The wait is over. As you may know, the Rheingau chapter of the VDP has mandated that its top dry wines may only be released on, or after, the first of September two years after harvest. With that day finally here, the 2023 Kiedrich Gräfenberg GG is at last available, an opportunity not to be missed if you didn’t buy on pre-release...
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Zalto needs little introduction: its feather-light, hand-blown stemware has long been the gold-standard for wine lovers and professionals around the world. Crafted for both performance and beauty, these glasses and decanters elevate every bottle, every pour, every moment at the table...
For some it may come as a surprise that Burgundy’s enfant terrible—the winemaker behind one of the Mâconnais’ greatest Domaines—now makes wine in Bordeaux. His first vintage was in 2017 and yet he is already producing sweet wines to rival the most revered...
It’s a biting winter’s afternoon in the Mornington. But standing on a windswept hill, pointing at the red clay soils of the Merricks vineyard, Barney Flanders is all warmth and contagious energy. A human brazier. The Merricks site is wind-battered and exposed, often leading to lower yields as blossoms are...
The great domaines never stand still, and Domaine Guiberteau is no different. Romain’s daughter, Camille, has recently joined the Domaine with partner Alex Crochet—a qualified oenologist—significantly bolstering the team in the cellar...
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...
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...