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Yalumba Organic Shiraz is Jane Faulkner's Bargain Bin selection this week in The Age

Gourmet Traveller Wine nominates Vasse Felix Chief Winemaker, Virginia Willcock as a finalist for the 2010 Winemaker of the Year

Philip Rich on Pol Roger - "rarely fails to impress"

Hugh Johnson gets cozy with The Menzies on a winters night

Yalumba's 'great aussie blend' wines continue to lead the way

"Cigars all round" for Yalumba, winning WINE OF THE YEAR

Individual vineyard estates score top reviews in Big Red Wine Book

Big Red Wine Book rates Yalumba in high 90's

Matt Skinner cracks a bottle of Tempranillo by Running with Bulls

Matt Skinner sniffs out Smith & Hooper Merlot

"Australia’s Icon Eden Valley Vineyard, Pewsey Vale, continues to capture the palates of Australia’s wine press"

"Pol Roger produces one of the finest non-vintages" as reviewed in The Age A2

Yalumba Vermentino "best I've seen in Australia" writes Peter Forrestal for Gourmet Traveller WINE

Finesse of chilly Tassie fruit provides sophistication and structure ...
Tyson Stelzer reviews Jansz in WINE100

Smith & Hooper Merlot is a "genuine...more serious" wine, writes Tony Love

Jansz Rose "understated and refined", writes Jane Faulkner

Pewsey Vale Tops the Riesling Ranks

Huon Hooke's Sparkling Wine of the Week

Matt Skinner Recommends...

Max Allen's Top Drop is Heggies Top Rot

Running with Bulls leads the Aussie Tempranillo Pack!

Trio of riesling's from Pewsey Vale are "...glorious, pure, timeless"

Heggies Botrytis 2007 - Good Living's Best Sticky of the Week

Hail Australia's "Top of the Rots"

"Beautifully balanced and poised" - Smith & Hooper Wrattonbully

Pewsey Vale and Heggies Vineyard are "TOP of the Valley"

"Yalumba is first class!" writes Campbell Mattinson

Running with Bulls "a knock out"

Yalumba accepts New World Winery of the Year award from Wine Enthusiast

Wine critics admiration for Yalumba Vermentino Australia wide!

New release Heggies Reserve Chardonnay 07 "refined and lovely - 93 points"

Pewsey Vale Riesling 09 - "Good now. Good later. Enough said."

Tony Love 'steps into the bull ring' and harnesses an exciting new tempranillo

Smith & Hooper is "poised and elegant" and Epicure's "Wine of the Week"

Nick Stock visits Pol Roger for the annual Gourmet Traveller WINE magazine Champagne tasting

Pol Roger "one of the finest" writes Jane Faulkner in The Age Epicure

Leading wine-man, Peter Bourne, tastes Pol Roger in readiness for Christmas

"Yalumba has released a stunning pair of Coonawarra cabs from 2006" writes Tim White

Watch Ray Jordan's interview with Vasse Felix

“Pablo Picasso once said : “It takes a long time to grow young”.

Stand-Out Scores in Halliday’s TOP100 Australian wines

Running with Bulls Tempranillo is "a fabulous drink" says Jane Faulkner in Epicure

Running with Bulls "laudable for both its style and execution"

Yalumba announced Winery of the Year
27 October 2009

Yalumba Scholarship 2010
20 October 2009

Huon Hooke talks about chardonnay and clones from Heggies Vineyard
13 October 2009

Heggies 242 - the "perfect" parcel from Eden Valley
30 September 2009

Vasse Felix wins three trophies at 2009 Perth Royal Wine Show
September 2009

Forrie's 'splurge of the week' - Pewsey The Contours 2004
18 September 2009

The savoury and the sensual triumph for Yalumba
2 September 2009

Jansz Tasmania's Natalie Fryar named finalist for Winemaker of the Year
19 August 2009

Unexpected Treats
August 2009

Hill Smith Family Vineyards - "passion and foresight", says James Halliday
4 August 2009

James Halliday rates Yalumba 5 stars in Australian Wine Companion 2010
4 August 2009

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