Mattinson review of Paul Osicka Heathcote Grenache 2024.

Campbell Mattinson reviews a fourteen-year-old example of Penfolds Yattarna Chardonnay 2011.

Yesterday, in 2025, I had the chance to re-visit the Penfolds Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon 1996.

Former Halliday chief editor Campbell Mattinson reviews Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz 2023.

Mattinson of the 2023 release of Cullen Diana Madeline.

Kasia Sobiesiak has me wanting to drink Pastis.

Campbell Mattinson reviews the Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz 2021 and wonders, is the best Hill of Grace of all time?

The beauty of this chardonnay caught me off-g

Sue Hodder is an official legend of Australian wine.

These were the most popular Australian wines to cellar in 2024.

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.

There are no stones unturned as new life is 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.

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.

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.