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Ministry of Clouds Shiraz 2023 McLaren Vale
A perfectly ordinary extraordinary wine. From €19.60, £28.33, $19.99 (direct from the US importer, K&L Wines). A few months ago, I sat down at a friend’s dinner table on one...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 9 January 2026
• 1 min read
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Coonawarra – past, present and future
Max Allen
Thursday 25 September 2025
• 2 min read
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Victoria's stars – Pinot Gris and Shiraz
Tamlyn Currin
Tuesday 2 September 2025
• 12 min read
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See also Australia – in vogue again. Recently, Australia has been abuzz about new-wave Chardonnay, Italian varieties and natural winemaking...
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From AU$25, £18.90, HK$275, SG$222 for six Find this wine Find any Clonakilla Hilltops Shiraz This seriously fine wine is...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See tasting notes in Salomon Syrah v Shiraz...
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Bertold Salomon is a familiar figure on the Austrian wine scene. He preceded Willi Klinger as the generic representative of...
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Jacob's Creek announced on Monday that the 2013 vintage is already underway in Australia – and the prospects for quality...
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find this wine As you may know by now, I do get cross when people dismiss Australian wine as a...
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Here's a selection of what has become a standard commodity nowadays, Austalian Shiraz, tasted here in London recently. They vary...
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Here's a name to watch, and a label to smile at. Penny and Niels Verburg (pictured, mit bottle) founded Luddite...
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Elmore's Ebenezer Old Vine Shiraz 1997 Roehr, Barossa Valley Roger Harris Wines, UK Vines more than 80 years old supply...
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I have long been fascinated by Shiraz from Italy, Pinot Grigio from Australia and all other adoptions of non-traditional varietal...
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McLaren Vale cricket fan and some time winemaker Geoff Merrill came to London just before the Wine Trade Fair to...
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Here are my notes, in descending order of preference, on the eight great 1996 Australian Shirazes and North Rhônes tasted...
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