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Ronan Sayburn MS, Sarah Abbott MW and Hannah Tovey at Icons tastings 2026
Free for all Tasting top Chardonnays blind

Take 27 Chardonnay ‘icons’ from around the world and serve them up to 18 accredited tasters … A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See...

Diemersdal winemaking team
Tasting articles Waitrose spring 2026 recommendations

Great buys available in the UK and farther afield – including some naturally lower-alcohol wines. Above, left to right: Reon Richter, Leana Coetzee, Mari Branders, Juandre Bruwer – the core...

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Seville Estate in the Yarra Valley
Free for all 3 December 2020 What a difference a year makes. We're republishing this article in the light of China's recent announcement...
McLaren Vale and the ocean
Tasting articles McLaren Vale is blessed with 455 ha of Grenache, most of it pretty senior. An increasing number of wine producers...
Winter pruning at Curly Flat in Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia
Tasting articles Watch out, Côte d'Or! The Australians are coming. I have a particularly soft spot for the Macedon Ranges in the...
Sustainable Winegrowing Australia certification logo
Max on Oz The subject of Max's column this month is all too obvious: an argument about academic attribution that is gripping the...
Taras Ochota of Ochota Barrels in Adelaide Hills in black and white
Free for all The Australian wine community is reeling from the loss of one of its most dynamic – still youthful – practitioners...
Ngeringa - Erinn Kleinn
Free for all Mirko Pastorelli's second entry to our competition came with a heart-felt and very honest explanation. He wrote, 'In the last...
Sue Bell of Bellwether
Free for all ‘ Nicole Bilson is a wine educator, writer and sommelier based in Melbourne, Australia. Her career also includes stints in...
Brokenwood cellar door counter in the Hunter Valley
Max on Oz How smoke taint and a pandemic have forced Australia’s winemakers to adapt and innovate. ‘How are you going?’ asks Clonakilla...
Chilean winemaker Emily Faulconer
Tasting articles Alistair Cooper MW, a specialist in South American wine, urges Chilean wine producers to plant more of the northern Rhône...
Rollo Crittenden in his vineyards
Free for all Ed Verrill writes, 'Taking a break from London wine bars, I moved to Australia for my first vintage in 2018...
Tiers vineyard in Adelaide Hills, spring 2020
Free for all In the spring an old man's fancy lightly turns to cheering us all up. Brian Croser ruminates in the Adelaide...
Peter Gago at Magill Estate outside Adelaide
Tasting articles The Penfolds Collection 2020, including the long-awaited Grange 2016, is launched today. We compare and contrast with the top wines...
Josh Niland of Saint Peter in Sydney
Nick on restaurants What have some of the world's best chefs been doing during lockdown? A version of this article is published by...
Entrance pillar, Bass Phillip, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Max on Oz Australia's most famous Pinot producer has changed hands. Max finds out what is planned, and hoped for. When I visited...
Robert and Jessica Hill-Smith in the Yalumba Museum
Tasting articles Many moons ago – well, last September – two of Australia's most famous family wine companies joined forces to share...
Matt Gant and Jonn Retsas First Drop
Tasting articles An Australian and a Brit with a sense of humour, faith in their growers' vineyards and a respect for vintage...
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