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Ronan Sayburn MS, Sarah Abbott MW and Hannah Tovey at Icons tastings 2026
Free for all 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...

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Tasting articles 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...

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Tasting articles The whisper in the trade is that Australia is set for a comeback from the near-pariah status described six years...
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Tasting articles In response to our many readers who have a stated interest in alternative varieties (the subject of the tasting Julia...
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Free for all 12 Mar For today's Throwback Thursday, because Walter's four-part series has been so enthusiastically received, we are republishing the first...
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Tasting articles The final part of Walter's Italian Aussies is a selection of just some of the wines he tasted on his...
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Don't quote me See also part 1 and part 2 of Walter's report on the progress of Italian varieties in Australia. Although the...
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Don't quote me This is the continuation o f Walter's Italian grape varieties in Australia – part 1. Climate change is one of...
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Max on Oz Our Throwback Thursday contribution today reprises Max's latest column, originally published on 4 Nov, on how he has been stirring...
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Tasting articles For a guide to all these regional and stylistic collections of tasting notes, see Sorting through the assortments. Richard writes...
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Tasting articles ‘This is a beautiful time in our future history.’ This was Virginia Willcock’s slightly puzzling introduction to a recent presentation...
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Tasting articles One of the finest Australian Pinots I ever had (and no, that is not faint praise) was Coldstream Hills Reserve...
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Tasting articles As the chief executive considers yet another company restructure in the wake of abandoned American takeover offers for Australia's biggest...
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Free for all Penfolds' chief winemaker Peter Gago has just won an unprecedented double honour. He was made both Winemaker of the Year...
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Inside information 23 Sep – an independent enquiry has been announced here. The approval of a new sustainability programme for Australian wine...
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Free for all Today's Throwback Thursday offering is an edited, updated version of the article first published here for members only last Monday...
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Wines of the week From Au$9.99, £8.95, 114 Swedish krone Find this wine I can't believe how much flavour there is in this wine...
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Free for all Newton Vineyard is not currently one of Napa Valley's most talked-about wineries. Long gone are the days in the early...
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