The Applejack Vineyard in the Yarra Valley has slowly but steadily become a legend of modern Australian wine.

Campbell Mattinson discovers a “wine cellar” in the most unlikely of places: a fantasy theme park called Sun World in Danang, Vietnam.

Ten Things You Need to Know about The Penfolds Collection 2025.

These are my personal Top 5 selections from The Penfolds Collection 2025.

In late 2023 Treasury Wine Estates bought Daou Vineyards, in California, for the controversial figure of AU$1.5 billion. Campbell Mattinson visited to discover and/or investigate what could possibly have cost AU$1.5 billion.

Mockingbird Hill Dr Bain Clare Valley Riesling 2024 – which is effectively a Dan Murphy’s home brand – just won Best Riesling at the Royal Queensland Wine Show.

Mattinson review of the much-anticipated 2024 release of Ansted & Osicka Balgownie 1970 Block Cabernet Sauvignon.

Mattinson review of Paul Osicka Heathcote Grenache 2024.

Campbell Mattinson reviews a fourteen-year-old example of Penfolds Yattarna Chardonnay 2011.

Yesterday, in 2025, I had the chance to re-visit the Penfolds Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon 1996.

Former Halliday chief editor Campbell Mattinson reviews Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz 2023.

Mattinson of the 2023 release of Cullen Diana Madeline.

Kasia Sobiesiak has me wanting to drink Pastis.

Campbell Mattinson reviews the Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz 2021 and wonders, is the best Hill of Grace of all time?

The beauty of this chardonnay caught me off-g

These were the most popular Australian wines to cellar in 2024.

The journey of Mount Langi Ghiran’s Langi Shiraz is a journey for the ages.

Photo essay of a trip to the Tahbilk winery, and to the nearby Nagambie township itself.

Penfolds Grange and La Chapelle, two of the world's most famous shiraz-based wines, have made an international super-blend. It's called Grange La Chapelle 2021. The Hill of Hermitage and various South Australian vineyards combine here to create a wine like no other.

There are no stones unturned as new life is breathed into the Stonier winery on the Mornington Peninsula.