Stories

We have all been shocked by the recent passing of Morgan Dunn and not quite sure how to celebrate his life. Shanteh Wale has penned

If we personified the South Australian GI as a family, Langhorne Creek would be the middle child – a consistent high achiever, rarely acknowledged. Despite

Growing up in the Barossa, and being the sixth generation of a well-known family in the wine trade, it’s not at all surprising that Trent

Parker Estate and its First Growth Cabernet Sauvignon mark a high point in Coonawarra ambitions. This eJournal explores the founding of what was originally known

If you haven’t picked up the Glaetzer wines of late, it’s time to revisit them. Not because a great deal has changed in the philosophy

Jackson Brooke is an affable bloke who successfully turned his love of drinking wine into making it. While studying a science degree at University of

A sense of unity is the Barossa wine region’s great strength. Almost all of its successes since the 1840s stem from the local wine industry

Settled in 1847 by the Silesean Lutherans, Krondorf was one of the most important settlements in the Barossa Valley. Their practices of self-sufficiency and early

Dale Wheeler is a Brisbane native who’s been living in Melbourne since 2012. After working in an ad agency, the pull towards winemaking was unstoppable

Imagine being a premium Sparkling wine or Champagne producer. You spend years perfecting winemaking techniques and crafting quality wines to see much of your product

Great wine, it is said, is made in the vineyard. Whoever first coined that expression clearly never met Dr Bailey Carrodus, founder of Yarra Yering.

Nestled underneath the imposing dishes of the University Of Tasmania’s radio telescope array which look deep into the heavens at the start of the Coal

On February 28, an arousing, heady mix of scents, flavours, emotions, words – lots of them – and, above all, history, flowed freely at the

Patch Wines is the joint venture of Kirilly Gordon and Matt Talbot, who met and worked together in a Yarra Valley vineyard in those days

Greg Clack and Kate Horstmann are making some of the most affordable, fragrant and unassuming wine in South Australia. You can feel safe knowing you’ll

Coonawarra. The name evokes images of swaying gum trees, ancient terra rossa soils and, of course, rich and age-worthy Cabernet. The area is incredibly isolated

Over forty years is a long time in the world of Champagne. Very few wines make it past their second decade, let alone their fourth,

You are undoubtedly in for something special when opening a bottle of wine labelled Bekkers. Emmanuelle and Toby are the duo growing, shaping and crafting

Two thousand five hundred kilometres and every bit Australiana – Sam Kekovich may have campaigned for almost two decades to have lamb as our national

Oxford Landing has a long reputation for good, affordable wines, well loved by the glass at the local pub. With Riverlife, they are attracting the

The Clare Valley’s historic Florita Vineyard at Watervale was the source of John Vickery’s exquisite Leo Buring DW series. Today the Barry family have returned

McLaren Vale is a region that is going from strength to strength. Our McLaren Vale Wine Guide 2022 includes over 150 wine reviews plus essays from Angus

Lee Flourentzou remembers clearly the first two cases of wine he bought more than 20 years ago, and the impact they had on him. Those

Cannibal Creek winery is one of the shining lights of the Gippsland region, owned and run by Pat and Kirsten Hardiker. Situated just east of