Wine writer RICHARD CALVER reports that Jesus and Bacchus have a lot in common... both are born from a mortal woman but fathered by a god; both return from the dead; both give wine to their followers to drink.
Wine columnist RICHARD CALVER looks at the effect of climate change on wine production.
Wine columnist RICHARD CALVER takes a 10-minute drive from Albury to a warm welcome at Splitters Creek vineyard.
Wine columnist RICHARD CALVER is surprised to see numbers that suggest the state of the wine industry is far from grim...
"While the 2006 Voyager Estate shiraz label indicates that it could be stored for up to 10 years, after 15 years it displayed stunning characteristics of dark plums, a jammy fragrance and a smooth, soft finish... It drank like liquid velvet, a wine of finesse," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
“Ken Helm is no Mr Bumble; his pronouncements are more Joycean stream-of-consciousness than 19th century social commentary. But he is a heck of a talented winemaker," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
"I knew that sparkling wine was supposed to be the drink that made you intoxicated faster. But I knew not the science." Here's what wine columnist RICHARD CALVER discovered...
"Since the imposition of up to 200 per cent tariffs or, more precisely, anti-dumping security deposits, on the import of Australian wine into China, Australian wine imports collapsed," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
"We should commit to purchasing and consuming Australian wine. It seems that next time Tom and I get together, we should buy a bottle of Australian wine, not just two glasses," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
"When it comes to a wine that goes best with excellent fish and chips, I turn to a solid performer that I first encountered at Stanley’s café in Gouger Street, Adelaide (now long closed): Pikes riesling," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
Wine columnist RICHARD CALVER finds his blood pressure rising as he makes his way through a book that, if it hadn’t been from the library, he would have tossed it on the fire (if he had a fire).
The taste of grenache seems to be growing on wine columnist RICHARD CALVER...
CANBERRA District winery Lerida Estate picked up two trophies at the NSW Wine Awards.
"Sparkling shiraz is the quintessential Australian wine to drink in the summer… just right for a barbecue where it has the capacity to cut through fatty meats and clean the palate in the best possible way," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
"Dull and boring, I’m afraid, has been my experience with a number of pinot gris: they are anodyne. But..." wine columnist RICHARD CALVER tries to keep an open mind.
"The evening was punctuated by various exclamations of praise for this intense and complex shiraz." Wine columnist RICHARD CALVER waxes lyrical about a Mitolo shiraz.
"Wine Australia says that the fastest growing segment of the wine market was the $6-$9.99 a bottle market with the value of sales in that segment growing 31 per cent in the month to early April," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
"In 2016 the Preece brand returned and it would have been good to wet the whistle to see how memory and current reality compared about this part of the Mitchelton offering," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
Wine columnist RICHARD CALVER gets a trifle nostalgic about sherry.
