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July 31, 2018
Icons of Great Australian Cabernet
Cabernet Kingdom Wine Enthusiast September 2018 by Christina Pickard In the Australian regions of Coonawarra and Margaret River, Cab reigns supreme. There are few grape varieties as steeped in regal…

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…

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…

March 21, 2017
Leeuwin Estate Founder Denis Horgan AM Honored
Celebrating Three Australian Wine Legends Wine Australia 21st March, 2017 Legend. It’s a term that is thrown around with almost reckless abandon these days. Something as simple as a hamburger…

August 31, 2016
Over Twenty 90+ Wines in Latest Wine & Spirits
Wine & Spirits Magazine October Issue, 2016 94 pts Innocent Bystander Mea Culpa Syrah 2014 Phil Sexton and Steve Flamsteed produced this wine from a clone of unknown origin, what…

September 14, 2015
Maison L’Envoyè and Leeuwin: Great Wine, Great Labels
Embracing the Labels Northern Arizona’s Mountain Living Magazine July/August 2015 by John Vankat It may be heresy for a wine writer to say this, but there’s more to admire about…

July 8, 2015
Cullen Cabernet from Margaret River: Top of the List Again
Great Cabernets of the World: Decanter Tasting Decanter.com July 8, 2015 by John Stimpfig A highly knowledgeable audience attended a fascinating, sell-out blind tasting masterclass at Decanter’s London HQ last…

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 9, 2014
Leeuwin, John Duval and Greywacke in Decanter Top 50
Decanter’s Top 50 Wines of the Year Decanter December 2014 T’is the season when wine publications publish their ‘best of’ lists. Today sees the UK’s easily most respected wine journal…

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…