Time of year has so much to do with what’s good to eat and drink. The wine you want in spring and summer is different to winter. With that in mind, here are 9 perfect Autumn wines from Australia. Autumn has to be my favourite season. The colours as the leaves change, the calm after … Read more
From the rugged vineyards of Western Australia’s Great Southern Wine Region comes Howard Park’s latest release: a wine quartet aptly named the Flint Rock Range. Here’s what to expect. The first wine region I ever visited was in WA. Granted it wasn’t the huge sprawling region of Great Southern—the biggest in Australia, but my daytrip … Read more
Light, bright and refreshing, yet still full of flavour and texture, rosé is the perfect drink for hot weather—but not all rosé. Here are 5 rosé wines perfect for summer. It’s fascinating how rosé wine has made a comeback in recent years. In fact, it’s never been so popular. Between 2002 and 2019, there was … Read more
The last thing you want when the weather warms up is a rich hearty wine. But that doesn’t mean you want a drink that tastes of nothing. Here are 5 Aussie wines perfect for summer that don’t compromise on flavour. There’s nothing quite like a refreshing glass of wine on those hot evenings when nothing … Read more
If ever there’s a time for a glass of good wine, it’s Christmas. These unmissable wines and ingenious wine accessories are the perfect Christmas gifts and additions to any wine-lover’s festive fun. Australia has developed a real passion for wine, being blessed with so many excellent wine regions around the country. Our fascination with wine … Read more
Chardonnay has seen quite a few twists and turns in its popularity over the last few decades, but at last it’s coming into its own. Here are 5 Chardonnays from the Hunter Valley, NSW that embody this magnificent varietal and show its sceptics exactly what they’ve all been missing. Australia’s oldest wine region and only … Read more
Peeping out from behind its bigger, beefier brothers, Grenache is the wallflower of wine varietals in Australia that doesn’t get half the attention it deserves. Here are five examples of Grenache you’ve got to try. Wine experts have (of course) known about Grenache’s virtues for ages, but they seem to have kept this card in … Read more
Recipient of the Hunter Valley Rising Star and Young Gun of Wine awards, and with names on his CV like Scarborough Wines, Thomas Wines, Hunter’s Dream Estate and currently Bimbadgen, it was only a matter of time before Richard Done started his own label. The Hunter Valley is Australia’s oldest wine region, where grapes grow … Read more
Crisp, lively, flinty and refreshing. That and a funny shaped bottle is what comes to mind when you think of Riesling. But what happens when you lay one down for a few years? Our best answer: you need a vertical tasting! When it comes to ageing wines, stashing them in some subterranean den to gather … Read more
What happens when you put arguably the most famous Australian wine in the ring with the best Shiraz Australia’s oldest wine region has to offer? It’s Penfolds Grange vs The Hunter Valley, and the gloves are off! When it comes to Australian reds, the first wine we think of is Shiraz. It’s a varietal that’s … Read more