Brendan Black speaks to Kate Goodman, Steve Baraglia and Sarah Crowe about stepping into the role of chief winemaker at ...

Nannup Estate is owned by Mark Blizard and family. The vineyard sits high on the granite ridges of the Blackwood River escarpment. The first 6ha of vines were planted in '98, with subsequent plantings ...

The 7.2ha vineyard was planted between 1972 and '74. When Keith Wood who worked for Seppelt at Great Western, purchased the property in 1990, the winery and the vineyard needed rehabilitation. He ...

Fred Siggins looks at the role Australian wine casks are playing in the whisky industry. Australian whisky is difficult to define. Modern Australian whisky production has only been around for a little ...

Barossa Valley shiraz is a global brand – and justifiably so. But, as Dave Brookes discovered on a recent tasting trip for the 2026 Companion, there’s a lot more to this iconic region. About an hour’s ...

When it comes to travel in New Zealand, the biggest challenge is trying to decide which beautiful place to visit. Fortunately, the effortless beauty of Central Otago (and the Central Otago wineries) ...

Leon Tokar, a very successful businessman, and wife Rita dreamed of a weekender and hobby farm and it was largely by chance that in '95 they found a scruffy paddock fronting onto Maddens Lane. By the ...

The ultimate guide to virtually sort your wine collection. Start adding to your virtual cellar now. The Halliday Virtual Cellar is a cellar management tool, exclusive to members, for keeping track of ...

Wine is often described as elegant, but its meaning isn’t always clear. Tony Love investigates. It takes scores of words in Roget’s Thesaurus to flesh out the concept and meaning of “elegance”. Many ...

Central Victoria’s Nagambie Lakes is a less trodden wine region, and that’s part of what makes it a beauty of a place. With the glistening reservoir of its namesake and the Goulburn River running ...

Dave and Jen Wright (co-owners with Fred and Sarah Howard) had a combined background of dentistry, art and a CSU viticultural degree when they moved from Adelaide to McLaren Flat to become vignerons.