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Laughing Matters

Published: 23 February, 2009

Croak Rotie is the latest wittily named wine brand to poke fun at traditional French wine regions.

Laughing-matters-Croak-Rotie

Published: 23 February, 2009

Laughing matters
First we had Goats do Roam, then Bored Doe. Now Croak Rotie is the latest wittily named wine brand to poke fun at traditional French wine regions.

Winetraders Portfolio Tasting, Hallgarten Druitt Annual Tasting, Maisons, Marques et Domaines Portfolio Tasting, Mentzendorff Portfolio Tasting, Australia Day Tastings and Pol Roger Portfolio Tasting.

Foster's to keep wine business

Published: 17 February, 2009

Foster's has decided to hang on to its wine businesses after a review of its operations.

Wines in the press, February 14-15

Published: 16 February, 2009

Our review of what the critics had to say in this weekend's national press

News - New Chilean region

Published: 09 February, 2009

Viña Errazuriz has launched its first wine from Chile's new Aconcagua Costa region.

Wines in the press February, 1-2

Published: 03 February, 2009

Here is a review of this weekend's national wine writers for the first weekend in February

Wines in the press February, 1-2

Published: 03 February, 2009

Here is a review of this weekend's national wine writers for the first weekend in February

Chez Bruce comes out top in new Drinking Out Excellence Awards

Published: 23 January, 2009

Chez Bruce has been named as the country's best wine restaurant, after picking up the top prize at the inaugural Drinking Out Excellence Awards this week.

Wines in the Press, January 17-18

Published: 20 January, 2009

This week Tim Atkin reports back from South Africa, Joanna Simon says people should be aware of the hidden costs within promotions whilst Jancis Robinson picks out wines that offer the best value for money

Wines in the Press, January 17-18

Published: 20 January, 2009

Rare Grange at Barossa auction

Published: 16 January, 2009

A collection of limited-release and rare Penfolds wines will be sold at the biennial Barossa Vintage Festival Rare Wine Auction in Australia.

Burgundy favourite makes on-trade debut

Published: 15 January, 2009

Blason de Bourgogne has made its on-trade debut, almost seven years after it first appeared in the UK take-home market.

Constellation's European sales take a hit

Published: 09 January, 2009

Constellation has admitted that branded wine sales in Europe fell by 11% in its third financial quarter.

Wines in the Press, December 20-21

Published: 03 January, 2009

Jancis gets busy with the fizzy, Jane finds unsold bargains, Anthony highlights independents in the Independent and Joanna experiments with a magic wand

Foster's may have to stick with wine

Published: 19 December, 2008

The global credit crunch may force Foster's to abandon any hopes to offload its wine division in 2009, analysts say.

Life of a salesman: Week 2: Anyone for Beaujolais Nouveau?

Published: 24 November, 2008

As I write this, the wine bar across the street is doing a Beaujolais Nouveau Day breakfast, complete with red, white and blue bunting and a blackboard shouting Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivée! Despite a steady decline in popularity since its heyday in the '70s and '80s, the Beaujolais breakfast is a wine world idiosyncrasy that refuses to die, blithely rooted in a time when blackberries were fruit and latte was Italian for milk.

Can you tango like that?!

Published: 18 November, 2008

Best chat up line heard in 4 gruelling days doing a stint at The World Travel Market, pushing wines of Argentina to the travel trade. Can't accuse moi of not pulling her weight.

Wines in the Press: The clash of the titans

Published: 11 November, 2008

The focus is very much on Europe this week. Victoria Moore and Jancis Robinson MW hone in on France, with Robinson concentrating on Bordeaux and Moore pitting the same region against other French "titan" Burgundy. Susy Atkins and Tim Atkin MW tell us why they're into their Italian reds, whilst Anthony Rose rounds things off with a look at UK retail stalwart Oddbins.

Wine: Art or Science? The debate ends here

Published: 06 November, 2008

Is wine an art or a science? Books have been devoted to the subject and the debate rages on. But in Mildura today eight judges at the Alternative Varieties Show settled the issue once and for all.