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Nine years in the planning, this was a tasting worth waiting for – not just for the subtle and subtly...
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From AU$29.95, £19.99 Find the 2014 Find the 2013 I’ve always had a soft spot for the Roussanne grape. In...
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During the 1970s and 1980s, when the fortunes of the Hunter Valley wine region north of Sydney were in the...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also my tasting notes on these wines.
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See also my overview Australia – the wild ones. Yesterday in London I had the pleasure of tasting current examples...
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For my other adventures in Western Australia’s Great Southern at the end of 2015, see On the road to Frankland...
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Winemaker Pat Carmody (right) is shaking his head. It’s late February 2016 and his Shiraz crop is nearly ready to...
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During my recent stay in China (see Australasia here we come) I saw very strong signs of the diversification of...
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I spent the first 18 years of my life in a village of 40 people and, I have to confess...
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A version of this article is also published by the Financial Times. See also Australia's slimline Chardonnays, Australian Shiraz –...
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See also the Australian tasting articles published this week on Chardonnay and Shiraz. Blame the Australian predilection for abbreviations for...
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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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See also Australian Shiraz – what's hot, what's cool and Neb, Sangio and friends. Richard and I attempted a two-pronged...
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Simon Reilly, a wine writer based in London (see his Wineloon blog), reports that there's a new wave of Australian...
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Today is Australia Day, a national public holiday Down Under commemorating the founding on 26 January 1788 of the colony...
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See also today’s Beechworth and other exciting Australians. One of the most exciting trends in Australian wine today is the...
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