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Margaret River v the world
From a forest of wine glasses, a comprehensive exploration of Margaret River’s best bottles and their international competitors. Including a preview of some of the beauties being poured at our...
Richard Hemming MW
Monday 23 February 2026
• 2 min read
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Pikes, Traditionale Riesling, Clare Valley
Richard Hemming MW
Friday 20 February 2026
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Brian Croser reports on the 2021 vintage, which he describes as ‘perfection in a sea of uncertainty’. In South Australia...
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This Aboriginal depiction of a vineyard in the Yarra Valley was made 120 years ago by a man called William...
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What happens when you swap barrels between wineries in different countries, even different hemispheres? Above, left to right, Erni Loosen...
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A groundbreaking way of exporting Australian wine plus the latest vintage releases from the Henschke family, including a 2019. In...
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A brilliant pair of Western Australians. See also this news of Australian wine.
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Sydney-based wine writer and wine judge Denis Gastin recalls a memorable tour of south-east Australia, and charts the Australian wine...
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An unusually deep vertical of an Australian classic.
I was last in Margaret River in 2017 for the 50th anniversary...
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Peter Gago of Penfolds was pictured above at the 2017 launch of the luxury g3 blend in Hong Kong. Well...
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Master of Wine student Young Shi has returned to her native China and reports on the ups and mainly downs...
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The background to Max's hugely original new book about Australian grog. See Tam's enthusiastic review of Intoxicating .
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To mark the end of a weird year, a weird (and wonderful) white – in memory of its maker.
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4 March 2021 We’re delighted that Max Allen has won the André Simon 2020 Drink Award for Intoxicating . Read...
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3 December 2020 What a difference a year makes. We're republishing this article in the light of China's recent announcement...
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