The Great Southerns annual food and wine festival Taste Great Southern returned on May 1 in a new four-day format.
Georgia Campion
Exploring the world of alternative varieties doesn’t need to be expensive. Ricca Terra wines has a swathe of diverse single varietal and experimental blended wines for less than $25.
Paul Edwards
Unlimited tastings. Boutique spirits. Refreshing cocktails. Local craft beer. Have I got your attention?
Morgan de Smidt
While WA continues to represent a beacon of quality in super premium chardonnay, navigating which style to buy raises a challenge.
A Denmark winery is up for grabs after Rockcliffe owner operator and former geologist Steve Hall made the decision for an international sea change.
Is this the least ostentatious, top tier wine producer in WA?
The blanket 10 per cent tariff on all wine sent to the US will have a profound impact on a sector still struggling after three years of Chinese tariffs.
Abe Maddison
Waiting until the time is right, Great Southern winery Howard Park is finally releasing its 2019 rieslings.
Adelaide Hills brand Emmalene produces easy drinking, exuberant and unpretentious wines
Nearly a decade after launching, Yallingup-based Skigh Wine unveils new venue in the heart of Cowaramup
Simon Collins
Just outside Donnybrook, David and Anne Mazza have, for 20 years, nurtured a vineyard peppered with alternative varieties originating from the Iberian Peninsula.
Howard Park maestro Jeff Burch says this year’s vintage was “fast and furious” and looking great, especially for white wines.
Warren Hately
It was a chance mistake in 2009 when Australia’s small plantings of albarino vines were proven to be a lesser known grape variety called savagnin. But the variety has proven inherently versatile.
Cabernet sauvignon has lost favour to more fashionable varieties for everyday drinking. But an affordable ‘cab sauv’ and ‘cab merlot’ are often great drinking and even better value.
Each one of these three single varietal reds are suave, graceful and crafted for drinkers who favour finesse over boldness.
Cullen’s new release of whites demonstrate poise and class, a new wave ‘white classic’ to challenge the status quo.
Belle Taylor
A rising star winemaker from Victoria was in Perth last week showcasing deftly crafted chardonnay and pinot, and a game-changing aligote.
Italian wine producer Michela Adriano has been in WA showing off well-crafted, “alternative” versions of moscato, sauvignon blanc and nebbiolo.
The Clare Valley is most famous for world-class dry rieslings, yet it produces an extraordinary diversity of styles with alternative white varieties and medium-bodied reds.
There’s no artifice, no schmooze, just pure, honest and expressive wines from this Adelaide Hills favourite.
The key to a good chilled red? An easy-drinking quaffability, a product of low levels of tannins, fresh crunchy acidity and explosive youthful flavours.
Two small-batch bottlings of shiraz (labelled as syrah) from the same vintage demonstrate the extraordinary breadth of the regional “terroir”.
Organic producer Small Wonder excels in crafting high-quality, thoughtfully rendered savoury styles.
Moss Wood current releases remain some of the best, most characterful and expressive wines from WA.
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