Exploring the Macedon Ranges (4): Bindi, one of Australia’s leading wineries
Website: https://bindiwines.com.au/ In the Macedon ranges, a short drive from Melbourne, Michael Dhillon (pictured above) is currently making some of
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Australia
Restaurants: LOC, Adelaide, a small but perfectly formed natural wine bar and restaurant
Website: https://locdotcom.au/ There’s something very special and intimate about dining at LOC, a natural wine bar and restaurant in Adelaide.
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Restaurants: Pastel Wine Bar, Adelaide, Australia – superb food meets a good wine list in a nice setting
Website: https://pastel.bar/ On my first night in Australia, after a drink at East End Cellars, I headed over to Pastel
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New releases by Adelaide Hills star BK Wines, some of Australia’s most interesting low intervention wines
Website: https://bkwines.com.au/ I caught up with Brendon Keys at East End Cellars in Adelaide to taste through some of his
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Australian Chardonnay: a deep dive into this exciting category
We are so familiar with Chardonnay as an important part of Australia’s wine offering that it’s surprising to learn that
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The wines of Wynns, Coonawarra – interviewing Sue Hodder, chief winemaker of Australia’s leading producers, updated with new release notes (May 2025)
Coonawarra is a celebrated wine region in South Australia, and Wynns are one of the most important players here. It
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Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines
The Mornington Peninsula wine region. This region has established itself as Australia’s most important for Pinot Noir, and it also
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A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany
These four samples were at hand, so I did a taste and compare. Riesling is such a singular variety. I
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Video: tasting the Kin 2023 Grenache from Alkina in the Barossa Valley
Tasting the Kin Grenache 2023 from Barossa Valley star winery Alkina who have developed a micro-parcel approach to their vineyard
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Australian Pinot Noir: a tasting of 25 wines, showing how impressive these wines can be
Back in November I attended the Pinot Massif, which is a get-together for winemakers in Australia who are working with
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