Pete and Di Smith established the first vineyard in Beechworth in 1978, with the encouragement of John Brown Jr of Brown Brothers. In 2003 the winery and vineyard were taken over by their daughter ...

Craggy Range in Hawke's Bay. On the east coast heel of the boot-shaped North Island, Hawke’s Bay is New Zealand’s oldest and second-largest wine region. It’s also one of its warmest, meaning red ...

After a peripatetic period and a hiatus in winemaking, Hickinbotham established a permanent vineyard and winery base at Dromana. It now makes only Mornington Peninsula wines, drawing in part on estate ...

The Quealy Winemakers Feri Maris Single Block Pinot Grigio 2023 has been named the best pinot grigio in Australia. The Halliday Wine Companion Awards celebrate the best wines in Australia. Below ...

At 41° south and an altitude of 160m, Brook Eden is one of the coolest sites in Tasmania and represents ‘viticulture on the edge'. While the plantings remain small (1ha pinot noir, 0.8ha chardonnay ...

The Best New Winery of the Year is the finest winery submitting to Halliday Wine Companion for the first time. The Companion welcomes more than 50 new wineries this year. Our winner was confirmed by ...

The home base for Robert Johnson is a 12ha vineyard and olive grove purchased in 1996, with 0.4ha of merlot and 5ha of olive trees. The olive grove has been rehabilitated, and 2.1ha of shiraz, 1.2ha ...

Australian sparkling wines – particularly those from Tasmania – are as fine as any in the world. When it comes to sparkling red wine, shiraz is by far the most dominant varietal. Read on to discover ...

Paul Bridge and Trish McPherson describe themselves as the owners, labourers and viti- culturists at Indigo Ridge; they planted and tend every vine on the vineyard. The plantings are sauvignon blanc, ...

It’s a foregone conclusion that the Hunter again corners the category of dry semillon, but to do so with standouts from no fewer than nine vintages is grand testimony to its global uniqueness. Our ...

John and Marilyn Frederiksen were no strangers to grapegrowing and winemaking in the Macedon Ranges when they founded Metcalfe Valley Vineyard in 1995, planting 5.6ha of shiraz and going on to win ...

From cork tragics to screwcap converts, when it comes to wine bottle closures, the jury is still out on the ideal seal. Despite living in an era of breathtaking technological and scientific ...