Wine
Wintry wines to try right now (featuring a mate for sticky date)
These styles partner well with the foods we like to eat when the temperature plummets.
- Huon Hooke
What style of wine − and how many bottles − should you take to a dinner party?
Ideally, suit the wine to the meal, your host and the other guests, writes Huon Hooke.
- Huon Hooke
Seven ways to splash less cash on your restaurant wine order
We get it, going to restaurants can be expensive. Here’s seven savvy ways to save money without skimping on the wine next time you dine out.
- Victoria Moore
Three wines that work well with fish ‘n’ chips (featuring a ‘rare value’ pinot noir)
Beer cuts through the oiliness, but these fresh and light wine styles also do the job.
- Huon Hooke
Three white wines you should be drinking right now
An early-autumn white should be light and dry, fruit-accented, unwooded and, above all, refreshing.
- Huon Hooke
Are you a rosé fan? Here are three wines to buy, depending on how you like it
Plus a simple tip for adjusting a rosé that is too sweet for your taste.
- Huon Hooke
Sparkling wine spiders are the new-yet-nostalgic summer drink you never knew you needed
Turn sparkling red wine into liquid dessert with this adults-only twist on the classic ice-cream float.
- Katie Spain
Vale Peter Fraser: The pioneering winemaker was a master of his art
Yangarra Estate’s master of great Aussie grenache first inspired Katie Spain to write about wine. His loss for Australia’s tight-knit wine community is immense.
- Katie Spain
If a bottle label says ‘drink now or cellar for 5-10 years’, when is the wine really at its best?
The idea that all wine improves with age is a popular myth, writes Huon Hooke.
- Huon Hooke
NSW has turned its back on local wine. It’s time that changed, say industry leaders
We’re more likely to order a NZ sauv blanc than anything from NSW, even though winemakers are shaking things up. “We’re not that any more, this is why, let us show you.”
- Bianca Hrovat