Wine
Three white wines you should be drinking right now
An early-autumn white should be light and dry, fruit-accented, unwooded and, above all, refreshing.
- Huon Hooke
Are you a rosé fan? Here are three wines to buy, depending on how you like it
Plus a simple tip for adjusting a rosé that is too sweet for your taste.
- Huon Hooke
Sparkling wine spiders are the new-yet-nostalgic summer drink you never knew you needed
Turn sparkling red wine into liquid dessert with this adults-only twist on the classic ice-cream float.
- Katie Spain
Vale Peter Fraser: The pioneering winemaker was a master of his art
Yangarra Estate’s master of great Aussie grenache first inspired Katie Spain to write about wine. His loss for Australia’s tight-knit wine community is immense.
- Katie Spain
If a bottle label says ‘drink now or cellar for 5-10 years’, when is the wine really at its best?
The idea that all wine improves with age is a popular myth, writes Huon Hooke.
- Huon Hooke
NSW has turned its back on local wine. It’s time that changed, say industry leaders
We’re more likely to order a NZ sauv blanc than anything from NSW, even though winemakers are shaking things up. “We’re not that any more, this is why, let us show you.”
- Bianca Hrovat
NSW’s largest open-air cellar door and wine tasting is coming to Sydney this weekend
Over 40 producers from across 16 NSW wine-growing regions will bring their best wines to the harbourside lawns of the MCA.
- Erina Starkey
Glass wine bottles are so yesterday. But are the new alternatives any good?
There’s an environmental revolution happening in wine packaging.
- Huon Hooke
Are wines with leaked corks still drinkable?
Wine that’s been kept too long in a hot place is one of the most depressing sights.
- Huon Hooke
Why don’t French bottles list the grape variety on the label, as Australian wines do?
In most premium French regions, the place where the grapes were grown was always considered more important than the cépage.
- Huon Hooke