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December is the time of year when almost everyone will have a glass of…

Sauvignon Blanc may seem a bit of a dull topic after exploring some of…

While Australia doesn’t have any native varieties like the famed ‘old world’ countries of…

We follow on from our last article looking at white Italian grape varieties that…

Pecorino. No not the cheese, although the reference to sheep is apt (Pecora means…

Veneto, in the north-east of Italy, is the home of some of your favourite…

Whether you’re a beer drinker or not, you would have noticed the unprecedented growth…

If you ask anyone in the wine industry what the next big trend will…

We are a few years in to the emergence of Prosecco becoming many wine…

Vegan-friendly wines may come as a surprise to some people, after all wine is…

As warmer weather approaches, rosé will increasingly be the wine of choice for its…

Acid is a wine term that often makes people shriek and run away. Unfortunately,…

Barossa Valley. Coonawarra. Margaret River. These are all household names in Australian wine, you…

Understanding the terms used on wine labels can be pretty challenging, particularly when they…

The rise and rise of styles of wine like rose or varieties like Pinot…

The current drought situation in Northern Victoria and New South Wales has brought back…

Provence is almost the centre of the wine universe right now. As the wine…

Where do the flavours in your glass of wine come from? Whether serious or…

To say that the second most planted grape variety in the second largest wine…

Any conversation about high quality sparkling wine eventually brings up Champagne at some point.…

The tide of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc continues to drift out and as the producers…

Pinot Gris and Grigio (the same grape) have arguably been the biggest beneficiaries of…

A question I am receiving more and more is “what do the points mean?”,…

At the physiological level, Shiraz and Syrah are no different. They are the exact…