News and Reviews

After becoming the inaugural winner of James Halliday’s Dark Horse Winery of the Year, Singlefile has won a loyal following all over the world. In James Halliday’s 2019 Australian Wine Companion, Singlefile’s flagship ‘The Vivienne’ Chardonnay was recognised as Australia’s Top Chardonnay and Singlefile Wines was the runner-up for ‘Best Value Winery’. In the past three years 31 of Singlefile’s wines have scored 95 points or above in this revered wine compendium, with 32 highlighted for their value for money. Earlier this year, Singlefile was listed in Gourmet Traveller Wine’s ‘Top 50 Wine Experiences in the World’ and has been acknowledged as one of the Great Southern’s Top Cellar Doors and Best Tasting Experiences each year since 2013. 

The Real Review have awarded us a Certificate of Excellence for both 2018  and 2019 and a place in their Top Wineries of Australia list. Singlefile was the only producer in all of Australia to have four wines selected in The Weekend Australian’s Top 100 Wines of 2018, and we were also selected as a Top 100 winery in the world in 2015 by international publication Wine & Spirits magazine (USA), a significant achievement for a small boutique winery from the Great Southern region of Western Australia. 

Whenever something significant happens at Singlefile, you’ll read it about it here. 

Recent Press

2023

• Singlefile named Ray Jordan's Producer of the Year in his 2024 WA Wine Review.
• Singlefile's 2021 Singlefile Single Vineyard Frankland River Cabernet Sauvignon named in The Australian’s James Halliday's Top 100 Wines of 2023.
• Singlefile Wines awarded gold medal in the 2023 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards
• Four wines featured in Ray Jordan's Top 100 Reds 2023 where "Singlefile really excelled as the most successful producer", Ray Jordan, July 2023
• Thomas Carr's recent article 'Vintner wonderland: 10 Australian white wines to try this winter', in The Guardian, featured our 2022 Single Vineyard Porongurup Fumé Blanc, June 2023
• 2022 Singlefile Great Southern Rosé one of only twenty wines awarded a gold medal at the 2023 International Rosé Championship in Poland, alongside entries from France, Italy, Hungary and Germany, May 2023
• Reviews from WA Wine Writer Ray Jordan on tasting a selection of Singlefile new release wines, May 2023
• Singlefile feature article in Medical Forum Magazine, with wines reviewed by Master of Wine Dr Craig Drummond, May 2023
• Barry Weinman's recent article 'Singlefile in Focus: April 2023 New Releases', Fine Wine Club, 23 Apr 2023

2022

• Results from Ray Jordan's 2023 WA Wine Review included runner-up best varietal nods for our 2022 Single Vineyard Porongurup Fumé Blanc, 2021 Single Vineyard Frankland River Grenache and 2022 Great Southern Rosé, and a 98 point score for our 2018 Limited Release 'The Philip Adrian' Cabernet Sauvignon, Dec 2022
• 2022 Singlefile Great Southern Riesling receives three trophies, including the top prize, at the 21st Canberra International Riesling Challenge, 14 Oct 2022. Read more about it in Stuart McGuckin's article, 20 Oct 2022.
• Two wines featured in Ray Jordan's Top 100 Reds, The West Australian, July 2022
• Awarded one of The Real Review's 2022 Top Wineries in Australia, June 2022
• Results from Winestate Magazine's New Releases and Wines of the West Tastings, May/June 2022
• Singlefile awarded Great Southern's Star Cellar Door in Gourmet Traveller WINE Magazine's 2022 Best Cellar Door Awards, April 2022
• Barry Weinman's recent article 'Singlefile Cellar Door Experience', Fine Wine Club, 16 Mar 2022
• The Weekend Australian's 'Grape Escapes' article exploring the Great Southern Wine Region, 12-13 March 2022
• 2021 Singlefile Great Southern Riesling one of the top scoring wines in the Riesling Round-up blind tasting, Gourmet Traveller WINE Magazine, Volume 22, Feb/Mar 2022

2021

• Results from Wine Showcase Magazine, New Releases Tasting, Nov 2021 (to be published in Jan/Feb 2022 Annual Edition)
• Barry Weinman's recent article 'Singlefile Wines:Style Meets Substance', Fine Wine Club, Oct 2021

• Singlefile highlights from the 2022 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion, Aug 2021

2020

• Singlefile highlights from the 2021 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion, Aug 2020
• Singlefile listed in The Real Review's "2020 Top Wineries of Australia" and awarded a Top Winery Certificate, Jun 2020
• 2019 Singlefile Single Vineyard Mount Barker Riesling named in JamesSuckling.com's Top 10 Great Western Australian Rieslings 
  Results from JamesSuckling.com's 2020 Western Australia Tasting Report 
• Singlefile awarded Great Southern's 'Star Cellar Door' in Gourmet Traveller Wine's 'Australia's Best Cellar Door Awards', Apr 2020
• 5 Wines listed in Winestate Magazine's 'Best Wines of 2019', Jan 2020

2019

• Scores from Ray Jordan's 2020 WA Wine Guide, Nov 2019
• Singlefile makes Top 100, James Halliday, The Australian, Nov 2019
• 'Singlefile Small Batch releases take a different path', Nick Butler, The Real Review, Nov 2019
• Barry Weinman, Western Suburbs Weekly, "They rank in my top 10 wineries in WA", Sep 2019
• Singlefile highlights from the 2020 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion, Aug 2019
• Singlefile listed in The Real Review's "2019 Top Wineries of Australia" and awarded a Certificate of Excellence, Jun 2019
• "Best Tasting Experience - Great Southern", Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine, Apr 2019
• Recent scores from renowned international critics at JancisRobinson.com, Dec 2018
• Singlefile listed in Gourmet Traveller Wine's "50 Top Wine Experiences in the World", Jan 2019

2018

• 2011 Singlefile Denmark Pinot Chardonnay awarded "Sparkling of the Year" in Winestate Magazine's 2018 Wine of the Year Awards
• Scores from Ray Jordan's 2019 WA Wine Guide,  Nov 2018
• Four Singlefile wines selected in The Australian's Top 100 for 2018, The Weekend Australian, Nov 2018
• "China Comes Knocking at Winery Door", Michael Smith, Australian Financial Review, Oct 2018
• Singlefile highlights from the 2019 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion, Aug 2018
• "Singlefile's Mark of Greatness", Louis Papaelias, Medical Forum Magazine, July 2018
• Singlefile listed in The Real Review's "2018 Top Wineries of Australia" and awarded a Certificate of Excellence, Jun 2018
• "Best Tasting Experience - Great Southern", Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine, May 2018

2017

• Scores from Ray Jordan's 2018 Wine Guide Nov 2017
• Singlefile Wines named in "Top 10 Value Wineries", James Halliday's 2018 Wine Companion, Aug 2017
• Singlefile highlights from the 2018 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion Aug 2017
• "Best Tasting Experience - Great Southern", Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine, May 2017

2016

• Trophy - Best Chardonnay (Australia and New Zealand), Winestate Magazine Wine of the Year Awards, Nov 2016
• "Singlefile on Superb List", John Jens, Western Suburbs Weekly, Sep 2016
• Singlefile highlights from the 2017 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion Aug 2016
• "Star Cellar Door - Great Southern", Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine, Mar 2016

2015

• "Top 100 Wines of 2015", James Halliday, The Weekend Australian, Nov 2015
• "Top 100 Wineries", Wine and Spirits Magazine, Sep 2015
• "Singlefile on major list", Jessica Cuthbert, Albany Advertiser, Oct 2015
• Singlefile highlights from the 2016 James Halliday Austrlaian Wine Companion July 2015 
• "Best Tasting Experience - Great Southern", Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine, May 2015
• "Denmark's Dark Horse", John Jens, Western Suburbs Weekly, May 2015
• "Singlefile chardonnay (jointly) tops the the list of Australia's best", Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine, Februrary 2015

2014

• "National deal for winery", Albany Advertiser, October 2014
• "Singlefile appoints Domaine Wine Shippers (DWS) as national distributor", October 2014
• "Singlefile highlights from the 2015 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion July 2014
• "A Dark Horse goes national", Australian Wine Companion, July 2014
• "Plum Drop fit for a Pope", John Jens, Western Suburbs Weekly, July 2014
• "Star Cellar Door - Great Southern", Peter Forrestal, Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine, April 2014

2013

• Scores from 2014 WA Wine Guide, Ray Jordan, The West Australian Wine Guide, October 2013
• "Singlefile Wines - Dark Horse Winery of the Year", Amelia Ball, Wine Companion Magazine, September 2013
• "Singlefile's top drop joins elite winners' list", Tim Edmunds, Albany Advertiser, September 2013
• "James Halliday: Greatness achieved in 2013 crush", James Halliday, The Australian, July 27 2013
• "Halliday's Top Drop the closest yet to perfection", Necia Wilden, The Australian, July 25 2013
• "Little known WA winery Singlefile on podium with Penfolds", The Australian, Fleur Bainger, July 24 2013
• "Snowden's dark horses in the wine industry", Sean Smith, The Weekend West Australian, July 27 2013
• "Wine guide gives WA a boost", WA Business News, Mark Beyer, Aug 2 2013
• "Boutique Winery Singlefile a Dark Horse in Australian wine", Albany Advertiser, Lisa Morrison, July 30 2013
• "Denmark Winery's Dark Horse a bolter", Western Suburbs Weekly, July 30 2013
• "Singlefile Tops list of regions cellar doors", Albany Advertiser, Katherine Mountain, June 2013

2012

• "One of the State's most promising newer producers", Ray Jordan, The West Australian - Saturday West Magazine, 26 May 2012
• "Denmark boutique winery thriving", Erin Larkin, Western Suburbs Weekly, April 2013
• "Great Wine Drives: Great Southern", Peter Forrestal, Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine, August/September 2012
• "Australia's Best Cellar Doors", Peter Forrestal, Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine, April/May 2012