Mike Bennie joins the Wine.com.au Team

Mike Bennie is a freelance wine writer and Journalist based in Sydney, Australia who very quickly realised that being a lawyer was nowhere as near as fun as talking wine.

Dynasties on the doorstep

As generations of winemakers will tell you, there's more to this historic area than its world-famous drops.

Hosting a wine tasting party

Hosting a wine tasting party One of the most popular social hosting events, mak ...

What to look for when tasting wine

What to look for when tasting wine Tasting wine should be taken on many levels ...

Australian vineyards start to rot

Australian wine growers are turning their backs on their vineyards as the prime growing season for grapes arrives.

Kangaroo Island vineyards next big thing?

Wildlife, good food and spectacular - if not also sometimes endangered - flora, are trademarks of this island off the coast of South Australia. And adding to the glorious flora are Kangaroo Island's vineyards with many winos around the country wondering if they will evolve into the next big thing for the Australian wine industry.

Australian food and wine festivals

With a great climate, soil and topography, Australia is home to some of the most delicious produce in the world. And what better way to celebrate this than by participating in a selection of food and wine festivals annually held across the nation.

Hugh Jackman Australians favoured drinking partner

An Australian wine company that recently conducted a poll on Australians favoured drinking partner revealed that most people preferred Jackman as their preferred drinking buddy.

Seminars for WA wine producers

Seminars in Western Australia will be conducted for grape and wine producers in the great southern and south west in September.

Wine Lesson 191

You don't have to drink white wine with fish

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Its a common contradiction in the wine industry  the Metala brand is owned by the Saltram arm of Fosters Group and the famous Metala vineyard at Langhorne Creek has been owned for 118 years by the Adams family.

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The Taylor family launched its Clare Valley wine operation in 1969 by establishing 162 hectares of red vines. Since 1970 the family has successfully diversifi ed into whites such as these.

Wine Exports Suffer 18pc Fall

THE Australian wine industry has suffered its largest-ever annual slump in exports, with the value of wine shipped overseas falling 18 per cent to $2.47 billion last year.

A Swell Time Is Brewing

THE pubs take over in Pokolbin on New Year's Eve as most revellers in wine country head to Harrigan's Irish Pub or Potter's Hotel and Brewery.

Nz Wine Knocked Off Top Perch

THE 2008 Winestate magazine Wine of the Year Awards produced two boilovers one from a wine from Orange that ended the long New Zealand mortgage on the top sauvignon blanc title.

Edition 2 - Summer Herald

One of the things that people love most about the Hunter is wine country

Wine Promoted

NEW tourist information signs have been placed at Mt Pleasant Lookout to promote the Shoalhaven Coast wine region.

Taming The Yeast

Scientists have unlocked the secrets of wine yeasts, says Ben Canaider.

Just A Drop

Can I get you a glass of wine, mummy? asked my four-year-old.

Margaret River Pioneer Wins O'shea Award

DR John Gladstones, the West Australian scientist credited with uncovering the potential of the Margaret River wine region, is the winner of the 2008 Maurice O'Shea Award.