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Wines of the week
Ministry of Clouds Shiraz 2023 McLaren Vale
A perfectly ordinary extraordinary wine. From €19.60, £28.33, $19.99 (direct from the US importer, K&L Wines). A few months ago, I sat down at a friend’s dinner table on one...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 9 January 2026
• 1 min read
Wines of the week
Brokenwood Semillon 2022 Hunter Valley
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 12 December 2025
• 1 min read
Wine news in 5
Protests in France, Domaine Sigalas acquisition, Vinarchy to cull wine brands
Plus an early harvest for ice wine in Germany, and the oldest vine in the world. Above, Domaine Sigalas vineyard (image courtesy of the domaine). As you can see [if...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 28 November 2025
• 1 min read
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For more on the Australian Women in Wine Awards that preceded this tasting in London at the end of September...
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Margaret River in Western Australia is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary as a wine region and I will very soon be...
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The annual launch of The Penfolds Collection, the jewel in Treasury Wine Estates' crown, has become almost as ritualistically stage-managed...
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The old gold-mining town of Beechworth in north-east Victoria, Australia, is not short of character, as you can see from...
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This morning the Australian Women in Wine Awards were announced in London, live-streamed to the Australian evening with much whooping...
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When does a variety stop becoming alternative? We first covered non-mainstream varieties from Australia back in 2009, and I followed...
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We are delighted to announce the five winners of our summer quiz, part of the Australian Women in Wine celebrations...
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27 August 2017 Our quiz is now closed. We will be assessing all the answers over the next few days...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. If you were to poll the British wine...
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With Saturday's deadline for our summer quiz to win a pair of tickets to the major celebratory Australian wine tasting...
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A bit like Andrea Franchetti (in frequency of coverage rather than character), Jeffrey Grosset probably deserves his own article tag...
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See also Max Allen's profile yesterday of one of South Australia's most exciting small-scale producers, Adelina – a top tip...
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