Philip Rich looks at the shifting economics of pinot noir, and why Australian drinkers might stand to benefit.

In July 2026, Pyramid Valley owner Steve Smith MW decided to put one of the founding stories of the Waikari winery to the ...

Christina Kaigg-Hoxley is the Wine Development Manager at 67 Pall Mall in Melbourne.

With friends like these, who needs a holiday? Crystal Davis shares the story of how her Beechworth-based label, Foreign ...

At a rare 20-vintage tasting, Jane Faulkner learned the story of one Clare Valley vineyard, its devoted growers and Kerri ...

For Australian wineries, their region's annual wine show is one of the main events on their calendars. Following this year's Barossa and Orange wine shows, we are featuring five of the winning wines, ...

Wow, this is ready to go. Pinosity is at the fore – a sublime expression of the Adelaide Hills. Silken and articulated in fine skeins of red fruit – raspberry, cranberry, pomegranate, red apple skin – ...

The success and broad brand awareness of Marlborough and sauvignon blanc are thanks to the bursting aromas in the glass, just like this: leaping gooseberries, caper leaf and passionflower. Blackberry ...

Fruit is from the biodynamic vineyard Raupo Creek, with a small addition of semillon, too. The wine undergoes wild yeast, lees ageing and maturation in French oak barriques. Macerated pineapple, ...

From 50-year-old vines and named for the eucalypt Jarrah trees of the region. Plum, blackberry, black cherry, cocoa nib, cumin and fennel seed, with a sweep of menthol. It's juicy and generous on the ...

A wonderfully perfumed pinot noir from the MacMuir vineyard, 1km to the east of the Elms vineyard and winery on deep, heavy silt soils. Fruit tones of dark cherry, raspberry and a slide of damson plum ...

We sadly lost owner Sam Neill this year; he was one of the good buggers of the NZ wine industry, a considerate and learned soul who wore his fame lightly and championed Central Otago and its wines. He ...