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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...

Team JR
Monday 17 February 2025
• 3 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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McLaren Vale's alternative reality
Max Allen
Wednesday 18 October 2023
• 3 min read
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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...
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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...
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The old vines of McLaren Vale
Tam finds balance and beauty in a selection of 'kind wines' from venerable vines in South Australia.
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Aussies abroad
Alistair Cooper MW tastes his way through a selection of wines currently available in the UK. Above, Nick Farr's Irrewarra...
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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
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Anyone who has enjoyed egg and bacon ice cream...
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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...
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McLaren Vale Grenache today
McLaren Vale is blessed with 455 ha of Grenache, most of it pretty senior. An increasing number of wine producers...
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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...
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McLaren Vale branches out
When I worked the 2008 vintage in McLaren Vale, Shiraz was the meat and drink of the region. Thousands of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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D’Arenberg, The High Trellis Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 McLaren Vale
I’d never visited this prolific producer of great-value wines of both colours until last weekend and was not disappointed. Chester...
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