The journey of Mount Langi Ghiran’s Langi Shiraz is a journey for the ages.

Photo essay of a trip to the Tahbilk winery, and to the nearby Nagambie township itself.

Penfolds Grange and La Chapelle, two of the world's most famous shiraz-based wines, have made a controversial super-blend named Grange La Chapelle. The Hill of Hermitage and various South Australian vineyards combine here to create a wine like no other.

New life has been breathed into the Stonier winery on the Mornington Peninsula.

Mattinson talks Maxwell Grenache Blanc 2024. Because it’s very good.

Suckfizzle Chardonnay 2023 is a wonderful wine.

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

Gentle Folk Onkaparinga Sangiovese 2023 is a truly beautiful wine.

James Halliday has retired as a wine critic.

I like to say that Cape Mentelle saved my life. It was 1993, I was staying at a backpacker hostel in the Margaret River township, and after hiring a bike on a hot December day I’d then drastically over-estimated both my cycling fitness, and my water requirements.

A wine that jumped out at me at the Cape Mentelle International Cabernet tasting last week was Devil’s Lair Cabernet Sauvignon 2021.

Re-visiting Cullen’s Diana Madeline Cabernet Sauvignon 2021.

There's a new winemaking breeze at Margaret River's Voyager Estate, and its name is Tim Shand.

Interesting encounter with the Te Mata Estate Coleraine 2021.

The Beechworth vineyard behind Foreign Friends, Traviarti and Sentio — photographed by Campbell Mattinson from its earliest plantings, before anyone knew its name.

The complete Vasse Felix Tom Cullity vertical, 2013 to 2022, reviewed and scored by Campbell Mattinson — and the case for a Cabernet whose magic is its lightness.

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.

39 years on lees, and still spritely at 42 – Campbell Mattinson's 95-point review of Piper-Heidsieck Hors-Série Champagne 1982, a great-vintage Champagne that's taken time in its stride.

"Jim Barry," says the Athens bottle-shop owner, the moment I say I'm Australian. Campbell Mattinson on Clare Valley assyrtiko, climate-ready varieties, and the culture grapes carry.

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?