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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
Tasting articles
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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When I worked the 2008 vintage in McLaren Vale, Shiraz was the meat and drink of the region. Thousands of...
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1 February 2018 We are republishing free this 2015 tasting article as a complement to Max's latest report from Australia...
Max on Oz
‘Warren Randall and Seppeltsfield are the biggest story in the wine industry right now.’ That’s how Anthony Madigan, publisher of...
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This article has been syndicated. I’m assuming you are interested in wine. If so, you will have noticed that it...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. I spent all last week tasting 2016 burgundies...
Wines of the week
From £12.75, AU$16.80, $23, CA$25, 185 Norwegian krone Find this wine Alpha Box & Dice first came to my attention...
Tasting articles
See also Cape Mentelle International Cabernet Tasting 2017 and Triumph for Margaret River Chardonnay. The few days Nick and I...
Nick on restaurants
A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. There were five of us round a corner table...
Book reviews
Max reviews The Way It Was: A History of the Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry by Peter...
Tasting articles
See also today Max Allen's review of a closely related book as well as my reports on the Cape Mentelle...
Nick on restaurants
I am deliberately writing about restaurants in Australia again (see Around and about in Melbourne) and plan to add a...
Nick on restaurants
It is not every day that begins with a taxi ride with a Fijian driver who has become an amateur...
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September’s Australian Women in Wine tasting that I report on today was held at London's Australia House. This imposing building...
Tasting articles
For more on the Australian Women in Wine Awards that preceded this tasting in London at the end of September...
Tasting articles
Margaret River in Western Australia is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary as a wine region and I will very soon be...
Tasting articles
As Max reported recently in Rebirth of the Australian super-blend, some of the giants of the Australian wine business are...
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