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Why does it seem that Sauvignon Blanc is a four-letter word in the Australian wine trade at the moment?

Sauvignon Bland?

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The annual taste-off for Taste Food & Wine is the most intensive event on my tasting calendar. This year, Matthew Jukes and I short-listed some 3200 wines for consideration in our 2009 guide.

Roll out the barrels

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Take a long, hard look at the way that oak is being used in the Australian wine industry at the moment and you could be in for a surprise. Changes are at hand that have radically altered the landscape of oak in this country in recent years.

On Wood: The state of oak in Australian winemaking

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It started as a crazy marketing idea, but in less than a year it’s transformed wine tourism in the Granite Belt. Visitors are flocking into cellar doors on the hunt for alternative varieties they’ve never tasted before.

Granite Belt: Rock solid marketing

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In just seven years a Brisbane computer programmer, who admitted to being naïve about winemaking, went on to make the highest-scoring red wine at the Royal Sydney Wine Show. This is the story of Ewen MacPherson, the man who took Queensland wine to new heights.

Taking Queensland wine to new heights: An hour with Ewen MacPherson

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Langhorne Creek is at the end of the line when it comes to water allocations. Its innovative water management initiatives have been lauded as exemplars for the entire Murray Darling basin.

Langhorne Creekless

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The closure discussion may have shown signs of subsiding in Australia, but it continues at full steam in our key export markets, and the implications are significant. Research which has emerged in recent months indicates that there is still much uncharted territory ahead.

Wine Seals – Far from Closure

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It was shiraz that first rocketed Australia to the attention of the wine world, and it is shiraz that continues to power its reputation.

Australian Shiraz

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If your wine journey hasn’t yet led you to the shores ofSouth America, there’s a whole new world to be discovered.

The rise of South America

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Summer is an exciting season on the drinking calendar.

White Australia

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There was no fanfare when the announcement was made last month that annual Australian wine imports were up by nearly 60%.

Foregin Affair

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The washed-out 2011 vintage produces some surprises.

Vintage surprises

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Hunting for the finest wines to bring in the New Year? Look to Western Australia.

Go West

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As mother nature turns up the heat on Australia, there is a growing resolve in the cool climate regions of Victoria to produce wines of restraint and elegance. Bold South Australian shiraz has had its time in the sun. Welcome to the Victorian age.

The Victorian Age

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No wine region in Australia offers more for the visitor than the Hunter Valley. Less than two hours drive from Sydney, the most famous tourist destination in the state of New South Wales is a favourite playground for Sydneysiders – and no wonder.

Hunter Valley Travel

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No Australian wine variety has grown up as swiftly or as dramatically as chardonnay in the past decade. From her awkward, pudgy youth, she has refined into a graceful and dazzling figure. For her most fanatical designers, it doesn’t stop here. But not everyone is happy.

Chardonnay on the edge

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A new blend that very nearly didn’t happen has redefined affordable shiraz cabernet.

Shiraz Cabernet Revival

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There are changes at hand that will forever change the way we drink champagne.

Bubbles on the move

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The 2011 vintage will be remembered as a washout across many parts of south-eastern Australia, but the Hunter Valley had a pearler.

Semillon Hunter

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In the middle of the Adelaide suburb of Marion, with houses on three sides and a main road on the fourth, is the most unlikely thing. "Who would plant a vineyard in the middle of suburbia?" begs to be asked. A better question is "Who would plant suburbia in the middle of a vineyard?"

McLaren Ville

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Hate sauvignon blanc? Tune in. Love it? I’ve got news for you! The variety regarded with disdain by some with as much enthusiasm as it is embraced by others is receiving a facelift.

The New Sauvignon Blanc

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Is a bottle of wine ever worth $600?

Feeling iconic?

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What is the hospitality world coming to?

Waiter! Waiter!

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Last month, the owner of a little winery in South Australia’s Clare Valley did one of the gutsiest things I’ve seen in a long time.

Tim Adams, you’re my hero

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