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Free for all Oz Cab – not to be forgotten

A companion piece to Julia's rave about Australia's current way with Shiraz in September. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also the...

Jancis Robinson Saturday 9 November 2024 • 1 min read

Glasses of wine at the Margaret River Wine Show

Don't quote me Judging at the Margaret River Wine Show

Richard Hemming MW Monday 6 November 2023 • 1 min read

People tasting wine at the Cullen Chardonnay tasting

Tasting articles Scrutinising Chardonnay

Richard Hemming MW Thursday 26 October 2023 • 3 min read

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Person walking through vineyard at harvest time.

Tasting articles

Vasse Felix Heytesbury – benchmark Australian Chardonnay

Virginia Willcock sets the model for flinty, wonderfully funky Chardonnay. Virginia Willcock (pictured below), garlanded winemaker at Vasse Felix in...

Tasting articles

WA – Australian refinement, longevity and good wine canned

The far south-western tip of Australia makes up in quality what it lacks in quantity. Cabernet, then Chardonnay, made the...

Virginia Willcock, Vasse Felix chief winemaker

Wines of the week

Vasse Felix, Classic Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc 2021 Margaret River

Not just one but two stunningly well-made dry whites, one a whippersnapper, the other rather majestically mature. Vasse Felix from...

Bottle of Xanadu Cabernet with two glasses

Wines of the week

Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 Margaret River

A Coleridgian tribute to an award-winning Western Australian red. From 453.75 Czech koruna, £17.95, $22.95, €21.40, AU$32.99, HK$170, 1,200 Thai...

Tasting articles

Beyond Bordeaux 2021

Tom Parker MW reviews 43 wines from regions other than Bordeaux, which, along with others including Opus One 2018 and...

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All the Tom Cullitys

Alistair Cooper MW tastes Vasse Felix's top Margaret River wine from the first to the latest release. I have long...

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Cullen, Red Moon Mangan Vineyard Malbec/Petit Verdot 2018 Margaret River

From AU$28, €20, $29, NZ$41.99, £21.60 Find this wine Cullen Wines are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, half a...

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Cullen – a toast to mum and dad

A Western Australia sustainability hero celebrates a half-century. Unable to travel from Australia – there are far worse places to...

Bottles for Cape Mentelle's 50th anniversary

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A trip down memory lane with Cape Mentelle

An unusually deep vertical of an Australian classic. I was last in Margaret River in 2017 for the 50th anniversary...

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Western Australia – a frustrating tasting

Good wines but too many constraints. Sponsored on this occasion by Australian construction company Built and held in the security-conscious...

Will Berliner of Cloudburst Wines at 67 Pall Mall

Free for all

Cloudburst bursts price ceiling

A Margaret River producer has done what many would like to. A version of this article is published by the...

Free for all

Margaret River's superior Chardonnays

A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. I spent all last week tasting 2016 burgundies...

Tasting articles

A Margaret River assortment

See also Cape Mentelle International Cabernet Tasting 2017 and Triumph for Margaret River Chardonnay. The few days Nick and I...

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Triumph for Margaret River Chardonnay

See also A Margaret River assortment. The white wine counterpart of the thirty-fifth Cape Mentelle International Cabernet Tasting described yesterday...