Posted by David Ellis
Houghton's White Classic is a virtual chapter in itself in the book of the Australian wine industry. Originally created as Houghton's White Burgundy by the legendary Jack Mann in 1937, it was made by him for an amazing fifty-one consecutive vintages, can lay claim to being both one of our m...
Posted by Matt
Marius Symphony McLaren Vale Shiraz 2008 ($35; screw cap; 14.5% alcohol; 94++ points) Marius Sympatico McLaren Vale Shiraz 2008 ($27; screw cap; 14.5% alcohol; 95++ points)
Posted by David Ellis
World War II Air Force rear-gunner, later wheat farmer and wool-grower, Peter Robertson was all of these things before turning his hand to wine-grape growing and planting the very first vines in NSW's Hilltops Region. That was after a disastrous drought in 1969, and Peter cleverly planted his pio...
Posted by Matt
By Jingo Southern Fleurieu Mendoza Chardonnay 2009 ($42; screw cap; 12.8% alcohol; 93+ points) By Jingo Adelaide Hills Montepulciano Zinfandel 2009 ($48; screw cap; 14.2% alcohol; 94++ points)
Posted by David Ellis
It's not often that a winemaker can say that from a vintage that most described as "challenging and trying," they were delivered some of the best white fruit they've ever had to work with. But that's what Rymill Coonawarra's Sandrine Gimon had to say of fruit for the company's 2011 The Yearling S...
Posted by Amelia
I couldn't resist this story in the NZ Herald today, which reports that "harvesting wine grapes as late as possible can add to the sexiness of the vintage". Well hung is not a term you may think immediately applicable to wine, but on a recent foray into some local vineyards, these words wer...
Posted by Marc Jardine
As reported in the drinks business today, China is battling a flood of counterfeit vintage wine amid a growing interest in bottles from famed wineries, which are seen as a sign of high social standing. According to an article published yesterday by AFP, counterfeiters have jumped into this lu...
Posted by Matt
Seven Sauvignon Blancs... It has to be Simon Woods from www.simonwoods.com
Posted by David Ellis
While wine has been flowing in the Clare Valley since 1851, just two years after the first settlers arrived there from Ireland in 1849, production from the region is still just 1.5% of Australia's total wine output. But what wines some of these are, particularly the Valley's Rieslings and Shiraz,...
Posted by VW Maps
Hello 'monkeys, vW Maps has got a new website for its Australian Wine Maps series. Please let me know what you think. Any feedback appreciated! http://www.australianwinemaps.com