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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Geographe’s Whicher Ridge Wine Sensory Garden is laid out in a formal kitchen potager garden style with sections around the garden devoted to a specific varietal wine made in the winery. The [...]
They say you should never judge a book by its cover, but let’s get real; we all do. We judge books by their covers, people by their clothes and wine by its [...]
Over 10 years ago, US illustrator, Bob Johnson designed a series of wine brand labels for winemaker, Philip Shaw, that were as much a work of art as the liquid goodness inside [...]
It’s been called Willy Wonker’s Wine Factory, the Mad Hatter’s House, and Chester’s Folly but, however you refer to it, the d’Arenberg Cube is cementing the McLaren Vale’s reputation as an extraordinary food [...]
Pack your bag and charge your phone for a road trip along South Australia’s Southern Ocean Drive, which offers 450 kilometres of coastal holiday magic. The Southern Ocean makes its mighty presence [...]
Remember last week I mentioned that there were three pesky things about wine tourism in Australia that would be great to change? I identified three challenges: The need to make wineries - [...]
