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Getting to Know an Aussie Legend – The Ultimate Penfolds Wines Tour and Tasting

Australia is well known for many great people and things. There are the trailblazers like Heath Ledger, Steve Irwin and Kylie Minogue, and particular exports, let’s hear it for Tim Tams, AC/DC and Home and Away, that have helped define how Australia is perceived today. But if your speaking to a wine lover the big one …

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Vigneron d’Arry Osborn from d’Arenberg Receives Legend of the Wine Award

Vigneron and current Managing Director of d’Arenberg, d’Arry Osborn, has been named the 2016 South Australian Legend of the Vine by Wine Communicators of Australia. At 89 years of age, d’Arry Osborn receives this award, created to honour those who have made outstanding contributions to the Australian wine industry. d’Arry’s grandfather purchased the d’Arenberg property in 1912, his father …

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Wine of the Week from O’Briens: Lisa McGuigan Silver Collection Chardonnay 2014

Wine of the Week from O’Briens: Lisa McGuigan Silver Collection Chardonnay 2014

On Thursday, 22nd of September 2016, night and day will be almost equally long. The date marks the autumnal equinox, which means we are now officially entering a new season. However, as the Northern Hemisphere goes pumpkin-orange, in the southern part of the world, Spring has just begun and while we’ll have plenty of time …

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Penfolds: The Australian Wine Legend you Can Count On

Penfolds: The Australian Wine Legend you Can Count On

Wine regions are often classified as either “Old World” or “New World”, a convenient, if blunt, dichotomy that in reality means Europe and everywhere else, respectively. But many “New World” producers are quite uncomfortable with being called ‘new’, given a lot of them have been around for over a century. They’re also wary of the …

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Wolf Blass Wins Red Winemaker of 2016 at the International Wine Challenge

Wolf Blass Wins Red Winemaker of 2016 at the International Wine Challenge

Leading Australian winery Wolf Blass won ‘Red Winemaker of the Year’ at last week’s 33rd edition of the International Wine Challenge in London. This is the third time the company achieves this accolade, first won in 2008 and more recently in 2013. Wolf Blass compited against 15,000 entries from over 50 countries. Chris Hatcher, Chief Winemaker, was honoured to receive this …

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