I’m very excited to announce that my inaugural auction Champagne: Auctioning the World’s Finest is now live with Langtons! The line-up is breathtaking and would have to be the most significant ever presented in Australia. Set to be the largest single-region auction in Langtons’ 37-year history and the biggest champagne auction in this country, there’s […]

Together with Tasmania’s top eight winemakers, it’s my great pleasure to invite you to join me for my inaugural Tasmanian Wine Weekend on 23-25 May 2025. I am excited to announce the ultimate opportunity to immerse yourself in the places, people and processes behind not only Tasmania’s greatest sparkling wines, but its finest pinot noirs, […]

Together with Natalie Fryar and Hugh McCullough it’s my great pleasure to invite you to join us for the 10th anniversary celebration of Bellebonne and the global launch of Bellebonne Late Disgorged and Wellington & Wolfe Noord Reserve Riesling at Supernormal Brisbane on Saturday 19 July 2025! Bellebonne is Australia’s finest boutique sparkling specialist, and […]

Celebrating the greatest champagne houses, we welcome you to join us in an exclusive champagne weekend on 7-9 March 2025 at Spicers Peak Lodge. Hosted by Wine Communicator of the Year, Tyson Stelzer, the weekend is an immersion in three of his favourite champagne houses. The event will feature cuvées from Bollinger, Charles Heidsieck and Louis […]

Australian wine is in a very exciting place in 2024, for reasons completely missed by the headline news. This is a year in which reporting has been dominated by dramatic oversupply, diminishing consumption, waning exports, drought, frost and economic calamity. Many wineries find themselves at a particularly challenging moment in the cycle. But there’s a […]

Together with Australia’s premier wine auction house Langtons, it’s my great pleasure to invite you to join me as a participant in the largest fine and rare champagne auction ever held in Australia, as announced in The Australian Financial Review last month. Champagne: Auctioning the World’s Finest will be an annual champagne platform hosted online for the […]

Together with Charles Duval-Leroy, it’s my great pleasure to invite you to join me for an intimate dinner to celebrate the prestige cuvée of his family house, Duval-Leroy Femme de Champagne, at O Bar in Sydney on Thursday 10 October. Showcasing four Femme de Champagne cuvées, including the outstanding 2002 vintage, two from the sublime […]

This year’s best buys from Penfolds are Bin 600 Cabernet Shiraz 2021 ($90), Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 ($125), Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 ($130), St Henri Shiraz 2021 ($135), Bin 169 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 ($300) and – if you happen to win the lotto – Bin 180 Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz 2021 (at a […]

It’s our great pleasure to invite you to Come Taste the Stars of 2008 and 2013! Since 2019, this has been our flagship champagne event to conclude the year and we’re excited to reignite this popular experience! Showcasing eight stars of 2008 and 2013, the most sublime, classic and ageworthy vintages of the modern era […]

The most advanced champagne tasting course is back! Read the full story of my inaugural Advanced Champagne Certificate, including photos and guest reflections. ‘Every champagne I’ve tasted since completing Tyson Stelzer’s Advanced Champagne Certificate has taken on a new significance because I can appreciate characters that I could never identify before! This was an absolute […]