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Richard Hemming surrounded by wine bottles ready for tasting

124 wines reviewed, revealing assorted treasures buried in the far south-western corner of Australia. See also Visiting Great Southern. The remoteness of the Great Southern region, four hours south of...

Richard Hemming MW Thursday 12 March 2026 • 3 min read

Close up of two rows of wine glasses stretching into the distance

Tasting articles Margaret River v the world

From a forest of wine glasses, a comprehensive exploration of Margaret River’s best bottles and their international competitors. Including a preview of some of the beauties being poured at our...

Richard Hemming MW Monday 23 February 2026 • 2 min read

Patrick Sullivan & Megan McLaren in Gippsland - Photo by Guy Lavoipierre

Tasting articles Gippsland comes of age

This cool-climate Australian region is finally living up to its early promise. Winegrowers Patrick Sullivan and Megan McLaren are pictured above (credit: Guy Lavoipierre). When I moved to Melbourne in...

Max Allen Friday 20 February 2026 • 2 min read

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Côte d'Or 2024 – after the misery, an overview

After extensive tasting and talking to producers up and down Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, Matthew surveys the vintage. Above, the tellingly...

Schloss Grafenegg at night at the 2025 OTW Single Vineyard Summit

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Austria's Single Vineyard Summit 2025 – other whites

From Chardonnay to Zierfandler, the final report from Tara and Julia’s marathon Austrian tasting. Tara writes One could argue that...

Gerhard Wohlmuth looking up at the Edelschuh vineyard

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Austria's Single Vineyard Summit 2025 – Styria

There is no such thing as a bad vintage; there is only hard and harder. And Styria’s 2023s prove their...

Valentin Rebholz harvesting Weissburgunder

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New GG releases in 2025 – Chardonnay, Silvaner and Weissburgunder

Germany’s supporting cast of white grape varieties proved eloquent in the challenging 2024 vintage. See also New GG releases in...

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X marks the spot in the Willamette Valley

New releases from Oregon’s X Omni and X Novo vineyards and a handful of Californians. Above, Craig Williams among his...

Sam with Julia van der Vink and Rob Black

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Napa – a round-up

A hot tip on an up-and-coming Napa winery plus a host of new releases worth seeking out. Above, Sam and...

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Chardonnay rising in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Alder goes out on a limb with some of our highest scores ever! See Elevating Chardonnay in the Santa Cruz...

a drawing by the author showing a bottle of Chardonnay

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WWC25 – ABC: Always Bring Chardonnay, by Maria Banson

In this brief but clever entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, sommelier Maria Banson writes a haiku about Chardonnay...

Caption: "Carol Kaufmann explores Champagne cellars in Epernay, France, believing that to know Chardonnay is to investigate it in all its expressions. “Someone has to do it,” she says."

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WWC25 – You just haven’t met the right Chardonnay, by Carol Kaufmann

In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Carol Kaufmann writes about her efforts to promote Chardonnay. See this...

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Assorted New Zealand wines

What, no Sauvignon Blanc? A tipping point may have been reached … Above, image of a Blank Canvas vineyard in...

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Celebrating Australian Chardonnay

Stylistically diverse, top-notch Chardonnay: so many more reasons to keep faith in Australian wine. Above, Cherubino’s Willows vineyard, Margaret River...