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  1. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    Award Wining Fiano Wines (opens the original)

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    Fiano Festival is coming. Over spring and summer, wineries around Australia are collaborating to get even more people appreciating this amazing white. This article gives you a head start to finding some of the best. I have scanned about 40 wine shows from 2025. These are the ones that attracted judges’ attention. Many more Fiano wines were entered into shows, and some smaller wineries don’t enter shows at all. So you need to set out on an adventure to find your favourite.Maybe you can <a href="h

  2. Issue · Sep 6, 2026

    A wonderful bargain from our wine partner (opens the original)

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    Wine Selectors often have some interesting offers of mixed dozens, which are most readily found by following this link.1 But there’s more!Check out this even better offerBut now for a limited time they have what I reckon is a much better offer hiding under the title Light and Lively Reds. <a href="https://t.cfjump.com/11259/t/32549?Url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wineselectors.com.au%2fproduct%2flight-and-lively-red

  3. Issue · Aug 23, 2026

    Award-Winning Chenin Blanc Wines (opens the original)

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    Chenin Blanc is a much-abused variety. It is held in high regard in the Loire but has generally been disrespected elsewhere. The story goes something like this. In the cool Loire Region of France, with careful winemaking, it makes highly esteemed dry whites through the spectrum from off-dry to quite sweet and sparkling styles. In warmer climates where it is often irrigated, it produces consistently high yields, the catch being that the wines are usually quite bland. This is how it was used for d

  4. Issue · Aug 19, 2026

    Taste and talk reminder (opens the original)

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    Our Taste and Talk session today, Thursday 20 August, will be held at 5pm. The theme will be wine from small producers.The Zoom link for our Taste and Talk sessions isMeeting ID: 894 2449 9103. Passcode: 343120https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89424499103?pwd=SWdaOUsvTmpNSjRFY244bkpCUk14dz09Wine Selectors Pinot SaleOur friends at Wine Selectors are having a sale of Pinot Noir. A dozen with two extra bottles. 13 is a bakerR

  5. Issue · Aug 10, 2026

    Why Grape Varieties Matter (opens the original)

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