Click on the drop-down vintage’s below to read a selection of articles from each year featuring educational topics such as: Aroma, Palate, Taint/Faults, Terroir, Varietal Styles, Cellaring, Additives, Tannin, Oak, Climate, Blending, Matching, Winemaking, Dining, Viticulture, Vinification & Maturation.
Wine Education Articles
2022
Annual 2022 – “Australian regional expression. Fact of fantasy?”
March April 2022 – “Seasoning Shiraz”
May June 2022 – “The Greatest Show on Earth”
July August 2022 – “The World Of Hybrids, Clones And Crosses.”
September October 2022 – “Vessels For Fermentation”
November December 2022 – “Fancy A Change?”
2021
Annual 2021 – “Chardonnay Roots Discovered”
March April 2021 – “40 Tips And Tricks When Purchasing, Storing And Serving Wine”
May June 2021 – “Tempranillo Flying Solo”
July August 2021 – “Palette Choice Makes Palate Sense”
September October 2021 – “No Wood No Good”
November December 2021 – “Fiano calling Australia home”
2020
Annual 2020 – “More Choice as Sparklers Light up the Market”
March April 2020 – “Sangiovese set to steal the show”
May June 2020 – “A Tainted Future? Or Just Smoke and Mirrors?”
August 2020 – “Effort Equals Rewards”
October 2020 – “Anything But Marginal”
December 2020 – “Biosecurity: Beware of Hitchhikers”
2019
Annual 2019 – “Confessions of a Riesling Drinker”
March April 2019 – “Our National Treasures Deserve Recognition”
May June 2019 – “Pushing the Boundaries”
July August 2019 – “Forces of Nature”
September October 2019 – “Fads and Fashions”
November December 2019 – “Facing up to the Changing Environment”
2018
Annual 2018 – “Surviving into Old Age”
March April 2018 – “Warm Reds and Cool Whites – Getting the Temperatures Right”
May June 2018 – “Colour’s Contribution to the Perfect Glass”
July August 2018 – “The Curious Case of Albarino”
September October 2018 – “Champagne’s Roller Coaster Ride”
November December 2018 – “Grounds for Growth”
2017
Annual 2017 – “Eliminating Bottle Shock”
March April 2017 – “Giving Whites the Textural Treatment”
May June 2017 – “Something Smells”
July August 2017 – “Blend it like Bordeaux”
September October 2017 – “Rock Stars play their Part”
November December 2017 – “A Trip to the Vines – What you need to know Beforehand”
2016
Annual 2016 – “Giving Shiraz a Shake-up”
March-April 2016 – “Ageing Gracefully”
May-June 2016 – “Earthly Matters”
July-August 2016 – “Sparkling Future for Red Fizz”
September-October 2016 – “Assyrtiko – From Caldera to the Clare”
November-December 2016 – “Ageing Gracefully”
Special Edition 2016 – “Riesling Deserves Better”
2015
Annual 2015 – “Tannin Tells the Tale”
March-April 2015 – “Jurassic Gems”
May-June 2015 – “Changing Fortunes”
July-August 2015 – “French Favourite Needs Promotion”
September-October 2015 – “State of Affairs”
November-December 2015 – “It’s Cool to be Hot”
Special Edition 2015 – “Rich Rewards Along Paths Less Travelled”
2014
Annual 2014 – “Italian Enigma making inroads”
March-April 2014 – “Head in the Pink”
May-June 2014 – “Additives Play their Part”
July August 2014 – “Blending brings out the best in Cabernet”
September-October 2014 – “Tricks of the Trade, or the Finer Points of Fermenting”
November-December 2014 – “Prosecco Popularity Bubbling Away”
Special Edition 2014 – “Coming to Terms with Fact and Fiction“
2013
Annual 2013 – “Perfect Match”
March-April 2013 – “Taste Outside your Comfort Zone”
May-June 2013 – “Noble Traditions”
July August 2013 – “The Monastic Movement”
September-October 2013 – “Dazzled by Grenache”
November-December 2013 – “Making Sense of Smell”
Special Edition 2013 – “Handling the Dining Out Dilemma”
2012
Annual 2012 – “Art and Science of Sparkling Wine”
March-April 2012 – “Breaking New Ground with Old Varieties”
May-June 2012 – “Rekindling a Love Affair”
July August 2012 – “Message in a Bottle”
September-October 2012 – “Coming of Age”
November-December 2012 – “Coming to Terms with Terroir”
Special Edition 2012 – “Traditional Cava Deserves Respect”
2011
Annual 2011 – “The Myriad Complexities of a Simple Oak Barrel”
March-April 2011 – “Spanish Immigrant Raises its Profile in a Variety of Styles”
May-June 2011 – “Botrytis and Beyond – a Lucious and Often Neglected Wine”
July August 2011 – “Light and Preservative Free – The Latest Trends in Wine”
September-October 2011 – “Appearance – Why There’s More to it Than Meets the Eye”
November-December 2011 – “Having a Good Nose – Part 2 of Our Trilogy of Tasting”
Special Edition 2011 – “A Matter of Taste”
2010
Annual 2010 – “Quiet revolution of the underappreciated riesling”
March-April 2010 – “Chardonnay – a wine that needs the Midas touch”
May-June 2010 – “Take some of the guesswork out of choosing wines”
July August 2010 – “Grenache, an unsung hero on Australia’s wine landscape”
September-October 2010 – “Achieving the perfect match for the palate”
November-December 2010 – “The science and subtlety of sniffing out a good wine”
Special Edition 2010 – “The specialist clinic for a free consultation and treatment”