Category: News
March 12, 2018
Golds at Texsom 2018
Judges Awards, Golds and Silvers for Some of our Favorite Wines Congratulations to Innocent Bystander, Maison L’Envoye, Chilensis and Penley Estate! Judges Selection Award – Best Value Sauvignon Blanc, /…
January 26, 2018
Maison L’Envoye Front and Center
Smart Buys – Go To Wineries for Excellence and Affordability Wine Spectator February 2018 Excitement in the wine world comes in many forms. New wineries create a buzz, established wineries…
January 23, 2018
Chapter 24 at the Cutting Edge of Natural Yeast Research
Winemakers Turn to MIT to Save Pinot Noir in Warming Temperatures Bloomberg January 23, 2018 by Elin McCoy Biochemical engineer Jean-Francois Hamel has discovered the secrets to how natural yeasts…
December 29, 2017
Big Scores in Hunter Report
Australia, Hunter Valley The Wine Advocate December 29, 2017 by Joe Czerwinski One of Australia’s oldest wine-producing regions, the Hunter Valley has suffered of late. Victim of changing wine tastes…
December 29, 2017
Happy 50th Margaret River
Australia, Western Australia The Wine Advocate December 29, 2017 by Joe Czerwinski I hope the good folks in Swan Valley, Pemberton, Mount Barker and the like will forgive me for…
November 30, 2017
Margaret River Turns 50
Top 50 Margaret River Buys Decanter December 2017 by Peter Forrestal MARGARET RIVER is celebrating 50 years of winemaking in style: the region has never made better wines. It’s Australia’s…
November 30, 2017
Chapter 24 Features in Oregon’s Burgundian Links
Oregon: The Burgundy Connection Decanter December 2017 by William Kelley With its Pinot Noir vines and marginal climate, Oregon has much in common with Burgundy. William Kelley explores the links…
November 15, 2017
Wine Enthusiast Best of the Year 2017
New Wave Australia Wine Enthusiast Advance Buying Guide/Best of the Year December, 2017 by Christina Pickard The land down under is experiencing a wine renaissance. From the explosion of thrilling…
October 5, 2017
Australian Wine Has Never Been Better
Australia Brings the Brawn and the Beauty Vinous October 5th by Josh Raynolds Australia produces as wide a range of high-quality wines as any country in the world, from almost…
October 2, 2017
Old Bridge Cellars Named as an Importer of the Year!
2017 Importers of the Year, Top 100 Wineries, Top 100 Wines Wine and Spirits 31st Annual Buying Guide Winter 2017 Top Importers of the Year Track records are important: They…
August 4, 2017
Top Honors for Mount Mary
Mount Mary Named Winery of the Year! James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2018 In the second half of the 1960s, doctors in the Hunter Valley, Yarra Valley and Margaret River tentatively…
July 17, 2017
Australia: Not a Wine Country, a Wine Continent
Take Note: Real Australian Wine Is Here JamesSuckling.com July 17, 2017 by Nick Stock Australia is no longer emerging. Australia is no longer a “one to watch.” Australia is here,…
July 12, 2017
New Zealand Wines Continues to Surge
Upwardly Mobile Wine Spectator August, 2017 by MaryAnn Worobiec Earlier this year, a group of scientists identified an eighth continent lying beneath New Zealand: Zealandia. Too bad this landmass is…
May 26, 2017
Leeuwin is Most Wanted Chardonnay
The Ten Most Wanted Chardonnays Wine-Searcher.com May 25, 2017 by Sam Behrend Not many grape varieties are as divisive as Chardonnay. At any given moment, you’re only a quick online…