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Tasting articles Wine discoveries – January 2025 A round-up of some of the best wines we tasted in January. Every week, our team tastes dozens or even hundreds of wines, many of which we tell you about...
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Team JR Monday 17 February 2025 • 3 min read
Blewitt Springs Sands of Time Grenache
Tasting articles Australian Grenache on the move
Julia Harding MW Wednesday 25 October 2023 • 7 min read
Peter and Duncan Lloyd tasting at Coriole, their winery in McLaren Vale
Tasting articles McLaren Vale's alternative reality
Max Allen Wednesday 18 October 2023 • 3 min read

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Marco Cirillo pruning 1848 Grenache vine
Tasting articles Australian old-vine Grenache – the next chapter A move away from oak pays off in fine, fragrant, complex and beautiful red Grenache wines. Above, Marco Cirillo pruning... Read more
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Max on Oz 20 years under screwcap … Do screwcaps preserve wines during a glorious evolution, or stunt their development? In 1977, when Clare Valley winemaker Andrew Mitchell... Read more
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Tasting articles The old vines of McLaren Vale Tam finds balance and beauty in a selection of 'kind wines' from venerable vines in South Australia. Back in August... Read more
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Tasting articles Aussies abroad Alistair Cooper MW tastes his way through a selection of wines currently available in the UK. Above, Nick Farr's Irrewarra... Read more
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Wines of the week Dandelion, Lion's Tooth Shiraz/Riesling 2017/18 McLaren Vale From AU$22, £12.25, 169 Swedish kronor, $19.98, €16.88 Find this wine Anyone who has enjoyed egg and bacon ice cream... Read more
Giles Cooke MW in Smart Vineyard, McLaren Vale
Free for all Grenache and Garnacha redesigned Who makes the best new-wave examples? There's a wide price disparity … A shorter version of this article is published... Read more
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Tasting articles McLaren Vale Grenache today McLaren Vale is blessed with 455 ha of Grenache, most of it pretty senior. An increasing number of wine producers... Read more
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Tasting articles South Australia – finding clarity in cloudiness Tam, ever-busy behind the scenes, has finally found time to file another report on her first trip to Australia, this... Read more
d'Arenberg Dead Arm vine
Tasting articles McLaren Vale branches out When I worked the 2008 vintage in McLaren Vale, Shiraz was the meat and drink of the region. Thousands of... Read more
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Free for all S C Pannell – wines to admire, and drink 1 February 2018 We are republishing free this 2015 tasting article as a complement to Max's latest report from Australia... Read more
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Wines of the week Alpha Box & Dice, Tarot 2016 McLaren Vale From £12.75, AU$16.80, $23, CA$25, 185 Norwegian krone Find this wine Alpha Box & Dice first came to my attention... Read more
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Tasting articles Grenache – McLaren Vale's own grape As attentive readers will have discerned, all over the world there is an increasing head of steam behind Grenache nowadays... Read more
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Max on Oz ​Yangarra – McLaren Vale ancient and modern Walk into the cavernous Yangarra winery shed in McLaren Vale during the middle of vintage and the first thing you... Read more
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