Wines

Sparkling wine falls into several distinct types, each defined by where it comes from and how the bubbles are made. The main types are Champagne, Crémant, Cava, Prosecco, Franciacorta, Australian sparkling wine, Australian sparkling red, and Pétillant Naturel. The production...

The right glass of red wine alongside the right meal does something almost unfair to both. The food tastes better. The wine tastes better. Everything clicks. The wrong pairing does the opposite: the wine goes flat, the food tastes metallic,...

Hunter Valley Semillon is one of Australia's most distinctive and underappreciated white wine styles. Harvested early at a low alcohol level of 10 to 11 percent, fermented in stainless steel with no oak, and bottled young, it spends its first...

Clare Valley is South Australia's premier Riesling region and one of Australia's greatest addresses for dry white wine. Located about 130 kilometres north of Adelaide at elevations of 400 to 500 metres, the region produces Riesling with a distinctive character:...

Sauvignon Blanc is the white wine that needs almost no convincing. It is fresh, bright, aromatic, and versatile enough to suit an easy weeknight pour just as comfortably as a long lunch with good food. In Australia, the category has...

Chardonnay is a dry white wine. It contains very little residual sugar and is not technically sweet. What many people interpret as sweetness is actually the wine's rich texture, stone fruit flavours, and vanilla notes from oak aging rather than...

If you want a gift that is genuinely appreciated, skips the regifting pile, and lands every single time, a great bottle of red wine rarely misses the mark. The challenge is knowing which red wine to choose for the man...

Malbec is a red wine grape variety known for its deep colour, velvety tannins, and dark fruit flavours of plum, blackberry, and blueberry. Originally from France, it found its greatest expression in Argentina, where the high-altitude vineyards of Mendoza transformed...

GSM is a red wine blend made from three grape varieties: Grenache, Shiraz, and Mourvèdre. The name is an abbreviation of the three varieties in their typical order of dominance in the blend. Australia, particularly the Barossa Valley and McLaren...