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If Bannockburn’s spring releases are any indication—and they typically are—2025 is poised to be another excellent vintage for Matt Holmes and Co. But don’t just take our word for it. “These new releases,” says Gus Pollard, “are some of the most expressive and precise examples we’ve made of these varieties, each carrying a real sense of the season’s character.”...

There is cloudy, and then there is Quealy. You don’t need us to tell you that Kevin McCarthy and Kathleen Quealy wrote the first chapter on skin-contact wine in Australia. Some 17 years ago, following McCarthy’s 2006 visit to Joško Gravner, the pair released Claudius, a delicious skinsy blend of Chardonnay, Traminer and Moscato Giallo under the T’Gallant label.

Ray Nadeson has that unique ability of being damn good at every style he turns his hand to. Not many could weave a micro-pick of Victorian Savagnin into a brilliant homage to Vin Jaune – but that’s the magic of Lethbridge. Rumour has it that the Lethbridge project was originally conceived over a bottle of red Burgundy. Despite his famous and successful magpie-like tendencies, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir remain Nadeson’s first love...

During a visit last February, Daniel Bouland showed us his full range of 2024 samples. He then insisted we taste the bottled wine from the 2023 vintage—for comparison, of course! Bouland works 12 hours a day in his vineyards and is no less meticulous when organising a tasting. He is a great believer in the 2023 vintage...

As we write, Mike Paterson is somewhere deep in Sydney showing a terrific set of artisanal Marlborough wines from the 2023 vintage. Fortunately for Paterson and his growers, Marlborough’s Southern Valleys were spared the torrid weather events that blighted Hawkes Bay and Canterbury...

“We harvested very quickly to avoid sur-maturity—the opposite of 2024. I think of 2023 in the same esprit as the 2022s—two excellent vintages,” explains Didier. Defaix’s whites balance generosity and classical restraint, which has become this producer's hallmark...

You may have seen Bondar’s name splashed across the pages of Halliday recently. In the 2026 guide, they took home the award for “Best Value Winery.” When we asked Andre and Selina about the award, they were pretty chuffed, “when you look at the other nominees, those are the wines we drink,” Andre told us...

Our readers know a great deal about what goes into crafting outstanding sparkling wine. This pioneering Catalan family tick all those boxes, and probably more. The quality of Recaredo’s wines and practices should be compared with Champagne’s greatest growers...

The apple never falls far from the tree. Today, Ambroise Agrapart, son of Nathalie and Pascal, is at the helm with the active support of his father. Ambroise has achieved the highest level of education in his field and is a qualified oenologist. In the mould of...

Let’s start with the conclusion. Swinney has a brilliant set of 2024 reds on its hands. It is a perfumed, textural vintage full of vibrant pleasures and appetising freshness; wines that will grace any table, at any time. In some ways, the immediately charismatic style sets the wines apart from...

We had a terrific introduction to Beaujolais’ 2023 vintage earlier this year. Visiting our growers, and many others, it was clear that most producers enjoyed the semi-luxury of making the style of wine they wanted to... 

It’s no secret that the team behind Place of Changing Winds are a tough bunch to please. Rob and Remi do not agree on everything, so it speaks volumes that both are particularly excited with their 2023 Grower wines. And it’s easy to see why...