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Royal Adelaide Wine Show winners announced

Posted on October 10, 2022 by The Wine Commander

Boutique wine producers have taken home many of the gongs at South Australia’s annual wine show with a small Clare Valley winery, established less than 20 years ago, claiming one of the most prestigious trophies. Naked Run Wines won the … Continue reading →

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Tahbilk 13 vintages reviewed

Posted on October 6, 2022 by The Wine Commander

I was privileged to join a group of connoisseurs at Melbourne’s elite Wine Table, hosted recently at the Danish Club. The objective was to review 14 vintages of Chateau Tahbilk shiraz. First though, some background and history of the winery … Continue reading →

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Wine Spectator top 100 wines 2021

Posted on December 7, 2021 by The Wine Commander

  Each year since 1988, the influential and prestigious US Wine Spectator magazine has released its Top 100 list, where the editors select the most exciting wines from the more than 12,500 they reviewed during 2021. Pictured left is the number … Continue reading →

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Spotlight on non alcohol wines. Part 2 – Australia

Posted on August 12, 2021 by The Wine Commander

Australian Vintages McGuigan Zero range now makes up 10 per cent of sales of the entire McGuigan portfolio.  In part 1 of this topic we looked at no and non alcoholic wines progression in NZ. In this blog we examine theproduers … Continue reading →

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Spotlight on non alcoholic wines. Part 1 – NZ

Posted on August 11, 2021 by The Wine Commander

 Above: John Forest from Forest wines in Marlborough, NZ with The Doctors range of wines. You may not like to drink them but the fact is there is a growing demand for no and low alcohol wine around the world. … Continue reading →

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