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Tasting top Chardonnays blind
Take 27 Chardonnay ‘icons’ from around the world and serve them up to 18 accredited tasters … A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See...
Jancis Robinson
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Waitrose spring 2026 recommendations
Great buys available in the UK and farther afield – including some naturally lower-alcohol wines. Above, left to right: Reon Richter, Leana Coetzee, Mari Branders, Juandre Bruwer – the core...
Andy Howard MW
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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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Over the last difficult decade for Australian wine, one of the major criticisms of Wine Australia, the old generic promotional...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See tasting notes in Salomon Syrah v Shiraz...
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Bertold Salomon is a familiar figure on the Austrian wine scene. He preceded Willi Klinger as the generic representative of...
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From €5.90, £11, AU$39 Find the Spanish one Find the Australian one I find some orange wines (new entry in...
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