Choosing 12 wines to represent a fine-wine expression of Cabernet Sauvignon (including Cabernet-dominated blends) in Australia was a very tall order but Robert Mann, former winemaker at Hardy's...

Cabernet Sauvignon may be the world's best-travelled dark-skinned wine grape, but that does not necessarily mean that it makes great wine everywhere. In fact, as time goes on, I become more and...

Stephen Hurley, UK: Greetings. You answered a very interesting question on 19 mar 04 regarding...

It was #Cabernet Day yesterday.  Did you know?  Possibly yes if you are an American fan of Twitter, especially if you are based on the West Coast where this event seems to have...

With my colleagues Stephen Brook and Margaret Rand, I had the pleasure of taking part in a blind tasting of the following 42 top Napa Valley Cabernets for the World of Fine Wine magazine. The...

The highlight of the Pacific North West tasting in London earlier this year was a clutch of very fine Cabernet Sauvignons from Champoux vineyard in Washington state. They reinforced my...

What's wrong with Cabernet Sauvignon? Brian Croser (pictured) addressed this question below in a speech given to the New Zealand Cabernet/Merlot Forum in Hamilton for Hawke's Bay growers at...

Robert Mann, youthful and inspiring winemaker at Cape Mentelle in Western Australia, introduced and selected the wines for the Cabernet and Cabernet blends session of the Landmark Australia...

A highlight of my recent visit to Coonawarra was a vertical tasting of Wynns Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, with head winemaker Sue Hodder. The line-up included three wines from each decade,...

John Ward, New York: Many thanks. Incidentally, I can't...

See purple pages for detailed tasting notes and scores of the blind Riesling tasting referred to here and for notes on current Australian Rieslings. It seemed eerily appropriate that...

I'm delighted to say that we have found a worthy winner of this year's Geoffrey Roberts travel bursary . Penelope Boothman , who will spend her £3000 touring eastern Europe this...