It comes as no surprise to anyone familiar with this elite grower that the Bachelet brothers have produced an outstanding collection of 2023 Burgundies. Despite the talk about harvest volumes, their white grape yields were slightly lower than in 2022. Marc Bachelet suggested that their organic farming practices led...

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...

In a wine world where The Story seems to have become more important than The Wine, it’s refreshing to sit down and taste with a winemaker who gets straight down to brass tacks. “It was a great year, but we had to struggle for it,” said Huw Kinch, a winemaker all too familiar with the perils of growing grapes in a marginal climate. Pyramid’s Waikari yields were wincingly small...

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 quite pleased, “when you look at the other nominees, those are the wines we drink,” Andre told us. Yet, despite the accolade, Bondar offers much more than a “value” option for wine-lovers...

It’s no secret that the team behind Place of Changing Winds are a tough bunch to please, so it speaks volumes that the team are particularly excited with their 2023 Grower wines. And it’s easy to see why. The latest releases have a gorgeous level of purity and vibrancy...

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 the more saturated, spicier reds of 2023...