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I think there are enough experts and words on the matter that I don’t need to add to it. Let’s instead focus on the joys of drinking a fine wine or at least a reasonable one. And as I have said many times we are truly blessed with the overall quality

THERE’S something about Provence rosé that has caught the imagination of consumers, celebrities and commercial companies alike. Is there a Provence pink lifestyle? Is it a millennial zeitgeist moment? There is certainly a Provence rosé style which is

MAKING a traditional method sparkling wine is a complicated production process. Not only do the grapes need to be carefully grown in a particular cool climate and picked by hand, but the yeast chosen for the prise de mousse or second fermentation nee

WORLD class has become one of the most over-used labels. But many times, the description is true. Over the past few years, a string of new hotels, resorts and lodges have opened up in the major states and many offer access to incredible locations. He

WHATEVER you think about winemakers putting show results on their labels, it is nonetheless quite impressive to come across a wine shop shelf containing a shiraz with no less than eight gold medals on proud display, two of them either double or blue-

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PETER Zuzza, the owner of La Disfida, is a member of Sydney’s restaurant royalty. His family ran The Mixing Pot in Glebe, long one of the best Italian restaurants in the Inner West. Ten years ago, Zuzza took his considerable expertise to La Disfida a

IT takes a great deal of confidence to open a new restaurant in the middle of a pandemic and all the business constraints that involves, but Adelaide restaurant czar Simon Kardachi is nothing but confident that restaurant life will return to normal,

I’ve invited you for an interview for Winestate readers because of Vittoria Coffee, I had no idea how broad your business was…what makes Vittoria Food & Beverage special? The family culture – great people who do the work and love the business. We lov

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GRAPEVINES have been grown in the Clare Valley since explorer John Horrocks planted grenache at Penwortham in 1840. The Jesuit Brothers founded Sevenhill Cellars to make sacramental wine in 1851 and there are now dozens of small producers alongside b

108 TASTED 89 AWARDED A very high strike rate here which just shows the quality and consistency of the region. Whilst Clare is known as the yardstick for Australian rieslings don’t overlook some other great wines from the greatly underrated cabernet

228 TASTED 136 AWARDED A most interesting judging with the components of the so-called “bordeaux blend” - merlot, cabernet franc, malbec and petit verdot hung out to dry by themselves. Some passed the test, others showed why it is best that they rema

119 TASTED 80 AWARDED In this judging you have to decide whether you want simple uncomplicated quaffers or something a bit more interesting. Nothing wrong with either choice but to get complexity winemakers need to ferment the wine in the bottle and

If you think of New Zealand wine only in terms of sauvignon blanc and pinot noir, that’s easy to understand, as those varieties dominate the country’s production. But this tasting also unearthed outstanding examples of gewürztraminer, montepulciano,

34 TASTED 34 RECOMMENDED Pinot noir dominated the tasting, which is no surprise, given that the classic red-wine variety of Burgundy accounts for nearly 80% of the region’s vineyard area. But the white wines of Central Otago and the Waitaki Valley (i

220 TASTED 125 AWARDED Lots of very youthful new releases here this time, with the judges questioning whether a number of these would have performed better with a few extra months in the bottle. Something to think about when you look at the results.

WINESTATE MAGAZINE TASTING CRITERIA OUR STAR RATING SYSTEM Wines are invited from any producer, provided that they meet the criteria of the class being judged. The class may be a regional, style or new release tasting and generally the wines must be

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