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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: Austrian wines on the top shelf

Austria has had a hard time establishing its wines on the international market for some time.

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: Enjoy a Grenache

Spain, Italy and France all have claims on making world-class Grenache.

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

To start this story, we have to head overseas.

Grapevine: Rhone, the region to know

Place names can equally help and hinder the approachability of a wine sitting on the shelf.

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: Admiring the alternatives

Abruzzo rarely gets mentioned among the great Italian wine regions, but it is one of the oldest wine growing regions in the world and...

Grapevine: Cabernet in the Cabinet

As a young wine-producing country, it’s hard to find uniquely Australian contributions to the wine world. We don’t have any native varieties, or centuries...

Grapevine: Revel in the versatility of Riesling

Riesling is beloved the world over for its versatility, both in the vineyard/winery and at the dining table.

Grapevine: With Sancerre and Chablis, minerals leave their mark

How often do you buy a bottle of wine that doesn’t have the grape varieties on the label?

Grapevine: It’s a trap! Sounding an amber wine alert

It is said that only about 10 per cent of the population has a genuine interest in wine, which means for most people the...

Grapevine: Now for the Dao

Portugal is synonymous with fortified wine - both Port and Madeira are international benchmarks for their style.

Grapevine: A new choice bubbles up

We are fast approaching the time of year when sparkling wine sales skyrocket.  Only a few years ago, the decision was by and large confined...

Grapevine: Going under the radar with Semillon

The hunt for good value in the wine world is endless. The pre-eminent producers and regions are usually found out and see their prices...

Grapevine: All aboard the Prosecco train

The Prosecco train hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down this year, continuing its run of 50 per cent year-on-year growth, so you have...