripe. Make it three – delicious. This smells of the good old days when Shiraz like...

EPIC Negociants The Apollonian Chardonnay 2019

Adelaide Hills 13.2%.  Let’s first talk about the name, a nod to the Greek God of the sun, music and...

EPIC Negociants Gneissec Rock No. 33 Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

The connection between Cabernet Sauvignon and Margaret River is a well written story, cast here in an expression that harks...
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Crabtree Estate Grenache Shiraz 2023

The Clare Valley is certainly no one-trick Riesling pony when you account for its capacities with regionally distinctive Shiraz and...
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Crabtree Estate Tempranillo 2023

Within the greater Clare Valley appellation, Watervale ranks highly in Riesling matters, so this is a “wait there’s more” moment,...
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Castelli Estate Great Southern Chardonnay 2023

A mix of vineyards from Albany, Denmark and Mt Barker, and a set of clones that includes WA’s renowned Gin...

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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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