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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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Salomon Estate Finniss River Shiraz 2021

Dr Bert Salomon is renowned for his white wines out of Austria’s Wachau Valley, where the River Danube heads west...
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Salomon Estate Finniss River Sea Eagle Vineyard Shiraz 2020

Dr Bert Salomon is renowned for his white wines out of Austria’s Wachau Valley, where the River Danube heads west...

Salomon Estate The Verve Red 2021

From Australian legend Bert Salomon’s southern hemisphere venture, a beautifully set vineyard beside the Finniss River on South Australia’s southern...
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Salomon Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

The connection between Cabernet Sauvignon and, here, the specific Braeside Vineyard beside the rustic Finniss River valley, upstream from Lake...
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Salomon Estate Dark Pearl Cabernet S.F.M. 2021

From Austrian wine making royalty Dr Bert Salomon’s South Australian vineyard on the south-eastern side of the Fleurieu Peninsula, more...
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Sidewood The Mad Cat Rosé 2024

A 100% Shiraz Rosé, harvested at a specifically early stage of ripeness to fit and deliver a pleasingly unique depth...
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Sidewood Chloe Cuvée 2013

From Sidewood’s museum comes this 11-years-on-lees, late-disgorged, traditional method wine that tells us a lot about the Hills winery’s long-term...
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Sidewood Isabella Rosé 2018

A reverse image style to its sister sparkling Chloe Cuvée, here we have 60% Pinot Noir with 40% Chardonnay, in...
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Sidewood Isabella Rosé 2014

A 10-year on lees, late-disgorged iteration of the Isabella, again lead by Pinot Noir fruit in the cepage though with...
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Sidewood Cassandra Blanc de Blancs 2017

A 100% Dijon Chardonnay clone, traditional method Sparkling from the Sidewood estate Oakbank vineyard. Winemaking includes first ferment and 10...
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Sidewood Cassandra Blanc de Blancs 2018

The Cassandra is classically 100% Dijon clone Chardonnay from the Sidewood Oakbank estate vineyards, at first fermented in French oak...
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Sidewood Pinot Gris 2024

Sourced from two vineyards in the Sidewood estate, Charleston and Oakbank, this tends towards a more textural Gris style which...
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Sidewood Chloe Cuvée 2017

A very smart expression of Adelaide Hills traditional method sparkling, in this a 65% Chardonnay/35% Pinot Noir combination where the...
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Crabtree Pomona Riesling 2024

A three-block selection from the Crabtree estate vineyard in Watervale, bringing out a more delicate Riesling, aromas spread across the...
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Crabtree Rosé 2024

Grenache Rosé in its classic colours of the palest pink with a faint bluish tint. Demure at first when seeking...
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Crabtree RC Riesling 2024

A limited-edition release pointing to the vintage being assessed by the producer as of exceptional quality. Sourced from a block...
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Golding The Spruiker Pinot Gris 2023

Tapping fruit from the more specific Lenswood GI within the greater Hills regional GI, first impressions here are ruled by...
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Golding The Exchange Chardonnay 2023

Sitting in the Golding portfolio’s “Market Series” a recognition of the family’s historic ties to the Adelaide Produce Market, this...
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Golding The Exchange Chardonnay 2022

The naming of this wine has deep history with the Golding family’s Adelaide Produce Market trader background, dealing in a...
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Golding Bel Mosaico Sparkling Rosé 2022

The blush of this sparkling sits between watermelon and a lighter blood orange tone, the fruit a mix of three...
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DAOSA Blanc de Blancs Sparkling 2020

All Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay from winemaker Xavier Bizot’s estate vineyards, settled first in old oak for seven months before tirage...
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Knappstein 1878 Transcendence Riesling 2024

A majestic new wine in the Knappstein portfolio, created to celebrate the 1878 brewery origins of what became the Enterprise...
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Knappstein Ackland Vineyard Riesling 2024

Delving into terroir-driven, single vineyard styling from Knappstein’s estate plantings on Springvale Rd east of Watervale village where a range...
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Knappstein Estate Riesling 2024

Marking the 50th anniversary of the first Knappstein vintage, made by its namesake Tim Knappstein for many years, thereafter several...

Stories

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...

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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