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Flooding in Bordeaux and Victoria, alleged bribery at Southern Glazer's, tariff update
Also news on Germany’s Henkell group buying out legendary Cava company Freixenet (pictured above) and lawsuits on France’s copper fungicide bans. Before I get to global news, I would like...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 7 March 2026
• 1 min read
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Wine discoveries – February 2026
A flurry of wines to chase the winter blues away. Above, Ina and Heiko Bamberger, makers of one such wine, a terrific German sparkler reviewed below (credit: Lucie Greiner). February...
Team JR
Tuesday 3 March 2026
• 2 min read
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Max on Oz
The rapid evolution of Australia's wine exports. China is today's saviour of the country's wine industry. Where next?
‘It’s not...
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Henschke, Grosset and Mount Horrocks are some of the most famous names in South Australia, but it's as much what...
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Patrick Rankine takes us by the hand for a long day's tour of his favourites among Melbourne's host of delights...
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A classy cool-climate Australian Chardonnay, not an oxymoron.
From 449 Swedish kronor, AU$72, €46.95, £49.99, SG$79, HK$500, $71.99
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Don't quote me
Veteran South Australian wine producer Brian Croser shares a blast from the south.
I am sitting in my office looking...
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Matthew Jukes and Tyson Stelzer, pictured left to right, argue that Australia's greatest reds include Cabernet as well as Shiraz...
Max on Oz
Biodynamic pioneer Alex Podolinsky died yesterday at the age of 93. Max, one of the few wine writers to have...
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Australians steal a statistical march, by satellite. Most statistics on vineyards around the world are the result of self-reporting by...
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8 June 2019 Jancis writes I just remembered that I have a series of tasting notes from a lunch in...
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Brian Croser of Tapanappa reports on a small, dry and moderate vintage in South Australia. Croser believes that his interpretation...
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A collection of tasting notes on particularly fine wines. I try to keep a record of all the significant wines...
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More than 200 wines from the world's driest continent assessed. For more tasting notes in our spring 2019 collections, see...
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A version of this article on wines that have been transformed is published by the Financial Times. One obvious sign...
Max on Oz
Burgundian influences in Australian vineyards. When I visited the new Spedding vineyard on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula last month, only the...
Tasting articles
Tam's third report on her seminal trip Down Under, focusing on organic, biodynamic and environmentally sustainable producers. See also Australia...
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Wine Australia is back on track, if the headline figures in the recently released exports statistics for 2018 shown in...
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