How to engage your sommelier this festive season
Here’s Stuart Knox’s insider’s guide to making that sommelier magic happen this festive season.
New and Noteworthy
End of an era
The 2025 vintage will be the last made by The Millton Vineyard.
Rosie’s Block goes sweet
Devotees of Neudorf wines will recall a sweeter version of Moutere Riesling which sat alongside their Moutere Dry Riesling.
It’s a grenaissance
Stephen Pannell, Peter Fraser, and David Gleave have been doing a series of presentations to the wine trade and media, promoting their grenache wines.
Celebrating Champagne at The Charles Brasserie & Bar
The Real Review’s annual champagne dinner on October 21 was an appropriate warm-up for International Champagne Day on October 24.
Vale John Kenneth Follas
John Follas was literally a giant of the New Zealand wine world.
Coravin launches guide to wines by the glass
Coravin has launched a guide to restaurants that excel at serving wines by the glass.
Easthope Home Blocks 2024
Long-time readers of The Real Review will already be familiar with the name Easthope Family Winegrowers.
Bordeaux’s 2022 vintage hot but great
Bordeaux is still producing great wine, and one of the greatest vintages in recent years is 2022.
Rymill rises with new cabernet releases
There’s something going on down at the Rymill winery in Coonawarra.