Thailand 1   My post-Bordeaux 2000 treat was a trip to southern Thailand to meet up with our eldest on her gap-year travels ('do have a little air-conditioning, darling, and a choice of clean...

American wine writer Dan Berger gave this year’s Wine Press Club of New South Wales Annual Lecture (below) in Sydney on Wednesday entitled “The Quality or the Critter? Australian...

Bruno Vorburger, Cham, Switzerland:   I have some questions about my favourite grape Shiraz/ Syrah:  I noticed that the more recent Shiraz wines you find in Australia...

Alasdair Adam, Falkirk: I spent an hour this afternoon in my cellar (well, it’s under the house and constant-ish though awkward to get into) and refreshed my memory of all I...

William Strong, Norfolk:   Your Bordeaux vintages to drink in 2006 was much appreciated as the majority of my modest wine collection consists of red bordeaux and...

Roger Jones, Harrow Inn: Thanks for the tip on the Kanta Riesling 2005 . I will look out for it. Is Steve Pannell related to Bill and Sandra, the founders of Moss Wood now at Picardy in...

James North, Australia: When Mark Wickman says that Robert Parker has "created a pariah of one of Australia's iconic wines, causing massive controversy amongst wine oenophiles around...

I thought you might be interested in these views just in on the immediate effects of Robert M Parker Jr’s latest scores on the burgeoning wine investment market in Australia from Mark Wickman...

After a hiatus following the departure of long-term winemaker John Durham  from Cape Mentelle , the LVMH subsidiary will take on Rob Mann as head winemaker from early December. This nicely...

We used to think Margaret River, the jewel in Western Australia’s wine crown, was a sleepy little backwater but it’s currently looking more like an employment exchange. Evans & Tate ,...

Australia’s fine wine auctioneers Langton’s, run by Andrew Caillard MW and the brainchild of Stewart Langton of Melbourne, has just published its fourth Classification of Australian Wine...

As outlined in Barossa Valley – growers turn winemakers in wine news, the Barossa is one of Australia’s most distinctive wine regions. Technically Barossa is made up of the Barossa Valley...

A drive round the Barossa Valley in South Australia with veteran winemaker Colin Glaetzer last February made an indelible impression of this extraordinarily distinctive wine region currently in...

Every year the excellent wine faculties of Adelaide/Roseworthy, Charles Sturt/Wagga Wagga and several other Australian universities churn out scores of freshly-qualified winemakers, wine marketers...

Here’s the background to the fascinating tasting reported in tasting notes as RSVP – Australian v the Rest of the World . See also a previous brief report Jaboulet and Trimbach trounced by...