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We are proud to announce The Sixth Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification to highlight the importance of New Zealand’s finest pinots. The Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification 2013 New in 2013 In 2013, The Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification highlights 120 estates,

It is difficult to overstate the significance of the 2010 vintage in the flow of the grand history of Penfolds. Late last year I was privileged to a very rare sneak preview of this vintage at Penfolds’ Rewards of Patience tastings. In assessing almost every vintage of its top red wine

After more than 1200 wines and two years, the 100th edition of Wine Taste Weekly represents an opportune time to honour those estates that have performed at the very highest level. Announcing the inaugural Wine Taste Weekly Hall of Honour.

How many Queensland wineries could you name? Most locals might have difficulty listing more than a handful. It may come as a surprise that the sunshine state is now home to no less than 177 wineries.

Trevor Mast, longstanding winemaker at Mount Langi Ghiran and legend of the Victorian wine industry in Australia passed away last night, following a five year battle with younger onset Alzheimer’s.

Would sparkling wine be as popular without the pop?

The race is on to create the most expensive wine in Australia.

While exploring France, Steve Webber and Leanne De Bortoli discovered that fine wine was made by understanding the land. “We realised we didn’t have an amazing understanding of what fine wine was...That was a revolution! We did a lot of soul searching in what fine wine was and what th

Alice Springs may seem an unlikely place to produce one of Australia’s more important red winemakers. But if the Red Centre hadn’t been home to Sue Hodder, she would likely have never ended up in Coonawarra. And she would certainly have never had the spirit to transform the most fable

What makes a bottle worth such a figure? What does it really cost to make? If you set out to create the most expensive bottle in the country, what is the most you could pay for raw materials?

The march of refinement in Australian white wines has left no variety untouched, but in the wake of the rise of new varieties there’s no question the quartet of chardonnay, sauvignon, riesling and semillon retain their monopoly on the upper echelons.

An eerie familiarity filled the room when Tim McNeil Riesling 2010 made its first public appearance. How could the first vintage ever made possess such profound echoes of wines the audience had tasted many times before?

Tasmania’s vineyards are among the most idyllically placed in the country, perfectly located to nurture premium, cool climate wines. The fabled house of Taittinger holds a privileged position among the large, independent, family- owned champagne houses.

Joe Grilli has been a daring innovator from the outset, and is the driving force behind a distinctive and highly regarded set of white, red and sparkling red wines from his family vineyards in McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Plains.

Jeffrey Grosset, the Clare Valley’s most famous winemaker, does nothing by halves.