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Penfolds Special Shiraz Release 2024

The 2024 Special Shiraz is made with South Australian fruit and more than a splash of Grange from the same vintage. It’s quite a unique release, with the mix of American oak matured Grange and adding to the overall impression....
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Penfolds Grange 2022

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by Jeni Port The ’21 Grange was undoubtedly a hard act to follow, but here we see a ’22 that...
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Cirillo 1850 Ancestor Vine Grenache 2019

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This stunning young 2019 Grenache Ancestor vine, from the country’s oldest vines for this variety delivers an almost perfect mix...
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Wynns Black Label The Original Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

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This is the wine that started it all for Wynns when it was first released from the 1954 vintage. It...
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Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

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No doubt many winelovers have been eagerly awaiting this wine, one of the last of Margaret River’s big guns from...
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Stories

Main Ridge Estate

Main Ridge Estate is a rather curious winery. Essential to the history of Mornington Peninsula and responsible for decades of stunning wines – Chardonnay and Pinot Noir – one suspects that many of today’s winelovers know very little about it and may have never even tried the wines. A lot...
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The Vintage Journal Barossa Guide 2026

The Barossa remains Australia’s most famous fine wine region. This year’s Barossa Guide 2026 by Andrew Caillard MW and Jeni...
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Fine Water, Fine Dining: For Carribie, It’s Time to Rewrite the Rules

When opening a fine bottle of wine, choosing the right dish to accompany it is de rigueur. But how often...
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There is surely no wine region in this country which has more elite wineries than Margaret River. The advantage for...
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Small Acres Cyder

Small Acres Cyder is exactly that—small in scale but rich in intent. Run by the Geoghegan family in Orange, NSW,...
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Bass Phillip 2024 New Vintage Releases

Bass Phillip Gamay 2024  $75 | 91 Points This 2024 Gamay is fine and perfumed to start showing fresh red...

Ben Murray Wines

Dan Eggleton of Ben Murray Wines in the Barossa is as true and unpretentious as the wines he makes. A...


Australian new releases

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.

NV R&S Ladera—Pinot Noir

Russell & Suitor La Dera Pinot Noir 2025

This is a highly expressive Pinot Noir from Tasmania combining both power, structure, and finesse. The aromas have spicy clove and cherry characters with a subtle savouriness. The palate, while medium weight and soft and supple, has a structural core...
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Tête De Cuvée 2023

Some wonderful vintage conditions in 2023, this is a mosaic of flavours. Davidson plum, Bing cherries and Acai, the blue...
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Alejandro Prosecco 2026

Spicy, crisp, and refreshing. This is a nice example of Prosecco. Showing a nice balance between pure fruit, a trace...
NV R&S Franca's—Pinot Gris

Franca’s Vineyard Pinot Gris 2026

This is a highly textural expression of Pinot Gris that is largely true to the Gris style. There is good...
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Franca’s Vineyard Riesling 2026

The varietal characters of this variety are well to the fore with some nice citrusy lime notes. A little peachy...
NV Son of a Bull Sauvignon Blanc

Russell & Suitor Son of a Bull Sauvignon Blanc 2026

This crisp and refreshing Savvy comes from Tasmania. Captures all of the essential Savvy characters, but delivers them with a...

Pannell Family Pinot Noir 2024

I am tentative every year to say this, but if you love Pinot Noir, then this should be your yearly...
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Picardy Chardonnay 2025

All Dijon clones and from the estates single vineyard, handpicked, dry grown and matured in 25 new oak. A wine...
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Picardy Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2021

Blood plum, rusty nail and rooibos tea. Some blackcurrants on the vine, peppy leaf and paperbark. There are some Aperol...
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Picardy Pinot Noir 2023

A exotic red fruited wine with ripe raspberries, musk berries and vivid Morello cherries. Some dragonfruit flesh, rose thorn and...
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Picardy Pinot Noir 2024

The 2024 vintage shows off the bright red cherries and pomegranate with a tobacco leaf and autumnal forest floor element....

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.

Kinross Holy Schist

Kinross Holy Schist Fumé Blanc 2025

Musky florals with yellow grapefruit, tropical guava and kaffir lime, all layered over creamy lees, stony mineral backbone and just a flicker of smoke. Energetic and fresh on the palate, with long, brisk acidity that carries those vibrant flavours right...
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Kinross Storm Cloud Gibbston Pinot Noir 2025

A seductive nose of cherry, plum, and blackcurrant layered with violet florals and light smoky spice. Bold and red fruited...
Kinross 'The Prospector' Gibbston Char

Kinross The Prospector Gibbston Chardonnay 2025

This Chardonnay makes an entrance. Rich and creamy, with crème brûlée swirling through ripe peach and baked apple aromas. Big,...
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Craggy Range Aroha Te Muna Martinborough Pinot Noir 2024

Grown on a narrow band of clay over stone in the Te Muna Vineyard, from vines now over 25 years...
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Craggy Range Sophia Gimblett Gravels Vineyard 2024

A 79% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon blend anchored by Merlot from Block 24 (clone 481), hand-harvested after...
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Craggy Range Le Sol Gimblett Gravels Vineyard 2024

Syrah from a heritage MS clone brought to New Zealand in the 1840s, planted in the stoniest reaches of the...
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Oraterra Chardonnay 2024

This is an arresting wine from the outset. There’s immediacy to the fruit before lashings of floral, nutty and mineral...
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Oraterra Pinot Noir 2024

This is complex from the get go with twigs, forest floor, dewy earth and clove notes dancing around a core...
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Novum Riverbrook Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

This is very fresh and alluring with precise fruit and lovely ground spice notes melding beautifully. White peach, grapefruit, pear,...
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Oraterra Pinot Gris 2024

This is a rich, textural and confident Gris somewhat redolent of the more opulent Alsatian style. It’s packed with fig,...
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Forrest Botrytised Riesling 2024

The team look to three different vineyards in the Wairau Valley in Marlborough, a beautiful part of the world better...

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.

Tinnyu Chardonnay

Tinnyu Coma Chardonnay 2024

Grown across two high-altitude Shangri-La villages — Xi-Da at 2,800m and A-Dong at 2,600m — on sandy-loam soils threaded with gravel and red schist, this is wild cold fermented over 16-18 days with no post-ferment maceration or MLF, then aged...
Silver Heights Marselan

Silver Heights Jiayuan Marselan 2023

Hand-picked over two separate harvests from the sandier Jishan vineyard soils for freshness and structure, then de-stemmed and fermented in...
Silver Heights Chardonnay

Silver Heights Reserve Chardonnay 2022

Sourced from the sandier soils of the Jishan vineyard and hand-picked before a day’s skin contact, this is fermented under...
Xiao Pu Perdue Pinot Noir

Xiao Pu Perdue 22.3 Pinot Noir

Made by nomadic négociant Ian Dai Hongjing under his ‘Perdue’ label — this is the third release, drawn from Ningxia...
September Helan Chardonnay

September Helan Chardonnay 2024

Fermented at 16°C over seven days from Gezi Mountain fruit, half the blend spends six months in new French oak...
Tinnyu Cabernet

Tinnyu Coma Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

Sourced from the Mei-Li-Shi Village vineyard at 2,300m in Shangri-La — a site expected to disappear within five years to...
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Feudo Arancio Inzolia 2025

Every year, this wine blows me away when it comes to just what cracking value it represents. Inzolia, for those...
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Mezzacorona Castel Firmian Riserva Pinot Grigio 2024

Castel Firmian is the premium label for the Mezzacorona cooperative, well known for excellent Pinot Grigio from the Trentino region...
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Mezzacorona Castel Firmian Pinot Grigio 2025

This example of Pinot Grigio, from the Trentino region in northern Italy, near the foothills of the Italian Alps, has...
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Mezzacorona Pinot Grigio Trentino 2025

Another thoroughly enjoyable Pinot Grigio from the Trentino region in northern Italy, near the foothills of the Alps. Yellow/deep straw...
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Mezzacorona Ventessa Pinot Grigio (Low Calorie) 2025

We are seeing more and more Pinot Grigio from the Trentino region in northern Italy, where it has obviously found...
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