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Enchanté Bekkers

To preface, I am a closet Francophile – fromage d’Affinois is factored in my weekly grocery budget and French Café Lounge is my most frequented

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Billy Button

The first time I met Jo Marsh of Billy Button, I was co-buying wines for Neil Perry’s ex-Rosetta restaurant in Melbourne. I was desperately looking

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La Línea

La Línea is a collaboration between Peter Leske and David LeMire MW, need we say more? La Linea’s premise was always about looking ahead and

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Dukes’ Domaine

Bruce Dukes’ Domaine Naturaliste new release wines show distinctive Margaret River character and bang-for-buck value yet again! Domaine Naturaliste Discovery Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2023    91 points

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Yelland & Papps

Yelland & Papps is the brand of husband-and-wife duo Susan (née Yelland) and Michael Papps, based in Nuriootpa in the Barossa Valley. Their label began

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Dream Bird

Dream Bird is the label of WA-based winemaker Kym Carr. After a degree in horticulture, Kym travelled to Europe, where she worked at a winery,

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Head, Heart & Home

It’s quite understandable that Alex Head became somewhat obsessed with the Shiraz-based wines of the Northern Rhône. With a background in biochemistry and then working

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Weathercraft

Raquel and Hugh Jones of Weathercraft in Beechworth both came to wine from property-related industries, realising they wanted to do more than just drink the

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Killiecrankie

Killiecrankie was established by John Monteath and Claire Hull in 2000 in the Victorian wine region of Bendigo. John’s background as a viticulturist, working with

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Marron Creek

A side hustle from Frankland Estate’s winemaker Brian Kent, who can sniff out a good row of vines from a mile away. Here he lasered

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Hither & Yon

Brothers Malcolm and Richard Leask were born in one wine region – the Hunter Valley – and then moved to another – McLaren Vale –

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Vinea Marson

Mention the name “Heathcote”, and “Shiraz” invariably follows. So it was quite refreshing to find a winery in the region that was bucking this trend,

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