Wine Articles
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Giaconda ChardonnayLawsons Dry Hills 2009 Gewürztraminer as featured in Epicure
Ralph Kyte-Powell wrote in last week's Epicure that Gewürztraminer is more popular in New Zealand than her...The Domaine Weinbach Tasting, by Morrie Sinclaire
There are many things Alsace does not have: a world renowned football team, a surf beach with 'killer breaks', and growing condition...Marge! The rains are here!, by Morrie Sinclaire
The annoying thing is everything was looking so good. After four years of drought that killed vines, ruined crops and closed farms, ...I’ve heard all the dumb things, by Morrie Sinclaire
A teacher I had once said "There are no dumb questions. Only people eager to learn," and I couldn't agree more. This was in primary ...Christmas Drinks, by Morrie Sinclaire
It is an inevitability of the end-of-year function. Amid casual dress, polite conversation with yearlong strangers, and an oversuppl...Drink Australia Policy, by Morrie Sinclaire
I think it is good to be patriotic. I'm not talking about wearing the flag as a cape, buying a ute, or singing Khe Sanh. I mean it i...Best twenty dollar wine ever! By Phil Hude
Constantly I am asked what is the best twenty dollar red by clients, mates and people I meet at functions. I think at the moment we ...Label of the Land, by Morrie Sinclaire
Let's be honest, most people only view a wine bottle's label to try and aesthetically judge if the wine will be nice to drink. Pictu...As English as Champagne, by Morrie Sinclaire
Imagine you're making a cake (stay with me on this), and you want to bake the best cake in the world. However you find that when you...Money Where His Mouth Is, by Jeni Port
Torbreck is one of the stars of the Australian wine industry, at home and abroad. Following a tasting with Dave Powell (pictured lef...Chardonnay is Australia’s best variety, says Jefford
Australian Chardonnay competes with top level Burgundy 'effortlessly', according to Andrew Jefford. ...Paradigm Hill; attending to detail. By Morrie Sinclaire
When Paradigm Hill was planted it followed 30 years of research by George and Ruth Mihaly. Over the many years they learnt about win...Sommeliers; you should trust them. By Luke Campbell.
I have worked as a sommelier for several years, both here and abroad, including at the prestigious Michelin starred restaurant Marti...From Rags to Cork, by Morrie Sinclaire
Oh what a world we live in. The time taken from the first mobile phone built within a car to the creation of the first mobile intern...Glass Matters
Before setting off on the never-ending quest for a wine that tastes that little bit different, or is of exceptional value, there's somethin...Food and wine, forget the old rules
When it comes to matching wines with food, there are no hard and fast rules.The best way to learn w...
Cellar lore for dummies
FOR years Malcolm Clark has enjoyed cellaring wine. He started modestly with a few dozen stashed into racks fitted into the stairwel...Wine: Aussie pinot noir varies, but these peninsula labels are perfect
In the countdown to our 'Pinots of the Mornington Peninsula' Business Lunch at Jacques Reymond, we found this article to be rather t...Bitter-sweet symphony
Verjuice is a charmer when cooking - and drinking - writes Genevieve Barlow.MAYBE verjuice is suited to these post-GFC...
Champagne flutes a nose-no
As popping corks announce the New Year, champagne lovers can expect some radical new trends in the art of savouring a tipple that fo...Duel for best bottle of red in Australia
AFTER more than 50 years the supremacy of Penfolds Grange as Australia's leading wine is under threat.Fellow South Aus...
Burgundian? If you insist
Epicure, October 27thPhillip Jones is not in thrall of France, writes Jeni Port.
HIS Bas...
A drop in the ocean: Australia's wine exports and the economic downturn
Sunday, 13 September 2009As the tone of the global downturn shifts toward guarded optimism, Dion Kagan ...
Put Victoria on Your Table
The Victorian Wine Industry Association yesterday briefed the industry on an upcoming consumer campaign encouraging Victorians to 'P...Electronic nose can pinpoint where wine was made
It uses an electronic nose to make even the most confident sommelier a little nervous.The technique exploits the uniqu...
Fully Worked in a Bottle - 16 June 2009
The O'Leary Walker team hit gold once more with this French inspired Sauvignon Blanc.In motoring, rev-head pa...
The Future of Wine
The Australian, Max Allen, June 2009 ...Bubbling Along Nicely
AUSTRALIA'S best sparkling wines can match it with Champagne, two top fizz makers tell Tony Love....Consumers have poor understanding of New World wine regions
Wine drinkers are not getting to grips with the concept of regionality, with New World regions the biggest sufferers, according to n...New Grange one for the workers? Not at $600
IT'S classic Australian irony that Foster's chooses May 1 - International Workers' Day - to release its most sumptuous object d'vin:...2004 Grange a 'great, benchmark' wine – at $600
April 20, 2009Chris Snow in Adelaide
The 2004 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange, to be released on May 1, ...
Last Days of Iconic Wines
April 7, 2009The Age
A raft of Australia's oldest wine brands are to pour their last, writes Jeni Por...
Rose Tinted Glasses - NZ
The New Zealand HeraldSunday Apr 05, 2009
Pink is this season's col...
Wine industry bouncing back from tough season
ABC - March 12, 2009The wine grape harvest is underway and for many growers it has been a h...
Return to our region, plead fire survivors
by Ben Doherty, The AgeTHERE is much in the Yarra Valley the fire left untouched. The smoke haze still hangs heavy, an...
Vintage Competing with Heatwaves and Fires
By Amelia BallFrom Your Daily Wine News
Posted 12.02.09
While it is still too e...
Sav Blanc Downs Chardy as Leading White
Jeni PortThe Age, 25 Jan, 2009
WE HAVE learnt to love our sauvignon blanc. Despite the odd ...
So it's au revoir, ma sherry
It's a big ask. Perhaps the most ever asked of an Australian wine drinker, bigger than saying adieu to Aussie-made champagne and Chablis. ...Wine, Tea and Chocolate Improve Mental Performance
Scientists find that a diet rich in all three works best for elderly study participantsJacob Gaffney - From w...
