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February 27, 2015
The Wine Advocate Highlights Victoria, Australia
Victoria: Australia’s Vine Mixologists The Wine Advocate February 27, 2015 by Lisa Perrotti-Brown Victoria is Australia’s ultimate state of contrasts. Unlike Australia’s other states, pretty much all areas of Victoria…
January 14, 2015
Wine Spectator Insider January 2015
Wine Spectator Calls Out Kilikanoon With 93 Points Wine Spectator Insider January 2015 93 pts Kilikanoon Shiraz Clare Valley Covenant 2012 Supple, polished, expressive and ripe, layering the blackberry, dark…
January 8, 2015
Winsor Dobbin Visits Pioneering Cullen Wines
Cullen Leads the Pack in Biodynamic Food and Wine Gourmetontheroad.blogspot.com January 7, 2015 by Winsor Dobbin It was only in the 1960s that vines were first planted in Margaret River…
December 2, 2014
Rewriting Perceptions on Wines from Australia
Warm and Sunny Wines from Australia The Wine Observer December 1, 2014 by Frederick Thurber This cold and dreary weather calls for some warm, sunny wines from Australia, and the…
December 1, 2014
National Geographic TV Blogs Australian Wine
Chug Through Australia’s Famed Wine Regions National Geographic TV Blogs December 1, 2014 by Christianna Sargent Coming of Age: Australia, a New World Wine Power Between the 17th and 19th…
November 25, 2014
OBC Wines in Halliday’s Top 100
James Halliday’s Top 100 Wines of 2014 James Halliday November 2014 This year 1582 wines were submitted for the Top 100. Of the 80 table wines selected, 25 came from…
November 24, 2014
Yeringberg’s de Pury Family is a True Winemaking Family
The Winemakers: De Pury Family, Yeringberg, Yarra Valley, Vic The Weekend Australian Magazine November 2014 by Max Allen When Guill de Pury was growing up in the 1930s and ’40s,…
November 7, 2014
OBC Features on List of Great and Unique Australian Wines
10 Reasons to Drink Australian Wine Enthusiast December, 2014 by Joe Czerwinski Finding great Australian wine in the U.S. is harder than it used to be. Hurt by sagging demand…
October 22, 2014
John Duval Eligo: a Top 100 Cellar Selection for 2014
Top 100 Cellar Selections for 2014 Wine Enthusiast October 22, 2014 by The Editors of Wine Enthusiast In a culture focused on the here and now, patience is a fleeting virtue.…
October 22, 2014
Art Series Chardonnay is Wine Spectator Insider Hot Pick
Wine Spectator Insider October 22, 2014 At up to 98 points, red, white and sparkling wines from around the globe provide something for just about everyone in this week’s Wine…
July 31, 2014
2015 Australian Wine Companion Reviews are In
Australian Wine Companion 2015 July 2014by James Halliday James Halliday sings the praises of OBC brands once again with the release of the 2015 Australian Wine Companion. Highlights include Penley Estate‘s “best…
July 16, 2014
Outstanding Scores for New Aussie Releases
Best New Wines from Australia Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar July/August Issue by Josh Raynolds While many American wine lovers understandably believe that all this sprawling wine-growing region produces are…
July 2, 2014
The Glories of Riesling Down Under
The Glories of Riesling (Part Three) – The New World Reflections on Wine July 2, 2014 Tom Hyland In my two previous posts on Riesling, I wrote about the two…
July 1, 2014
A Hail (Mount) Mary from James Halliday
Hail Mount Mary, Full of Grace Australian Wine Companion June 30, 2014 by James Halliday I’ve taken passion/passionate out of my lexicon because the words have been terminally debased. I’d…