Cousins Michael Hill-Smith MW and Martin Shaw started making wine together in the Adelaide Hills under their Shaw & Smith label in 1989. The...
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Ever wondered how that bottle of Noble One you’ve stashed away might age? And how does the wine once labelled De Bortoli Sauternes stack...
Brian Croser is the man who founded pioneering winery, Petaluma, the first in the Adelaide Hills. He is known as Australia’s original...
Barossa-based Yalumba is Australia’s oldest family owned winery and yet remains one of its most innovative. This tasting celebrates 160 years of...
Fascinating to compare the Shiraz-lead Grange Grange and Cabernet Sauvignon-lead “poor man’s Grange,” a.k.a. Bin 389. The tasting was notable for the...
Although it was formed in 1996, it was only following my third visit to Western Australia in 2008 that I learned of...
I met up with David Hohnen of McHenry Hohnen in London to taste his latest releases from Margaret River, Western Australia. He’s...
This year’s spotlight rooms drew me in first for a focus on different varieties or styles chosen by some of Australia’s leading...
Yalumba pioneered Viognier in Australia, first planting it in 1980. They’ve since subjected the variety to considerable experimentation, with a mix of...
Situated in Henty in the remote South West corner of Victoria on the border of South Australia’s Limestone Coast, Crawford Estate, together...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
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