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Off-dry or dry? To an Australian Riesling drinker, this New...

Forrest Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

White Wine - Sauvignon Blanc

Tempers old school Marlborough herbaceous-ness with some modern-style, ripe tropical...

Forrest Marlborough Chardonnay 2022

Picked ripe and it shows, with an immediate burst in...

Bec Hardy Garden Series Shiraz 2023

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Cerbaiona Santinovo 2020

The new management expanded the wines on offer from this stellar estate, including a straight Merlot (San Vito) and this wine, a blend of 80% Cabernet Franc and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, but with only 1,320 bottles produced for this vintage,...

Cerbaiona Brunello di Montalcino 2019

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Cerbaiona is a small operation in Brunello di Montalcino which has achieved legendary status in a short time, for any...

Stella Bella Luminosa Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

A fine example of the poise and beauty that Margaret River brings to the Cabernet grape. It’s a slow reveal,...

Blue Gables Ashton Pinot Noir 2023

Blackberries, lavender and juniper. Davidson plum skin, dried blueberries and mulberry. Licorice root, wet soil, Wood Ear mushroom. A coil...

Grant Burge Abednego 2021

This is made only in very good vintages, and 2021 was a wonderful vintage in the Barossa. A sensational blend...

Dowie Doole The Reserve Shiraz 2018

Serious stuff here, the stars have aligned with top notch Shiraz from some of the better vineyards in McLaren Vale...

Dowie Doole The Banker Shiraz 2019

From the Tatachilla sub-region in McLaren Vale, the colour here is an opaque maroon. A wine of concentration, power and...

Dowie Doole The Architect Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

From the team’s estate vineyard at Blewitt Springs, one of the most highly regarded sub-regions of McLaren Vale, this hails...

Xanadu Steven’s Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

This was quite a challenging season in many ways, being cooler and quite wet, yet when the fruit has been...

Xanadu Reserve Chardonnay 2022

Product of the excellent, albeit quite small, ’22 vintage. Heady stuff on the nose with distinct pear and edgy lime...

Xanadu Stevens Road Chardonnay 2022

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This is generally a fine and more delicate Chardonnay compared to the Reserve. It works really well in this season,...

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Yalumba New Releases

Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Shiraz 2021 This 2021 Cabernet Shiraz blend is beautifully pure and pristine with aromas of coca, mahogany, blackberry, fruit pastilles and toasted cloves with a veneer of vanillin oak. Young, and tightly crafted with a seamless mid weight palate radiating with dark cherry flavours laced with ironstone. Powdery tannins support a...

2024 Chardonnay May – Adelaide Hills

A good rhyme always elevates a name, imbuing it with a sense of playfulness and pop while also adding intrigue...

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Tom Kline

Date

May 10, 2024

Australia’s First Vintage – 1792

The earliest days for the Australian wine industry were not easy. Cuttings first had to successfully make the long trip...

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Angus Hughson

Date

May 1, 2024

Giesen Clayvin Series

The wine region of Marlborough may conjure up images of Sauvignon Blanc vines spread flat out along the valley floor...

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Melissa Moore

Date

April 22, 2024

Red Earth Rising

It is a rare miracle when two superb vintages go back to back, and, for Coonawarra, 2021 and 2022 may...

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Angus Hughson

Date

April 2, 2024

2019 Henschke Releases

Henschke have now brought their premium wine releases together for release dates and vintage, which provides a good snapshot of...

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Angus Hughson

Date

March 28, 2024

Enchanté Bekkers

To preface, I am a closet Francophile – fromage d’Affinois is factored in my weekly grocery budget and French Café...

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Tijana Laganin

Date

March 13, 2024

Australian new releases

New local gems

Every week there are hundreds of new Australian wines hitting shelves and winelists around the world. Here is our regular update on what’s new from the biggest brands right down to the smallest boutique winemakers.

Bec Hardy Garden Series Shiraz 2023

An utterly delicious McLaren Vale Shiraz in a vibrant dark purple. The nose is full of notes of chocolate biscuits, rich mocha and coffee grinds, with blackberries and mulberries. There is grip, length and good intensity with real length here....

Bec Hardy Garden Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Enjoyable warm climate Cabernet from McLaren Vale. Dark maroon hue, this gives us notes of dried herbs, bay leaves, cold...

Pertaringa Stage Left Merlot 2023

Red Wine - Merlot

For the Merlot fans amongst us, this wine is proving itself to be a most reliable offering, year after year....

Pertaringa Two Gentlemen’s GSM 2023

A delicious example of the famous Rhône blend done McLaren Vale style. Three parcels from different vineyards across McLaren Vale...

Pimpernel Vineyards Pinot Noir Four 2019

A Yarra Valley Pinot Noir with attitude. It’s on the darker side of the Pinot spectrum both in colour and...

Pimpernel Vineyards Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre 2017

Red Wine - Grenache - Shiraz

A blend of Grenache (48%), Shiraz (29%) and Mourvèdre (22%) co-fermented with Muscat of Alexandria (1%). The winemaker clearly believes...

Pimpernel Vineyards Grouch 2017

A co-ferment of Shiraz and Marsanne (up to 6%) with the latter playing a role that Viognier does in more...

Pimpernel Vineyards Whole Bunch Shiraz 2019

The Pimpernel winemakers went in search of power and intensity. They found it. The role of 25% whole bunches with...

Twin Valleys Single Site Reserve Chardonnay 2023

Fruit is sourced from a single vineyard at Moyhu by the river. Subtle white florals, Lilies of the Valley, fennel...

Twin Valleys Single Site Reserve Chardonnay 2023

The label says much of what is needed to locate this wine in Victoria’s High Country – in the lower...

Twin Valleys Reserve Pinot Noir 2023

New stuff from across the ditch

Carrying a greater Victoria state denomination tells us this wine was sourced out of multiple GIs, two vineyards in fact...

New Zealand new releases

Kiwi winemakers are now crafting some of the greatest wines on the planet. Our team in Australia and New Zealand hunt down the best new releases from right around the country to share with you.

Forrest Marlborough Botrytised Riesling 2018

Opulent and sumptuous, there is something special about a top Botrytised Riesling. It’s all here in a feast for the senses. Rich gold in colour. Equally rich is the highly aromatic aroma in Bickford’s lime cordial, quince paste, cumquat, and...

Forrest Marlborough Riesling 2020

Off-dry or dry? To an Australian Riesling drinker, this New Zealand Riesling at 4.5gL residual sugar, would be on the...

Forrest Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

White Wine - Sauvignon Blanc

Tempers old school Marlborough herbaceous-ness with some modern-style, ripe tropical fruit. The result is both nicely pungent and herbal with...

Forrest Marlborough Chardonnay 2022

Picked ripe and it shows, with an immediate burst in sunny tropical fruit aromas in passionfruit, peach, mango, melon and...

Tarras Kuru Kuru Pinot Noir 2018

From the Bendigo sub-region in Central Otago, the wine is matured in French oak barrels, one third of which are...

Tarras Pinot Noir 2020

The star turn from Central Otago is undoubtedly Pinot Noir and this wine, as well as others from this stable,...

Tarras Pinot Gris 2023

White Wine - Pinot Gris

This fine Pinot Gris from a single vineyard in New Zealand’s spectacular Central Otago region, in particular the Alexandra sub-region,...

Forrest Estate Botrytised Riesling 2018

A bit of a curio from the Marlborough region but a welcome one, nonetheless. The fruit comes from three vineyards...

Forrest Estate Chardonnay 2022

The juice here, from both the Wairau River Valley and the Southern Valleys vineyard in Marlborough, was split between new...

Forrest Estate Riesling 2020

The latest from the rest of the world

Forrest from Marlborough has always been well known for their Riesling (probably heresy in that district, but a lovely wine...

Forrest Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2023

White Wine - Sauvignon Blanc

Classic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, this is the very style of wine which has taken the world by storm. From four...

International new releases

Looking for a change? Then let us guide you through the world of wine with our International new releases. We’ve got reviews and stories on everything from bargain supermarket picks right through to international icons.

Cerbaiona Santinovo 2020