Flowstone Wines – Cellar Door
Flowstone is a tiny little grapegrower and winemaker just south of the Margaret River township, in the beautiful Forest Grove area. Flowstone is born from a culmination of Stuart Pym's rich winemaking [...]
Church Road Winery New Zealand
From our winery tours and fascinating underground museum to Cellar Door wine tastings and delicious a la carte lunches. Church Road Winery is the place to visit Church Road Winery, renowned for [...]
Cross-fertilisation of wine and spirits
No I don't mean that grapes will be distilled or that gin will be crushed in the winery however that's not too far from the truth. Penfolds is buying grapes from the [...]
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2018
A report from Rob Geddes MW I had the chance over the past weekend to judge the Concours in Beijing. With 300 judges it was unlike any wine judging event I have [...]
Strange Birds Announces New Varieties
Queensland's Granite Belt wine region has a growing reputation as one of Australia’s top producers of alternative variety wines – known here as Strange Birds. To be called an alternative, a variety [...]
Green Ant Gin Anyone?
Australian gin brands: more than 120 and numbers rising fast. Australia is experiencing a gin boom led by small distilleries intent on creating a flavour profile distinct of their region and backed [...]
Tasmanian sparkling wines setting ‘global benchmark’
Tasmania's sparkling wine industry has come of age, with an extraordinary run of prestigious national and international awards in the last two years. One of Australia's top champagne and sparkling wine critics, [...]
Accolade Wines sold for $1billion
CHAMP and Constellation Brands have sold Accolade Wines to The Carlyle Group for $1billion. CHAMP is an 80% shareholder in Accolade, while Constellation is a 20% shareholder. The sale price is more [...]
2018 International Cool Climate Wine Show
Established in 2000, the International Cool Climate Wine Show (ICCWS) is internationally recognised as Australia’s foremost show for inspirational cool climate wines, attracting more than 600 entries from the cool climate regions [...]
The Champagne Dame
The Champagne Dame raises $1m to launch Australia’s largest online champagne retailer. By Anthill Magazine - Mar 9, 2018 With over ten years experience as The Champagne Dame, educating and presenting to [...]
For the lovers of wine, and gin and vodka in Central Otago
One of our favourite things about Central Otago is the stunning wine it produces. While it might not be the first thing you think about when visiting Queenstown, drinking wine and [...]
Building a Positive Culture at Work
Creating a positive work environment is essential to ensuring your employees are happy and engaged in their work. A key step in creating such an environment lies in your firm’s culture. A [...]
She’ll be Apples…and Grapes.
Every 2 years thousands of people descend onto Stanthorpe for this iconic event. A Stanthorpe tradition for over 50 years, this is a “must do” to add to your calendar. The Apple [...]
From Simple Beginnings to Great Success
Wily Trout Vineyard and Poachers Pantry straddles the north east facing slopes of the granite hills that lie in the heart of the Murrumbateman and Canberra Wine Region. Our small family business was [...]
A Dynamo from Chile
We invited a dynamic wine personality from Santiago Chile to TAKE 5. We met Ania Smolec at the Six Nations Wine Challenge judging in Sydney and find her perspective on wine most [...]
The Wine that Makes you Smile
TAKE 5 with one of Chile's wine superstars. Eduardo Brethauer Roncagliolo has been judging for the Six Nations Wine Challenge in Sydney for the past seven years. He represents Chile in this [...]
Huon Hooke Masters Margaret River
The Association of Australian Boutique Winemakers has teamed up with Huon Hooke for several years to present a series of wine master classes for members of the public. There is now a [...]
Aussie Exports up by 15%
Australia’s wine exports maintain strong growth according to Andy Young. Wine Australia has released its Export Report, which has shown that exports of Australian wine increased by 15 per cent to $2.56bn [...]
Celebrate Canberra Wine Week in April
Canberra Wine Week is a series of exciting events hosted in and around the Canberra District to celebrate all things wine with matched food and experiences to last a life time. Last [...]
My friend Max Lake
Before I entered the wine industry in 1994 to form and manage the Association of Australian Boutique Winemakers my winemaker brother Peter Fimmel told me that his aim was to make wines [...]
Take 5 with Bob Campbell MW
Bob Campbell MW is known as Mr New Zealand wine with an international palate. Bob Campbell was the second New Zealander and is one of just over 300 people in the world [...]
Take 5 with Mitchell Taylor, MD, Taylors Wines
Welcome again wine lovers! Take 5 with Mitchell Taylor is our regular post where we get to celebrate and interrogate (not really) the stars of the wine world – winemakers, influencers and [...]
New wine trip app launched
Oct 30, 2017 by Bob Campbell MW in Wine News The Real Review I’m a member of a Devonport-based wine club. When I was asked to help organise a weekend for club [...]
Why everyone’s talking about garden tourism
Earlier this month we introduced you to a little piece of aromatic heaven, the Sensory Garden at Whicher Ridge Wines in Geographe, Western Australia. From what we’ve heard, it’s a real draw [...]