Corks Crew

Old vine, Vielles Vignes, Viñas Viejas. These terms are displayed on bottles of wine…

Low alcohol wines are a challenge. Difficult to make, difficult to find and often…

New World wine countries such as Australia, USA, New Zealand have a hard time…

How do you assess quality from just looking at a bottle of wine? Like…

Pinot Noir is difficult, expensive to grow. They say you can’t possibly buy a…

IT’S the time of year when fortified wine sales see one of their biggest…

Sparkling red has become synonymous with the Australian Christmas. Typically made from Shiraz, we…

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…