Adrian Filiuta of Felix Bistro in Sydney has been announced as the winner of the 2015 Australian Ruinart Sommeliers Challenge. The challenge was open to all ‘Working Members’ of Sommeliers Australia and tested sommeliers on their ability to blind taste four sparkling wines. For the challenge, sommeliers were tested on their ability to Sommeliers also … Continued

Distributed by: Taylors Wines RRP: 2014 Jaraman Chardonnay $25 2013 Jaraman Shiraz & 2013 Jaraman Cabernet Sauvignon $30 Taylors Wines has released three new vintages from its award-winning Jaraman range. Like the other wines in the collection, the 2014 Taylors Jaraman Chardonnay, 2013 Taylors Jaraman Shiraz and 2013 Taylors Jaraman Cabernet Sauvignon express regional diversity, … Continued

2012 Jack Mann Cabernet Sauvignon RRP: $114.99 Distributed by: Accolade Wines This newest release from Houghton, celebrates the late Jack Mann’s March birthday. Jack was the winery’s fourth generation winemaker, who produced his first vintage at the young age of 16 in 1922, as an apprentice under his father George. Jack went on to become … Continued

Do you know a venue with a stellar wine list? Then make sure they get involved with the 2015 Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards. Recognised as one of the hospitality and tourism industry’s most prestigious award programs, the awards celebrate a wine lists’ user friendliness, wine quality and how well it fits the style of the … Continued

De Bortoli Wines has been awarded Excellence in Sustainability at the New South Wales Green Globe Awards. De Bortoli received the award in the medium to large business category. The company was nominated for its ‘Re-engineering our Future for a Carbon Economy’ sustainability project. The project aims to minimise waste and energy consumption and in … Continued

For the third consecutive year, Chief Winemaker at Matua, Nikolai St George, has been crowned Winemaker of the Year. Nikolai was named Winemaker of the year at the New Zealand Royal Easter Show Wine Awards on Saturday March 14, following the same recognition at the NZ International Wine Show in 2014 and the NZ Royal … Continued

In 2014, Australia once again proved to be an important market for Champagne.  According to the latest figures, Australia imported 6,524,220 bottles last year – an increase of 8.3 per cent, which makes Australia the sixth largest market in the world in terms of importing. The Champagne growers and houses are pleased by this return to growth. 2014 worldwide … Continued

Malbec World Day is just around the corner – April 17, and now in its fifth year, the internationally recognised day is expected to be bigger than ever with consumers around the world. Malbec World Day is a global initiative undertaken by Wines of Argentina – the government organisation behind the promotion of Argentinean wine … Continued

Fine Wine Partners (FWP) has created a new in-store gifting display stand with Creative Instore Solutions (CIS). FWP wanted to create a premium unit that communicates a sense of gifting around the products being displayed and hopes that the new unit will make their wines stand out from the others in store as a clear … Continued

Evans & Tate is set to release its new look Metricup Road range in April 2015. Named after the road the original Evans & Tate Margaret River vineyard is located on, the Metricup Road range is multi-awarded and recognised as some of the best Margaret River wines on the market. This fresh new look embraces Evans … Continued