Eperosa Magnolia 1896 Shiraz 2022 is an outstanding wine; it’s the vanguard of Barossa Valley Shiraz in peak form.

Australia's most expensive (table) wine in 2024 is a newcomer to the field of luxury wine offerings, though it’s also a traditional red, with history, by the most traditional of Australian wine producers.

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

The wines themselves are in great shape, more consistently excellent than ever, but the story of Penfolds has become about head office, about luxury for luxury’s sake, and about wine scores. The score is a story, for sure, but it’s everyone’s story and because it is, it eventually wears thin.

Callum Powell’s Agricola Vintners plants a clear, firm, historically important stake with the release of its 2023 red wines. This is Barossa Shiraz and the Barossa Valley, done proud.

Personal, independent review of Etsu Double Yuzu Gin. Full bottle consumed (over time); this review is not from a single tasting.

When wine expert Campbell Mattinson was the chief editor of Halliday Wine Companion, he inducted Prue Henschke as the first inductee into the Halliday Hall of Fame.

A review of one of the world’s most famous natural wines, L’Anglore Chemin de la Brune 2021. Byreview I mean, an impression, and a context.

Thymiopoulos Young Vines Xinomavro 2021 is an authentic Greek wine at an excellent price.

There’s some beautiful bush vine grenache being grown at Paul Osicka’s Heathcote vineyard.

Review of Sierra Reed’s 2023 wines.

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

Campbell Mattinson leaves Halliday Wine Companion to launch new site. CampbellMattinson.com is an online wine magazine with an emphasis on the best wines, the best value wines, and the best wine stories.

James Halliday has announced his retirement, and is no longer involved with the Halliday brand.

Landaire at Padthaway Chardonnay 2021 was a giant-killing wine. It was also the inspiration for my best wine moment of 2023.

Picture of the Franco Cozzo building in Footscray just prior to the brewery-restaurant renovation.

Sierra Reed, winemaker.

This is a list of the most collected Australian wine, as at 2023.

There were three editions of Campbell Mattinson’s Big Red Wine Book, and all qualified technically as “bestsellers”. i.e. they sold more than 5000 copies each.