Category Archives: Wine News

International Pinot Noir Day

Posted on August 18, 2025 by The Wine Commander

It may have passed you by but 18 August was International Pinot Noir Day,  It is particularly celebrated in New Zealand as the world continues to drink more and more Kiwi Pinot. Wine Titles reports that as consumer preferences shift … 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 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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How China is devastating Australia’s wine industry

Posted on February 18, 2021 by The Wine Commander

Since an email circulated listing all Australian wineries owned by Chinese interests, an outcry began, urging all Australians to cease buying wine from Chinese owned wineries in this country. This Blog features all the reasons why we should buy from … Continue reading →

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Penfold’s new Grange blend called g4

Posted on July 25, 2020 by The Wine Commander

Stand by for the Treasury Estates marketing machine to grind up to full blast with the launch of the 2020 release of its Collection wines on August 6. Adding to this year’s release, Penfolds will launch a new wine blended … Continue reading →

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