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Grapevine: Blended to perfection

A non/multi-vintage wine - the concept is not a new or unique one.

Grapevine: How do you choose?

If you have never seen the producer on a bottle of wine, how do you know whether to buy it or not?

Grapevine: Quality assessment

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

Grapevine: Blonde or brunette?

When you think back to the mid-2000s, big bold reds still ruled the day.

Grapevine: Ticking all the right boxes

Value is a relative concept. A $100 bottle of wine can certainly represent good value, but in our current context, value combined with modest...

Grapevine: banking on Bordeaux

Australia is awash with more wine importers and distributors than ever, scouring every country and region for the undiscovered rising stars as well as...

Grapevine: Shiraz vs Syrah – what’s the difference?

To start this story, we have to head overseas.

Grapevine: Discovering future tastes

When looking to the future of Australian wine, it’s worthwhile looking for parallels around the world where growing conditions are similar to those of...

GRAPEVINE 2019 vintage report reveals challenging harvest

Wine Australia has just released their 2019 vintage report and whilst quality and prices achieved for growers continues to climb, we still saw a few...

GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION

Getting established as a young or new producer in a famous wine region is a tough gig. The best sites have by and large...

Understanding Italian wine labels: Yes you Chianti

The great thing about travelling to wine regions which double as tourist hotspots is that the wines of the region often develop international recognition...

Jump in at the deep end of vegan-friendly wines

Vegan-friendly wines may come as asurprise to some people, after all wine is just fermented grape juice, right? Sure, the odd spider or bee might...

The classic blend: Australian winemakers doing well with GSMs

We wrote a short while ago on Australia’s take on Rhone blends, GSM. At the risk of “flogging the horse” with this article we...

TAMING THE TANNINS: after a lost decade, Cabernet comes in from the cold

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the most widely planted grape varieties in the world, and yet its popularity is waning as other varieties are...

HUNT FOR BIG, BOLD SHIRAZ GETS HARDER AS TIDE GOES OUT

The pendulum has certainly swung in Shiraz from big, bold styles lavished with new oak and picked very late in the season to early-picking,...

The great drying leads to new grape variety thoughts

It seemed like we might not see a winter with temperatures still hovering around 20 degrees into late May. Luckily the season is finally turning,...

Moving along the Sherry spectrum to richer, fuller-bodied expressions

Last week we looked at the South of Spain, in particular the region around Jerez which is famous for, and the benchmark of, Sherry...

BONE-DRY SHERRY STYLES A GOOD PLACE TO START

Many of the world’s great and unique wine regions continue to move out of reach for most wine drinkers. Their unique characters are not...

Wine has long history in Geelong

The Geelong wine region has a history that dates back further than most people probably imagine. While most of us who live within the region...

GRAPEVINE White wine world in state of flux

The world of white wine is in a state of flux. Over the last 20 or so years we have seen a couple of big...

Why don’t more people drink Riesling?

A recent exchange among wine professionals lamented both the lack of Riesling on most wine store shelves, and the sea of Sauvignon Blanc. It is...

GRAPEVINE GSM – A CLASSIC BLEND

We have written on a number of occasions about wine blends and the virtues of combining different grape varieties in a single wine to produce a more complete,...