Don't overlook Australia!

Brokenwood New Brokenwood cellar door announcement Nov 2017 Photo by Chris Elfes (Elfes Images)

Some of Australia’s best bottles selected by two British enthusiasts. Both chose wines from Brokenwood in the Hunter Valley. Above left to right, co-founders the late John Beeston and James Halliday celebrate breaking ground in 2017 for their smart new cellar door with Iain Riggs, then managing director and chief winemaker (photo: Chris Elfes). 

Every weekday morning Australia’s Daily Wine News appears in my inbox. The daily wine news from Down Under has been almost invariably bleak for too long.

Last Wednesday’s bulletin, for instance, began, ‘Industry operators are facing tough decisions, and the NSW DPI and SARDI investigate...