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67 Pall Mall's Christina Kaigg-Hoxley reveals her most life-changing wines

By Anna Webster

15 Oct, 2026

From Australia to the Napa Valley and Europe, these are the five wines that have most influenced Christina Kaigg-Hoxley's career.

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Christina Kaigg-Hoxley is the Wine Development Manager at 67 Pall Mall in Melbourne.

She has over 15 years’ experience in the hospitality and wine industries, including assistant head sommelier at Michelin-starred restaurant The Clove Club (London), sommelier at Gimlet (Melbourne), assistant wine buyer at Atlas Vinifera (Melbourne) and brand ambassador for WA-based Burch Family Wines, and has worked vintages in the Yarra Valley and Margaret River.

A wine communicator and certified educator with the Wine Scholar Guild (WSG), Christina is a recipient of the Sommeliers Australia Education Scholarship and is currently studying her WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wine.

Below, she shares the five wines that have had the most influence on her life and career so far.

Christina Kaigg-Hoxley sommelier Christina Kaigg-Hoxley is a wine development manager, communicator, educator and sommelier

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