Stories

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

Grenache was brought to Australia in the 1830s as part of the Busby collection and quickly became the workhorse grape for the country’s fortified and

One of the more interesting projects currently afloat in Aussie wine at the moment, especially appropriate given the skyrocketing interest in top flight Grenache from

The Artisans of Barossa Grenache Project offers a superb insight into how different winemaking techniques can radically alter the style and profile of Grenache. Picking

‘I am woman, hear me roarIn numbers too big to ignore’ . . . The words, from the 1972 Helen Reddy song, are synonymous with

It modern times, negotiants have increasingly been seen as imposters in Burgundy. As small famous estate names have increasingly taken all the kudos, the negotiants,

It is not everyday you get to sit down with one of Australia’s Barolo experts and taste through a bunch of Barolo from a single

Balgownie Estate is one of the most well-known and respected wineries of central Victoria, sitting proudly on the slopes of Myer’s Creek in Maiden Gully,