After a decade away from Savaterre, Campbell Mattinson breaks his own drought — and finds one of Australia's modern greats. The 2024 Chardonnay, 97 points.

Not the best wines — the five I'd actually buy. Bin 707 the standout of the 2026 Penfolds Collection, two whites in the mix, and St Henri making all three years.

Six years of Penfolds price data, read side by side. Grange frozen at $1000, per bottle. The wines worth your money, top to bottom. And more.

The complete Penfolds Bin 707 vintage record: made in 48 of 61 years since 1964, skipped in 13. See every year it wasn't made, and why, plus a link to the 2024 release.

Lovedale Semillon is from a special place, with a special history. The past is important but the now is everything. And this wine has the now sewn up – and the future too.

THC-infused wine is real wine — dealcoholised, then dosed with cannabis. It gets you high, not drunk, and faster than an edible. Campbell Mattinson explains how it's made, what it tastes like, where it's legal, and why the window to try it may be closing.

Twenty-five years ago I wrote the first article on the "new" Oakridge and its just-appointed winemaker, David Bicknell. This week Endeavour Group let him go, ending one of the great runs in Australian wine: winery of the year, winemaker of the year, wine of the year. The industry reaction — and that 2002 article — tell the story.

Every Penfolds Grange vintage's alcohol level, from the experimental 1951 release to now — compiled and tracked by Campbell Mattinson.

Nat White — founder of Main Ridge Estate and one of the founding fathers of Mornington Peninsula wine — has died. Vale, Nat.

Penedès, the spiritual home of Cava, has become the world's first major wine region where every single producer farms organically.

Photographic Portraits of Winemakers by Campbell Mattinson.

Campbell Mattinson's evolving list of 2026's Best Value Pinot Noir — topped by Hoddles Creek, unbeaten in this category for over two decades.

Three of Campbell Mattinson’s images have been shortlisted in the World Food Photography Awards 2026.

Penfolds has rushed its most controversial wine to market, ahead of its own embargo. Campbell Mattinson on the $3,500 Grange La Chapelle 2022 — and why the hurry.

Campbell Mattinson ranks Australia's most expensive wines for 2026, from Penfolds Bin 180 to the eye-watering Seppeltsfield 100 Year Old Para.

A winery accident has put one of Australia’s brightest wine producers in financial jeopardy.

Yangarra winemaker Peter Fraser, 51, has sadly been found dead in his Clarendon home.

Marco Lubiana has had his own wine label since 2018, but I’m only catching up with it now.

A photography festival in a wine region raised questions for Campbell Mattinson.

Peter Dredge is not a winemaker by accident.