Sometimes when I swirl a glass of Brokenwood Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz it feels as though I’m not just swirling a wine; I’m swirling a universe.

Buttery chardonnay ruled the 1990s, vanished in the flint years, and has returned — with producers printing "Buttery" on the label. What the style is, why it left, and every buttery chardonnay reviewed on this site.

This is an article from the archives on winemaker Travis Clydesdale in 2013, when he was the head winemaker at Mitchelton. He is now at Devil’s Lair.

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

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.

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.

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.

"There could be no more deserving first inductee." How Prue Henschke came to be the first name in the Halliday Hall of Fame.

A beekeeper's natural rosé from the southern Rhône, and a meditation on what "natural" in wine is really for. Campbell Mattinson on L'Anglore Chemin de la Brune 2021.

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.

The unofficial launch of CampbellMattinson.com — an independent home for the story of wine, and the stories of wine.

James Halliday has announced his retirement as a wine critic.

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.