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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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A deep dive into VSCs and correct sulphur-related terms. Virginia Willcock is toying with the idea of putting a permanent...
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Virginia Willcock sets the model for flinty, wonderfully funky Chardonnay.
Virginia Willcock (pictured below), garlanded winemaker at Vasse Felix in...
Wines of the week
A great-value southern-hemisphere alternative to Côte Rôtie, made by Tim Lovett, above.
From AU$22.99, $22, £19.49
Find this wine (in...
Max on Oz
Floods and drought collide in eastern Australia.
The last time the cellars flooded at Mitchelton was 1974, just after the...
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15 December 2022 We're republishing this just for fun, with a few updates, and would welcome any further suggestions via...
Tasting articles
The far south-western tip of Australia makes up in quality what it lacks in quantity. Cabernet, then Chardonnay, made the...
Max on Oz
Do screwcaps preserve wines during a glorious evolution, or stunt their development?
In 1977, when Clare Valley winemaker Andrew Mitchell...
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Answers to burgundy from Australia's coolest terroir. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See more...
Tasting articles
All Tolpuddle Chardonnays so far released, in some rather fine glasses. Read more in A totemic Tasmanian.
Long-standing readers of...
Tasting articles
A ton of tasting notes from our Singapore correspondent.
Gramona's Font Jui, pictured above, is one of many wines I...
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This year's final set of announcements of these great diversity and inclusion initiatives.
We have already announced the first tranche...
Max on Oz
The vineyards, and wines, of Mount Horrocks and Grosset have been revolutionised, much to Jeffrey Grosset's surprise.
Stephanie Toole lifts...
Nick on restaurants
Memories of one of Britain's great self-taught chefs, cookbook writers and provisioners. Alastair Little, the chef who recently died aged...
Wines of the week
Not just one but two stunningly well-made dry whites, one a whippersnapper, the other rather majestically mature.
Vasse Felix from...
Wines of the week
Yarra Valley makes it into our wine of the week pages after a seven-year absence, and it's Giant Steps again...
Tasting articles
And for my next trick… Is there no end to Penfolds’ novelties?
Today is the official release day of this...
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