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The quest for value in ‘Outer Burgundy’
Welcome to another instalment of ‘these are all the Burgundies I’ve tasted recently’, a collection of indulgent tasting highlights from my visit to the Grand Jours de Bourgogne 2026 (a week-long…
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Housekeeping: is this website broken for you?
A web developer is not one of my skills. I can change font colours, maybe even align an image. But rebuilding a website that breaks isn’t BAU. So when this website…
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Three highlights from Gambero Rosso’s 2026 Aussie Roadshow
In a world of waning wine publications, it seems like some brands have managed to stay relevant. Here in Australia, the Halliday name (without James, who is very unwell) continues to…
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Happy 18th birthday Australian Wine and Drinks Review
Finally, this website can legally drink. Happy birthday, Australian Wine and Drinks Review! Somewhere between May 8th and May 12th 2008, I first started the original blog that became this website.…
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The Australian wines I admired in April (with plenty $50 or less)
I got deep in the negative hole on Tuesday, stuck in a doom loop about the future of Australian wine. It’s easy to get negative about wine at the moment, especially…
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Welcome to the 2026 Australian wine existential crisis
It’s a rough time in the Australian wine industry right now. Let’s start with the 2026 vintage. This might well be the smallest Australian harvest in decades, and not for good…
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What have you been buying and drinking in April 2026?
It’s that time again. Time to inspire me to spend more money on drinks, even though the WineArk cabinet can’t be closed properly, and the Amex is looking scared. So, what…
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Enter the delicious 2023 Pommard & Volnay red wines (and more Côte de Beaune beauties)
Welcome to another instalment of ‘these are all the Burgundies I’ve tasted recently’, a collection of indulgent tasting highlights from the Grand Jours de Bourgogne 2026 (a week-long Burgundian wine fair…
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Whether I’d buy the brilliant and slightly controversial Oakridge $300 mega Chardonnay
How much is too much for great Australian Chardonnay? Forgive my rhetoric, but please play along with me here. What’s your dollar boundary on Aussie Chardonnay? Is it different compared to…
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All the Mâconnais hits (and misses) from the Grand Jours de Bourgogne 2026
The Mâconnais may as well be on a different planet. Here in Australia, we consistently lose our shit over the best Chardonnay from Burgundy’s hotspots of Chablis and the Côte d’Or,…
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Doing the hard work in the Côte de Nuits (and saved by a bogan Aussie)
Rarely have I been so glad to hear an Aussie accent. There I was on day 2 of last month’s Grand Jours de Bourgogne 2026, feeling a little bogged down. It…
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A Clos de Vougeot 2016 horizontal + elbowing through the cream of Vosne-Romanée
French wine tastes better in a château. Sure, I’m being glib, but you try not to feel the gravitas when you’re lining up for a tasting of storied Pinot Noir inside…
