Tom Kline Tom Kline is a Victoria-based wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator. He is the Australian contributor for Jasper Morris’s Inside Burgundy and also contributes to the likes of Decanter Magazine (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine , to name a few. Tom is a wine show judge, a WSET educator, and an author of consumer- facing wine courses. In 2023, Tom was announced as the winner of the ‘Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column’ at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards. Tijana Laganin Tijana is on a mission to take the intimidation out of wine. With a background in sales and marketing, Tijana furthered her studies to complete WSET Levels 2 and 3 and has recently been on the editorial team for The Australian Ark . An advocate for Chardonnay, she plans to break the ABC (Anything but Chardonnay) stigma. If sentenced to death, her last meal would be freshly baked bread and salted butter paired with a glass of the best wine in the world – Chardonnay, of course. 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). Jeni Port Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators and judges. Based in Melbourne, Jeni was the longest-serving wine writer on The Age newspaper and has contributed to most Australian wine magazines, including Winestate , Wine Selector , Halliday Wine Companion magazine, Gourmet Traveller WINE , Winning , and Il Tridente .
Andrea Pritzker MW Andrea Pritzker MW is the founder of Wine inTuition and a writer for The Vintage Journal . She became a Master of Wine in 2015 and is a sought-after corporate speaker, WSET wine educator and wine show judge. She began her wine career in Canada before moving to Europe, attaining a diploma in Wine & Spirits Commerce, in Bordeaux. Since moving to Australia in 2003, Andrea’s career has spanned all aspects of the commercial wine trade, including roles in wholesale, retail, fine wine auction and as a wine buyer for Qantas epiQure (now Qantas Wine). She has judged at numerous wine shows, both in Australia and overseas, is the co-coordinator of the MW Australasian Wine Education programme and was Dux of the Len Evans Tutorial in 2022. Shanteh Wale Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s award-winning Quay restaurant, where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 to 2022. She was nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar is one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast, ‘Over A Glass’, with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications, including as a member of the Halliday Wine Companion Tasting Panel, and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
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The Vintage Journal – Regional Focus
South Australia 2024
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