Top value-for-money classified wines
Wines that rank highly on The Real Review Wine Classification of Australia are usually quite expensive: quality comes at a price. But there are quite a few that are exceptional value for money.
Wine Classification
Two and Three Merit debuts
The Real Review Wine Classification of New Zealand 2024 has been released and there are wines which not only made their debut in the Classification this year, but they entered at high tiers.
Exploring the newly classified NZ wines
The Real Review Wine Classification of New Zealand has just been updated and, as a data nerd, Stephen Wong MW always find it interesting to analyse the information, spot patterns and try to explain or understand them
Wine Classification of Australia new entrants
Seventy-seven Australian wines have been newly included in the 2024 update of The Real Review Wine Classification of Australia.
The Three Merit sauvignon blanc mystery
Why are there no sauvignon blancs in the Three Merits category of The Real Review Wine Classification?
Huon talks about The Real Review’s Wine Classifications with Drinks Adventures
The Real Review’s Wine Classifications of Australia and New Zealand were the main topic when Huon Hooke was a guest of the drinks journalist James Atkinson for his Drinks Adventures podcast.
The high profile of Kumeu River
Kumeu River is an Auckland-based, high profile, premium wine producer best known for its widely acclaimed single-vineyard chardonnays. 2021 is the latest vintage to be released.
The Real Review Wine Classification v the 1855 Classification
There are many wine classifications in the world. The most famous is the 1855 Classification of Médoc and Graves.
The Real Review Wine Classification of New Zealand new entries
This is our first annual update of the Wine Classifications of New Zealand and Australia.
The Real Review Wine Classification of Australia new entries
Fifty-four wines have been newly admitted to The Real Review Wine Classification of Australia in this, our first annual update of the Classification.