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Brokenwood Semillon 2022 Hunter Valley
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 12 December 2025
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Friday 28 November 2025
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Andy Howard MW
Friday 7 November 2025
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Samantha regales us with tales of a rather unsatisfactory week.
This week was … bleak. While we have started processing...
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Samantha Cole-Johnson, whom we last encountered pruning in freezing-cold Oregon, begins a series on her current experiences as a cellar...
Nick on restaurants
Sunda, a recently opened restaurant in Melbourne’s Chinatown, astonished Nick for several reasons. A version of this article is published...
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2 February 2020 Climate change is clearly an extremely emotive topic. Some readers rushed to characterise Brian Croser as a...
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A final round-up: family drama, an academic approach to history, glorious Burgundian visuals, undervalued treasures and – well – you...
Wines of the week
As the Australian bushfires continue to rage, we’re trying to find ways to help. One suggestion is to buy wines...
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15 January Seriously scary map of the bushfires as of today here. Buy Australian wine and help them out. See...
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5 January 2020 Some specific memories of Hazel are appended to this short tribute. 2 January 2020 The woman who...
Max on Oz
Max has filed his bimonthly column a little early this month, for all the wrong reasons. South Australian winemaker Geoff...
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10 February 2021 If you're looking for the latest information on our Old Vine Register, please see Our Old Vines...
Tasting articles
16 November 2019 Almost 30 new tasting notes that were inadvertently omitted when this article was originally published two days...
Nick on restaurants
A great Sri Lankan curry and a great view, but very varied service. Of the many times I have arrived...
Tasting articles
Alistair Cooper provides an audit, tasting 52 current examples.
London’s wine trade was treated to a premium Australia tasting in...
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A Margaret River producer has done what many would like to. A version of this article is published by the...
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The canny South Australian giant has a few extra things up its sleeve this year which will presumably more than...
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‘Don’t buy it’, Nancy Barry instructed her husband Jim in 1986 when the Florita vineyard came up for auction. The...
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