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pigs Frankie and Digby and alpacas Vince and Pablo at Domaine Mirabeau
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...

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Marco Cirillo pruning 1848 Grenache vine
Tasting articles Australian old-vine Grenache – the next chapter A move away from oak pays off in fine, fragrant, complex and beautiful red Grenache wines. Above, Marco Cirillo pruning... Read more
Winemaker Callum Powell kneeling next to his wine barrels
Tasting articles Australia collection spring 2023 A Barossa gem, a cache of terrific wines from New South Wales and other finds. Above, new star Callum Powell... Read more
harvesting grapes by machine
Free for all What's troubling vintners today Wine producers flock to London and share their woes. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial... Read more
schist subsoil at Alkina
Free for all Freshness in Barossa A Tuscan, Argentine and Chilean take on what makes one of Australia’s most famous wine regions special. The image above... Read more
WWC21 Worrall M - Rojomoma Vineyard, cheers over Grenache
Free for all WWC21 – Rojomoma, South Australia Melissa Worrall writes, 'Growing up in Australia’s Barossa fostered my interest in wine. Throughout my career and an international move... Read more
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Free for all WWC21 – Watunga Road Vineyard, South Australia Kirsty Hill is the head of marketing at DMG Fine Wine Australia, producer of wines under the Handpicked brand: 'I... Read more
WWC21 Eichberger T - Light Pass OV 2021
Free for all WWC21 – Gibson's old vines, South Australia 'The Old Man and the Vine' was written by Tim Eichelberger, who introduces himself thus: ' My name is Tim... Read more
Old vine stumps on Etna
Free for all Save the stumps A version of this article about the need to re-evaluate old vines is published by the Financial Times. Image of... Read more
Henschke's Hill of Roses
Tasting articles Henschke's 2016s, and a new approach for Australia A groundbreaking way of exporting Australian wine plus the latest vintage releases from the Henschke family, including a 2019. In... Read more
Matt Gant and Jonn Retsas First Drop
Tasting articles First Drop new releases and old treasures An Australian and a Brit with a sense of humour, faith in their growers' vineyards and a respect for vintage... Read more
Samples of young 2020 Barossa wine made variously from Mataro, Shiraz and Grenache
Don't quote me 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... Read more
2020 Barossa Shiraz samples in the lab for tasting
Inside information 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... Read more
Picking Marsanne vines in 2020 in Barossa Valley
Inside information 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... Read more
Tank farm at a Barossa Valley winery
Free for all 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... Read more
Jeffrey Grosset and Stephanie Toole with their barrels
Tasting articles 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... Read more
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Tasting articles 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... Read more