“Phylloxera is having a significant impact in the Yarra Valley,” laments Sandra de Pury of Yeringberg Winery, “Despite the best efforts of wineries and organizations to contain it, the louse is now ...

Go to these regions in Victoria for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay boasting remarkable wines of detail and complexity. The Pinots in the Mornington Peninsula are every bit as attention-grabbing. The ...

At the turn of the 20th century, Nellie Melba was one of the most famous women in the world—an opera legend with a name as recognizable as Adele’s and Beyoncé’s today (after all, Peach Melba and Melba ...

Importer Bancroft Wines has announced the addition of Oakridge Wines from Australia’s Yarra Valley to its portfolio. The move sees Bancroft’s Australian ranks swell, with Oakridge joining the likes of ...

Forget Fosters, the Australian beer. Oz is fast becoming famous for another tipple: wine. It’s no secret to Aussies that their island’s varied climate is apt for cultivating a plethora of premium ...

The Halliday Wine Companion Top 100 Wineries 2025 is out – with Margaret River’s Vasse Felix sitting at number one ...

This popular red grape originated in Burgundy but has spread across the New World. Like its white Burgundian counterpart Chardonnay, Pinot Noir is early-budding, early-ripening and thin-skinned. The ...

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has bolstered its production capability with the acquisition of Accolade Wines’ Beenak Vineyard in Melbourne’s Yarra Valley for around US$5m.

Then, in 1963, a farm boy turned lawyer who had dutifully dodged wine’s charms until his Italian father-in-law turned his palate the way that man’s daughter had turned his head, decided to plant a ...

This white grape takes its name from a village in the Mâconnais region of Burgundy in France. It remains widely grown there today, but the variety became so popular in the 1970s that for a time it ...