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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
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Brokenwood Semillon 2022 Hunter Valley
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 12 December 2025
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Protests in France, Domaine Sigalas acquisition, Vinarchy to cull wine brands
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 28 November 2025
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A version of this article is also published by the Financial Times. See also Australia's slimline Chardonnays, Australian Shiraz –...
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See also the Australian tasting articles published this week on Chardonnay and Shiraz. Blame the Australian predilection for abbreviations for...
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See also Australia – in vogue again. Recently, Australia has been abuzz about new-wave Chardonnay, Italian varieties and natural winemaking...
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See also Australian Shiraz – what's hot, what's cool and Neb, Sangio and friends. Richard and I attempted a two-pronged...
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Simon Reilly, a wine writer based in London (see his Wineloon blog), reports that there's a new wave of Australian...
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Today is Australia Day, a national public holiday Down Under commemorating the founding on 26 January 1788 of the colony...
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See also today's Beechworth and other exciting Australians. One of the most exciting trends in Australian wine today is the...
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There aren’t many wines offered to consumers by their producers both young and mature. In fact I’m struggling to think...
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From $11.98, NZ$20.99, 225 SA rand, £12.95, CA$22.99, AU$23, €20.90, HK$179, 209 Norwegian krone, 3,240 yen
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Australian winemakers have been diluting overripe grape juice with water for decades. The practice is forbidden – but that doesn’t...
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Australian wine competitions are a notorious proving ground for the wine industry. For producers, they offer the opportunity of winning...
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From $19.99, AU$28.99, £19.95 (£15.99), 25.40 Swiss francs, HK$269, Singapore$62, 460 Chinese yuan, CA$49 Find this wine When I chose...
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Yesterday was the big official launch of Penfolds' new releases in Australia. Those in charge of the flagship brand of...
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A slightly shorter version of this article is also published by the Financial Times. See our recent collection of tasting...
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From AU$25, £18.90, HK$275, SG$222 for six Find this wine Find any Clonakilla Hilltops Shiraz This seriously fine wine is...
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See our guide to all of this season's compilations. See also The new Pulignys of Australia and SC Pannell –...
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