May 14, 2020
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?
Often the grape...
May 7, 2020
Grapevine: Quality assessment
How do you assess quality from just looking at a bottle of wine?
Like any product, the brand of the producer will stand for something,...
April 16, 2020
Grapevine: Austrian wines on the top shelf
Austria has had a hard time establishing its wines on the international market for some time.
A scandal in the mid 1980s certainly didn’t help...
April 9, 2020
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...
March 19, 2020
Grapevine: Enjoy a Grenache
Spain, Italy and France all have claims on making world-class Grenache.
The grape forms the basis for some of the most iconic reds in these...
March 12, 2020
Grapevine: Shiraz vs Syrah – what’s the difference?
To start this story, we have to head overseas.
Where the perception of Australian wine is key to the identity of Shiraz, it is synonymous...
March 5, 2020
Grapevine: Rhone, the region to know
Place names can equally help and hinder the approachability of a wine sitting on the shelf.
Many people would have discovered Sancerre before they knew...
February 27, 2020
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...
February 20, 2020
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...
January 23, 2020
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...
January 9, 2020
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.
From bone dry to lusciously sweet dessert...
December 12, 2019
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?
It’s a barrier that still holds many...
December 5, 2019
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...
November 28, 2019
Grapevine: Now for the Dao
Portugal is synonymous with fortified wine - both Port and Madeira are international benchmarks for their style.
With such strong brands, they can leave little...
November 21, 2019
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...
November 14, 2019
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...
October 3, 2019
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...
September 26, 2019
Grapevine: tuning in to low-fi wine
It’s about this time of year where we start to see a flurry of wines being released from this calendar year’s harvest.
Historically, it would...
September 19, 2019
Grapevine: Once upon a time in the west
If the national wine show circuit was anything to go by, Margaret River wines and in particular Cabernets would take up a lot more...
July 31, 2019
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...
July 24, 2019
GRAPEVINE: 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...
July 17, 2019
GRAPEVINE: 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...
July 10, 2019
GRAPEVINE: Jump in at the deep end of vegan-friendly wines
Vegan-friendly wines may come as a surprise to some people, after all wine is just fermented grape juice, right? Sure, the odd spider or bee...
June 26, 2019
GRAPEVINE: Clean-slate approach to Grenache is seeing variety resurgence
Warm-climate Pinot Noir is often how Grenache is described to those unfamiliar with the grape; wintery Pinot Noir is also a common analogy –...
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