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You might have tried MAN wines before, since we have been recommending them for more than 15 years.  However, they are worth revisiting, for their brilliant quality and exceptional value. In 200...

“You’ll want to get onto Elanto before prices start going up.”— Max Allen, Top 20 Drinks of the Year, Australian Financial Review 2024 My HeroSandro Mosele is a hero of mine.&...

Cool Climate? The Webb family, of Thelema Mountain Vineyards, Stellenbosch, also owns the Sutherland estate, in Elgin Valley, six miles from the Atlantic.  Proximity to the ocean and the icy Ben...

Amphora cellar at Château Durfort-Vivens, Margaux - photo credit G&C Lurton Ancient Disposable Commodity In the ancient Mediterranean world, the amphora was the standard storage and transpo...

There is a magical place on the Rhine's 500-mile course from Basel to Rotterdam, where it encounters the flank of the Taunus mountains, briefly interrupting its journey north.  This precious few...

You might have heard of 'Super-Tuscan' wines.  Sassicaia and Tignanello were first released in the 1970s, and made from grape varieties that were outside the DOC regulations, meaning that they h...

When Pietro De Martino arrived at Isla de Maipo in 1934, he recognised the exciting potential for wine production of this cooler part of the Maipo Valley, with its deep, free-draining gravel soi...

For those of you with long memories, we have listed a Uruguayan winery before. I guess rather ahead of the curve in that regard but from customer feedback it was clear that the varieties planted...

A bit of introduction required... Bogle joined our wine portfolio in the early 2000's and despite stiff competition they very speedily became a customer and staff favourite. We'll dive into the views...

Bertani has an illustrious heritage with more than a century and a half of winemaking, and still proudly produces some of the finest wines of the Veneto, including esteemed estate Valpolicella Classic...

The Planeta story is a journey through time and space, through Sicily from west to east, and through the five unique terroirs where today they produce unique and world-leading wines and oliv...

Remote charm, a cool climate, and one of Australia’s best-kept secrets: You may not have heard of Frankland River in Western Australia, named for the river which bisects it and the town at its c...