Southern Light Vineyards and most especially its wines under the Ghost Gum label – from the highest vineyard at Main Ridge on the Mornington Peninsula – are wines you need to know about.

When the Giant Steps winery bought the Bastard Hill vineyard, it bought something special. The release of the 2023 Bastard Hill wines, the first under the Giant Steps name, are a moment in Australian wine history that has been 40 years in the making.

I could throw a blanket over many of them but these are my personal Top 5 of the 2024 Penfolds Collection.

The story of Penfolds has become muddled over the years but as the 2024 Penfolds Collection so ably proves, the Penfolds wines themselves are in great shape, more consistently excellent than ever.

Independent review of the 2023 red wine releases from the Mount Pleasant winery.