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Brokenwood Semillon 2022 Hunter Valley
A brilliantly buzzy white wine with the power to transform deliciously over many years. And prices start at just €19.90, £21, $20.99. Hunter Valley Semillon is arguably Australia’s most distinctive...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 12 December 2025
• 1 min read
Wine news in 5
Protests in France, Domaine Sigalas acquisition, Vinarchy to cull wine brands
Plus an early harvest for ice wine in Germany, and the oldest vine in the world. Above, Domaine Sigalas vineyard (image courtesy of the domaine). As you can see [if...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 28 November 2025
• 1 min read
Wines of the week
d’Arenberg, The High Trellis Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 McLaren Vale
There’s nothing commercial about this old-vine, organically farmed Cabernet from a family-run winery except perhaps its price. From £15, $19.99. With their distinctive red-stripe branding, the wines from d’Arenberg in...
Andy Howard MW
Friday 7 November 2025
• 1 min read
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Tasting articles
See also the Australian tasting articles published this week on Chardonnay and Shiraz. Blame the Australian predilection for abbreviations for...
Tasting articles
See also Australia – in vogue again. Recently, Australia has been abuzz about new-wave Chardonnay, Italian varieties and natural winemaking...
Tasting articles
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...
Tasting articles
Today is Australia Day, a national public holiday Down Under commemorating the founding on 26 January 1788 of the colony...
Max on Oz
See also today's Beechworth and other exciting Australians. One of the most exciting trends in Australian wine today is the...
Tasting articles
There aren’t many wines offered to consumers by their producers both young and mature. In fact I’m struggling to think...
Wines of the week
From $11.98, NZ$20.99, 225 SA rand, £12.95, CA$22.99, AU$23, €20.90, HK$179, 209 Norwegian krone, 3,240 yen
Find this wine
As...
Max on Oz
Australian winemakers have been diluting overripe grape juice with water for decades. The practice is forbidden – but that doesn’t...
Don't quote me
Australian wine competitions are a notorious proving ground for the wine industry. For producers, they offer the opportunity of winning...
Wines of the week
From $19.99, AU$28.99, £19.95 (£15.99), 25.40 Swiss francs, HK$269, Singapore$62, 460 Chinese yuan, CA$49 Find this wine When I chose...
Tasting articles
Yesterday was the big official launch of Penfolds' new releases in Australia. Those in charge of the flagship brand of...
Free for all
A slightly shorter version of this article is also published by the Financial Times. See our recent collection of tasting...
Wines of the week
From AU$25, £18.90, HK$275, SG$222 for six Find this wine Find any Clonakilla Hilltops Shiraz This seriously fine wine is...
Tasting articles
See our guide to all of this season's compilations. See also The new Pulignys of Australia and SC Pannell –...
Max on Oz
Over the last difficult decade for Australian wine, one of the major criticisms of Wine Australia, the old generic promotional...
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