What to do with leftover wine
What can you do with leftover wine? This is not often a problem in Huon Hooke’s household but he’s told others do suffer this dilemma.
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Should you decant white wine?
A reader recently asked Huon Hooke about decanting white wines: did he agree with him that decanting whites improves them, as it does reds?
The Penfolds Collection 2026 unveiled
The annual Penfolds Collection tasting is an event entered with a mixture of fear and excitement.
Bin 707 shows its age-worthiness
Penfolds maestro Max Schubert invented not only Grange, but Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon and many other famous and enduring red wines during his time in charge of winemaking at Penfolds.
The Penfolds Collection 2025
Penfolds will release its 2025 Penfolds Collection to the public on August 7, and today sees the embargo on tasting notes lifted.
Knappstein’s super-modern new releases
Knappstein Wines of Clare is marking its 50th anniversary this year by refreshing its labels.
The Penfolds Collection 2024 something special
Penfolds celebrates its 180th anniversary this year, and what better way than to release an extraordinary new wine.
The dirt on Gibson Wines
Rob Gibson studied viticulture and is indeed a ‘dirt man’ in more ways than one, as he also has a background in geology, having studied it at RMIT.
De Bortoli’s 40th anniversary Noble One
This year, 2022, marks the 40th anniversary of De Bortoli’s famous Noble One Botrytis Semillon, a landmark in Australian wine. The first vintage was the 1982.
Peter Gago of Penfolds enters Decanter’s Hall of Fame
Penfolds chief winemaker Peter Gago has received one of the biggest honours of his many-splendoured career: he was inducted into Decanter magazine’s Hall of Fame.