Cellar Favorite: 1957 Penfolds St. Henri Claret
cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites, Australia
, May 2020
Though Grange is Penfolds’ most famous label, that has not always been the case. Back in the late Fifties and early Sixties, their St. Henri was more popular, probably due to its being more approachable and elegant, while Max Schubert’s Grange demanded cellaring.
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Winemaking and Wine Marketing in a Plague Year
featured, General Interest, Argentina, New Zealand, United States: Oregon, France, United States: California, Australia, Italy
, May 2020
In just the past couple of months, the novel coronavirus has profoundly changed the production and sale of wine around the globe. In this roundtable interview, 35 producers get specific about the challenges they are facing.
Australia Brings the Brawn and the Beauty
featured, Australia
, Oct 2017
Australia produces as wide a range of high-quality wines as any country in the world, from almost all imaginable varieties and in all styles, while quality has never been higher than it is today. Consumers who view these wines as all red, all big, all the time are missing out.
Australia Rediscovers Its Mojo
featured, Australia
, Mar 2016
Adventurous producers who make elegant, Old World-influenced bottlings are challenging the stereotype that Australia is a one-trick pony that issues only massive, alcoholic wines without energy or complexity, and the number of such wineries is increasing. I saw more graceful, vibrant, well-balanced Aussie wines over the past year than ever before, and they come from across the breadth of that country’s wine-producing regions.
Best New Wines from Australia
IWC, Australia
, Jul 2014
While many American wine lovers understandably believe that all this sprawling wine-growing region produces are critter wines in big bottles, there are signs that upper-tier Aussie wines have begun to gain a foothold in the U
Best New Wines from Australia
IWC, Australia
, Jul 2013
Producers across the southern band of Australia would probably just like to forget the 2011 vintage, a year that presented a biblical array of plagues on the vineyards
Best New Releases from Australia
IWC, Australia
, Jul 2012
The Australian premium wine industry has been going through a rough spell in the American market in recent years, a situation made even more difficult by the surging Australian dollar, which makes Australia's wines more expensive for American importers
The Best New Releases from Australia, Part Two
IWC, Australia
, Sep 2011
Wine collectors who used to chase after high-priced, high-octane Barossa shiraz in the late 1990s and early 2000s now admit to owning those bottles about as readily as they'd fess up to their hidden porn collections
New Releases from Australia, Part One
IWC, Australia
, Jul 2011
There's no sugar-coating the fact that Australian wines have been struggling in the U.S. market
New Releases from Australia
IWC, Australia
, Jul 2010
The unfortunate irony of the Australian wine industrys current malaise in the U