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Talk about misfortune – this one must have come from on high. A friend of mine from Kobe, a Ms. Tomomi Adachi, arrived in Melbourne

I’m tasting with a special guest today – My mum. Don’t laugh. Or if you do, just a little bit – it is kind of

Yangarra’s devotion to fostering a new homeland for many varieties of France’s Rhone Valley in the eastern sands of McLaren Vale is reaping amazing rewards. 

Larry Cherubino had wine in his veins growing up in a migrant household.  He purchased his first land in the Frankland River subregion of the

Lockdown number two in Victoria and finding silver linings is, admittedly, a bit of a struggle. But they are there. I’ve certainly got a lot

Colin Richardson was a wine man of vast appetites. It has been said that such a full and abiding zest for life – for wine,

Frequent trips to the United States as a child meant that friends were always asking me to bring back candy.  Kool-Aid, Jolly Rancher, Dr.Pepper, Starburst;

There are few grand establishments in the Barossa Valley quite like Seppeltsfield, with its historic buildings surrounded by date palm lined avenues. You could almost

Is there a bigger day in Australian wine? The critics have tasted the new Penfolds wines, including the 2016 Grange, and they are ready to

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What lies in store for Penfolds fans in their 2020 release collection. TONY LOVE goes undercover before they hit the stores on August 6. The

Q: I’ve got a dinner coming up with the parents-in-law. Which variety should I look out for that will impress them but won’t break the

What is going on with all the Provence rosé at the moment?! Why is it everywhere? I’m glad you asked! For many years buying a

The shutdown of restaurants, bars and clubs in Australia has brought about a lot of daily change. For hospitality workers, who are at the apex

Tastings come in all shapes and sizes. Take for instance a vertical, a horizontal, and a fortunate sneak peak in and around two current releases

We lack a theory of evolution for wine grape varieties. We know roughly when the Phoenicians and later the Romans introduced Vitis vinifera to Europe.