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Alkina – bright, elegant wines from the Barossa
Julia Harding MW
Thursday 3 October 2024
• 5 min read

Wine news in 5
Flooding in Europe, frost in Australia, Veneto harvest begins, a new Rhône appellation
Plus, a potential change to the laws governing Germany’s VDP estates to help them weather the fallout of spring’s devastating frosts, and the first Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) producer in...

Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 21 September 2024
• 1 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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A version of this article about the need to re-evaluate old vines is published by the Financial Times. Image of...
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Henschke's 2016s, and a new approach for Australia
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An Australian and a Brit with a sense of humour, faith in their growers' vineyards and a respect for vintage...
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Diary of a Barossa vintage casual – part 6
This week Samantha gets some devastating news and has to decide what to do.
This week seemed to bring more...
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Diary of a Barossa vintage casual – part 3
Samantha is still waiting for the 2020 vintage to really get going.
Our winemaker told me that the lead up...
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Diary of a Barossa vintage casual – part 2
Samantha regales us with tales of a rather unsatisfactory week.
This week was … bleak. While we have started processing...
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Diary of a Barossa vintage casual – part 1
Samantha Cole-Johnson, whom we last encountered pruning in freezing-cold Oregon, begins a series on her current experiences as a cellar...
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Australia – the great doing good
Henschke, Grosset and Mount Horrocks are some of the most famous names in South Australia, but it's as much what...
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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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