Stuart Hooper’s vision for Bannockburn was simple: make Burgundy inspired wines with a distinctly Australian identity. Today, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are synonymous with Geelong...
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Exciting times are these for Luke Lambert and Rosalind Hall. Earlier this year the pair crushed their first Nebbiolo from the family’s young vineyard in the Yea Valley, 30 kilometres north of Yarra Glen...
Alice Feiring’s colourful quote above was penned towards the start of Grégory Pérez’s Bierzo adventure. We’re now two decades into his Mengoba project and can now add, as well as a flipping talented winegrower. A Bordeaux native with Spanish heritage, Pérez launched his career with...
We were lucky to have recently hosted Vincent Estevenin, the passionate and bright young grower now leading one of the Southern Rhône’s most respected artisan domaines. Vincent, who joined Domaine de Marcoux in 2014, is...
This brilliant, traditionally-minded grower has carved a striking pair of Riserva wines from 2018, wines that sit effortlessly alongside the more hyped vintages surrounding it. Both are classically powerful releases that...
Talk about snatching glorious victory from the jaws of defeat. There were times during the 2024 season that Hélène Thibon worried she would not make any wine at all. Through sheer resilience, Mas de Libian harvested...
We remember a time when to describe a Nebbiolo from Piemonte as charming or graceful might have been considered the sign of a lesser vintage. Back then, fruit flavour was considered a pointless luxury...
For any and all who love brightness and tension in their glass, Michael Downer’s 2023 releases hit the bullseye. Twenty-twenty-three was, of course, a cool, wet, late and nerve-wracking vintage...
Where to start with Mayacamas Vineyards? How about with the words of Eric Asimov: “A legendary purveyor of classically structured, ageworthy Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.” Or perhaps Jamie Goode...
Whisper it: the Hunter's ‘once in a lifetime’ white-wine vintage of 2013 may have competition. That's Andrew Thomas's tentative assessment. Tentative, not because there is any doubt about the extraordinary quality of his Semillon from 2025...
When Gerald Ellis started planting vines on his sheep farm in 1976, conventional wisdom said you couldn’t grow grapes in the cold wilderness of southern Tasmania. Too wild, too unpredictable, too “at the edge of the world”, they said...
Would someone please give Barney Flanders a break? As if it’s not enough that the weather has played havoc with Garagiste’s yields, Barney and Cam’s new wine bar, Tonc, suffered serious fire damage on its...