Beyond Champagne: other méthode traditionnelle wines to discover
Rising champagne prices does not mean sparkling wine drinkers are left high and dry.
Wine Spotlights
Vasse Felix Tom Cullity: a Margaret River benchmark
When the 2022 vintage of Vasse Felix’s flagship red, Tom Cullity, is released this year, it will have notched up 10 vintages and become eligible for The Real Review Wine Classification of Australia.
A new style of cabernet
If cabernet sauvignon sales are in the doldrums and need a leg up at the moment, a wine I tasted recently seems to be a beacon for the future of the world’s most widely planted grape variety.
Life is a cabernet
Cabernet sauvignon is regarded as the king of red grapes around the globe and is the world’s most planted red wine grape variety.
Shaw + Smith: all-round expertise in the wine game
Shaw + Smith Sauvignon Blanc is a phenomenon of the wine world. It’s the Cloudy Bay of Australian savvy.
Taking a closer look at Bourgogne
The increasing lack of affordability of the top wines of Burgundy has spurred the regional body, Vins de Bourgogne, to promote the less-expensive and less-known wines of the wider Burgundy region.
Piper-Heidsieck release still wines under screwcap
Piper-Heidsieck has released a pair of special wines in screwcapped bottles. They are not sparkling champagnes, however, but still wines, the proper name being Coteaux Champenois.
The Penfolds Collection 2025
Penfolds will release its 2025 Penfolds Collection to the public on August 7, and today sees the embargo on tasting notes lifted.
Jackson Family release first British wine
This month sees the launch of the 2023 Marbury Crouch Valley Chardonnay, the first English still wine to be produced by Jackson Family Wines.
Pinot noir in New Zealand
Pinot noir is undeniably New Zealand’s red grape variety. It is the second-most planted variety in the country after sauvignon blanc and is under no threat of being overtaken any time soon by any other red variety.