A voluptuous white which calls for a generous plates of summer time food under big shady trees. There's much to enjoy here for those who enjoy a richer, rounder wines. buff.ly/2V2P9Y7 Tennille Chalmers

Far removed from pollution & hairdressers, Frankland Estate grows pristine, ripe, fresh #organic-certified grapes. The family's #Riesling is sublime - and now their '17 Isolation Ridge #Shiraz has won the #MelbWineAwards Trevor Mast trophy. Bravo! cellarhand.com.au/news/frankland…

Fantastic fun had by all with Jancis Robinson out here. Many great wines tasted & stories told (this marvellous book naturally weaving so many of them together). And yes, the wines looked particularly lovely because that's the whole point of these: cellarhand.com.au/glassware/clas…

Restaurants & wine bars order your Eldridge Estate wines & there is free shipping to Vic & NSW. Email Tracey at the cellar door [email protected] For the rest of us go to the website: eldridge-estate.com.au or visit the beautiful cellar door on the Mornington Peninsula.

Terrible scenes & stories from South Australia's bushfires, including Adelaide Hills Wine region. Summary of wineries affected here - buying their #wine this Christmas and beyond is a way to help: glamadelaide.com.au/heres-the-bush…

36 years after the Ash Wednesday fires razed his brand-new Lenswood plantings, Adelaide Hills Wine pioneeer Geoff Weaver relived that harrowing episode in Friday’s Cudlee Creek blaze. Read his tale of terror & resilience here cellarhand.com.au/news/adelaide-…

So glad Geoff and other Adelaide Hills growers are safe, despite this harrowing experience. Thoughts go out to others fighting, fleeing or recovering from fires. Read Geoff's dramatic account - and consider lending support here: adelaidehillswine.com.au/fireappeal

I just set down the words, innocently & sincerely, “The onus is on us.” Odd that its neatness had never before occurred to me.

Handy material to help puzzle that one out: 2014 Ansgar Clüsserath ‘Trittenheimer Apotheke’ Kabinett; 2017 Georg Breuer ‘Berg Schlossberg’; 2018 Dönnhoff ‘Hermannshöhle’ GG; 2018 Wittmann ‘Morstein’GG; 2016 Heymann-Löwenstein ‘Uhlen Blaufüsser Lay’ GG...

Very exciting news!!

Schieferterrassen - Ode to #Wine: Challenging to put into words the way this Heymann-Löwenstein #Riesling melds metaphysics, art, nature & intuition. But here’s my attempt to convey its spell: instagram.com/tv/B_jxnhaDR0z…

A tale of tension: Ansgar Clüsserath Vom Schiefer #Riesling - pure, dry and with lovely balance at 11% alcohol. How does Eva do it? Mosel magic and natural ability on show... instagram.com/p/B_R09_EDtOM/

You had me at “gouleyant”... I love the World Atlas of #Wine intro paragraph on #Beaujolais - and Dominique Piron’s Beaujolais-Villages captures that charm & vitality equally eloquently. Watch for a little more detail: instagram.com/tv/B_EN6fEjB_m…

The debut Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon from Rob & Gen Mann was a wow #wine from me from the word ‘go’. 2018 and yet shimmering, purring purity and impeccable tannin. If you haven’t heard of #Corymbia, hear it here: instagram.com/tv/B-3KBflDE1Z…

No, it isn’t sweet. (And so what if it were? But that’s for another time...) Here’s why Fritz’s #Riesling from #Gunderloch is the ultimate fast-track passport to the delights of dry German #wine instagram.com/tv/B-t2K_VjuKT…

Getting on for three years on, this remains a staggering - and deeply relevant - piece of journalism. Tears through layer after layer to get to the heart of it, and reveals so much. Long story, but that’s the point gq.com/story/dylann-r…

Well done jeni port Sue Bell &, of course, Nicole - great story, well told

As someone who has the pleasure of working constantly with German #wine and many fabulous families behind it, I was really pleased to see Anne Krebiehl MW’s excellent book get this well deserved recognition. Hopefully many more will pick it up and read it!

Could 2019 be the vintage to make lots of new converts to Germany's delicious dry Rieslings? There are so many reasons to give them a try. They have body, freshness and personality in spades for a start, and are great with food bit.ly/3jtaAx9