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Alkina – bright, elegant wines from the Barossa
Superb wines from minutely defined plots thanks to a winemaker with no formal training (photo credit: Mike Smith). Amelia Nolan, managing director and winemaker at Alkina in the Barossa Valley...
Julia Harding MW
Thursday 3 October 2024
• 5 min read
Wine news in 5
Flooding in Europe, frost in Australia, Veneto harvest begins, a new Rhône appellation
Plus, a potential change to the laws governing Germany’s VDP estates to help them weather the fallout of spring’s devastating frosts, and the first Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) producer in...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 21 September 2024
• 1 min read
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Australian Grenache on the move
Julia Harding MW
Wednesday 25 October 2023
• 7 min read
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A move away from oak pays off in fine, fragrant, complex and beautiful red Grenache wines. Above, Marco Cirillo pruning...
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A Barossa gem, a cache of terrific wines from New South Wales and other finds. Above, new star Callum Powell...
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Wine producers flock to London and share their woes. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial...
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A Tuscan, Argentine and Chilean take on what makes one of Australia’s most famous wine regions special. The image above...
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Melissa Worrall writes, 'Growing up in Australia’s Barossa fostered my interest in wine. Throughout my career and an international move...
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Kirsty Hill is the head of marketing at DMG Fine Wine Australia, producer of wines under the Handpicked brand: 'I...
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'The Old Man and the Vine' was written by Tim Eichelberger, who introduces himself thus: ' My name is Tim...
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A version of this article about the need to re-evaluate old vines is published by the Financial Times. Image of...
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A groundbreaking way of exporting Australian wine plus the latest vintage releases from the Henschke family, including a 2019. In...
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An Australian and a Brit with a sense of humour, faith in their growers' vineyards and a respect for vintage...
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This week Samantha gets some devastating news and has to decide what to do.
This week seemed to bring more...
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Samantha is still waiting for the 2020 vintage to really get going.
Our winemaker told me that the lead up...
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Samantha regales us with tales of a rather unsatisfactory week.
This week was … bleak. While we have started processing...
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Samantha Cole-Johnson, whom we last encountered pruning in freezing-cold Oregon, begins a series on her current experiences as a cellar...
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Henschke, Grosset and Mount Horrocks are some of the most famous names in South Australia, but it's as much what...
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Tam, ever-busy behind the scenes, has finally found time to file another report on her first trip to Australia, this...
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