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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

Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Let’s get the in-house Penfolds riddle out of the way: the Bin number 704 is the reverse of it’s South...

Penfolds Bin 600 Cabernet Shiraz 2019

This Australian style “claret” out of three US west coast regions has a wonderful back story. In 1998, Penfolds planted...

Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2019

This can only ever be a stylistic expression of the shiraz variety, as sourcing from six SA districts eliminates regionality....

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2020

Over the years this wine has been referenced as “Baby Grange” because it is matured in the same barrels that...

Wynns Coonawarra The Siding Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

The Coonawarra siding is the region’s go-to visitor’s image, the old-school railway platform that was a vital transport hub and became...

Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Produced from Wynns’ best 20%-25% fruit grown on the region’s terra rossa vineyard, the Coonawarra’s major defining geological identifier, this...

Wynns Coonawarra Estate Old Vines Shiraz 2019

There’s plenty of noise out there about “cool-climate” shiraz, yet Coonawarra is often left out of this discussion. Time for...

Wynns Coonawarra Estate V & A Lane Shiraz 2019

One of the Coonawarra’s little intrigues is the cooler micro-climate that occurs around the midway point, north to south, of...

Fratelli Barale Barolo del comune di Barolo 2017

From three vineyards across the Barolo commune. A most familiar approach with pale colour yet fabulous dark red rose fragrance....

Marchesi di Gresy Camp Gros Martinenga Riserva Barbaresco 2015

The first glimpses of mahogany appear at this stage, suggesting an initial step to revealing its future extraordinary complexities. Again,...

Sordo Nebbiolo d’Alba 2016

From the small and prized Roero district, which may have a reputation for less muscle that Barolo or Barbaresco but...

Fratelli Barale Barolo Bussia 2017

Barolo at the height of its powers. Rose and orange citrus zest, cherry liqueur and all the smells of an...

Fratelli Barale Barolo Castellero 2017

Young and yet to reveal its full personality. Very compact – some will say closed. Still there is briar, tobacco,...

Fratelli Barale Barbera d’Alba “Castle” 2020

A wine that is all about the berries, blue berries that is. Even down to the hue in the glass –...

Fratelli Barale Langhe Nebbiolo 2020

As easy on the senses that you could ever imagine a Nebbiolo can be. Fragrant and juicy, cherry (almost liqueur...

Marchesi di Gresy Gaiun Martinenga Barbaresco 2016

A single block selection that begins with familiar local signatures of woodsmoke and roses, though here with an extra element...

Marchesi di Gresy Martinenga Barbaresco 2017

The estate’s multiple block blend from the prized Martinenga vineyard, one step darker in colour than the Langhe, towards garnet....

Marchesi di Gresy Langhe Nebbiolo 2019

For what stands as a first step into the di Gresy set of Barbaresco wines, this is quite a statement...

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2019

A wine for Penfolds’ true believers. “Claret” for the modern era. Stating the case for multi-regional styling. This is fabulous...

Penfolds RWT Bin 798 Barossa Valley Shiraz 2019

Arguably the most dramatic of the collection’s releases this year, this shiraz is all stops out, turbo charger on, power...

Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

The Penfolds winemakers note quite clearly that the 2019 vintage across many of its wines has delivered what they call...

Penfolds Yattarna Chardonnay 2019

Sourced from three regions in three states: Tasmania, Tumbarumba and the Adelaide Hills, crafted into a fully complex style with...

Penfolds Grange 2017

A cooler than average season in this vintage’s two source regions, Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale, has resulted in a...

Alkina 2019 Polygon No. 1

After mapping and separating the Alkina vineyard in Greenock into tiny patches known as polygons, based on varying geologies, the...

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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