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As Australia's official wine organisations publish a report claiming that the country has a wine surplus equivalent to 75% of...
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Many worrying months after the departure of the previous CEO Sam Tolley, the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation at last...
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The following are notes on a tasting given by Mark Davidson at the annual Society of Wine Educators' gathering in...
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The notes below encompass a cross-section of styles and vintages within the range of family-owned Souith Australian Yalumba. Classic Barossa...
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Barely two weeks after Julia finished reporting in detail on all the hundreds of wines she tasted during this year's...
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Here is the last of Julia's wonderfully detailed reports on the tasting marathon that was Landmark Australia. She must be...
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2 Sep - Wine Communicators of Australia have just announced that Campbell Mattinson has been awarded the WCA Fellowship grant...
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A sparkling start to Day 5 of the Landmark Tutorial with two extremely experienced winemakers: consultant Dr Tony Jordan (Domaine...
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This is the complete text of a talk given by Brian Croser during the Landmark Australia tutorial, on the evening...
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This tasting was hard labour. Not because the wines weren’t good but because it was the third major tasting session...
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Day 4 of the Landmark Australia tutorial continued with winemaker Tom Carson’s selection of Pinot Noir. See these two short...
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Day 4 of the Landmark Tutorial started with an excellent tasting of Chardonnays, presented by the very personable Michael Hill...
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This session, the last on day 3 of the Landmark Australia tutorial, was led by Max Allen, British-born but Melbourne-dwelling...
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31 Jul Jeremy Gordon is to be replaced by Cliff Royle who has just left Voyager Estate. Flametree’s new winemaker...
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Below is a complete list of all the articles related to Julia's trip to Australia in June and all the...
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