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The 2023 wines of J&S Fielke

If there’s a producer that’s really jumped out at me in recent times it’s J&S Fielke out of the Adelaide Hills.

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Piper Heidsieck Hors-Serie Champagne 1982

There are a lot of famous wines out of France from the 1982 vintage but this Piper Heidsieck Hors-Serie has taken time in its stride so effortlessly that you’d be hard-pressed to find another 1982 vintage wine in such spritely good condition.

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Jim Barry Assyrtiko

An assyrtiko from the Greek island of Santorini made me realise the depths to which grape varieties run.

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Tahbilk Marsanne 2024

The 2024 edition of Tahbilk's famous Marsanne is an excellent release. It's a $22 'classic', worthy of the cellar. The question is though: does anyone care?

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Best new Tasmanian restaurants list

I can’t vouch for any of these suggestions but this looks like a pretty awesome starting point if you’re planning or researching a trip to Tasmania.

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TarraWarra Estate is ready for take-off

The new team – and vineyard sources – behind TarraWarra Estate have this important Yarra Valley winery in the best wine shape it's been in years.

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Arras Unshackled

The 2016 House of Arras releases are beautiful, and so too is the story of Ed Carr and his commitment to this brand's excellence.

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Hot Property: Southern Light Vineyards

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.

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A wine journey in photos and moments

There’s a need in wine, both in Australia and elsewhere, for fresh, unique images to be taken, recorded, crafted and published. Here's a start.

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L.A.S Marea Vermentino 2022

L.A.S Marea Vermentino 2022 is one of the most unusual wines you could ever hope to encounter. The grapes were, literally, plunged into the ocean, prior to their fermentation.

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The Amazing Elanto vineyard

I'm not sure that I've ever seen anything quite like the new Elanto vineyard on the Mornington Pensinula. This is wine ambition written in a mass of close-planted vines. Elanto Vineyard's first wines, too – more importantly – put this new Mornington Peninsula producer on the map.

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Ansted & Osicka 1970 Block Balgownie Cabernet Sauvignon 2022: review

Tobias Ansted and Simon Osicka take cabernet sauvignon off an important Bendigo vineyard and give it all the love and respect that it deserves. The end result is a beautiful wine.

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Scarpa

Drinking the wines of Piedmont producer Scarpa is a philosophical exercise.

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