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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...

“To drink a Riesling from Joh. Jos. Prüm is to enjoy a springtime of the heart and mind.” Stephan Reinhardt wrote these words in 2012, but we're sure he would agree if we applied them to the 2023 vintage. The wines from this epic year are transparent and pure, with the precision and depth that are hallmarks of Prüm’s finest years...

Our latest container has refreshed the warehouse with the full range of Zalto’s matchless stemware. Most of our customers are familiar with the quality that is on offer. Quite simply, the finer the glass, the more pleasurable it is to drink from...

Exciting times are these for Luke Lambert and Rosalind Hall. Earlier this year the pair crushed their first Nebbiolo from the family’s young vineyard in the Yea Valley, 30 kilometres north of Yarra Glen. As many will know, Lambert’s small, 1.6-hectare plot...

For some it may come as a surprise that Burgundy’s enfant terrible—the winemaker behind one of the Mâconnais’ greatest Domaines—now makes wine in Bordeaux. And as you can read below, Jean-Marie Guffens has hit the ground running. His first vintage was in 2017...

The headline news: Olivier Klein’s lithe and vibrant Un Air Côtes-du-Rhône is back in stock. Twenty-twenty-three was a cracking vintage for this organic, value wine. The Klein family has long shown the purity and finesse that old-vine Grenache and Syrah can achieve in the Southern Rhône’s niche terroirs...

It’s a biting winter’s afternoon in the Mornington. But standing on a windswept hill, pointing at the red clay soils of the Merricks vineyard, Barney Flanders is all warmth and contagious energy. A human brazier. The Merricks site is wind-battered and...

The great domaines never stand still, and Domaine Guiberteau has more than a few exciting changes to consider here. Romain’s Domaine is now 20 hectares and

Alice Feiring’s colourful quote above was penned towards the start of Grégory Pérez’s Bierzo adventure. We’re now two decades into his Mengoba project and can edit that acclaim to...

As we write, we are very fortunate to host Vincent Estevenin, the passionate and bright young grower now leading one of the Southern Rhône’s most respected artisan domaines. Vincent, who joined Domaine de Marcoux in 2014...