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.

Mattinson on the Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz 2023.

Mattinson of the 2023 release of Cullen Diana Madeline.

Kasia Sobiesiak has me wanting to drink Pastis.

The 2021 release of Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz has once again sparked discussions over which vintage 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 had a wine baby. It's called Grange La Chapelle 2021. The Hill of Hermitage and various South Australian vineyards combine here to create a super-blend wine like no other.

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

Mattinson talks Maxwell Grenache Blanc 2024. Because it’s very good.

Suckfizzle Chardonnay 2023 is a wonderful wine.

Gentle Folk Onkaparinga Sangiovese 2023 is a truly beautiful wine.

I like to say that Cape Mentelle saved my life. It was 1993, I was staying at a backpacker hostel in the Margaret River township, and after hiring a bike on a hot December day I’d then drastically over-estimated both my cycling fitness, and my water requirements.

A wine that jumped out at me at the Cape Mentelle International Cabernet tasting last week was Devil’s Lair Cabernet Sauvignon 2021.

Re-visiting Cullen’s Diana Madeline Cabernet Sauvignon 2021.