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Hosted by editor Don Kavanaugh and wine writer and winemaker Oliver Styles
Send us Fan Mail Don's weekend involves a surprising País (followed by a Zinfandel) at a local restaurant while Olly was gratified to see that his Riesling had a back label.. To mark the start of the new month, we look over last month's top stories, which were dominated by the World's Best Sauvignon Blancs. The World's Best Irish Whiskys also makes a valiant showing, as does Bourbon and coverage of the major Australian vine-pull scheme. Other highlights included the World's Best Merlots and t...
27 Oct 2026
The Week in Wine Episode 61
Send us Fan Mail Don enjoys a Yarra Valley Pinot Noir while Olly has a delicious unoaked Pinot from Central Otago. The week's big news story was the major, government-subsidized vine-pull in Australia, with winegrowers moving into other crops or even just selling vineyard land for development. The story received a lot of interest, particularly from the US. Our roundup of the Best Spanish wines of 2026 contained a lot of familiar labels, although we learned that Vega-Sicilia (surely, a s...
19 Oct 2026
The Week in Wine Episode 60
Send us Fan Mail Don has an Impressionist approach to his wines over the weekend but asks if Syrah/Shiraz is the GOAT (Greatest of all Time) grape variety. This week, we look at Australia's best wines and ask if Rutherglen Muscat should be on the shortlist. The US Supreme Court declines to rule on the Ohio interstate shipping case (so it's situation normal for the three-tier system there). The World's Best Sauvignon Blancs are still attraction attention, as is a piece on Generation Z being th...
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