The Third Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification was developed by Matthew Jukes and Tyson Stelzer to highlight the importance of New Zealand’s finest Pinot Noirs. The classification is awarded based on a rolling average rating of the five most recent vintages. Light font is used to position estates for which we have yet to taste five vintages.

Download The Third Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification 2010.

This is one of the most intelligent assessments on the state of New Zealand Pinot Noir – Wine NZ

Far more valuable to the consumer than wine show results – Bald Hills Vineyard

Barossa Wine Traveller is out now

Your personal tour guide to the places, characters and flavours of the Barossa.

See the Barossa Wine Traveller web site for full details.

Taste Food & Wine 2009 | order now

Have you got Taste? Taste Food & Wine won the Award for the Best Food and Wine Writing in the Australian Food Media Awards 2008. The 2009 edition is 50% bigger than last year and it still retails for just $19.95. This quick-reference guide to takes the guesswork out of choosing the right wine to match with food. It is based around a comprehensive A-Z of cuisines, dishes and ingredients linked to matching wine styles. The book places an emphasis on Australian foods but embraces the rich diversity of the international cuisines available to us.

It also features the best wines of 2009, giving readers a tightly honed list for their year's drinking. This is a wine list for everyone, covering all styles and prices . This is the most up-to-date wine book on the shelves, featuringmore than eighty 2008 vintage wines and many imports which are readily available on Australian and New Zealand shelves. Retailers are listed for every product.

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Burgundy has been hailed as the most revered wine turf on earth - but is this just hype and clever French marketing? At a time when Australia and New Zealand are creating Pinot Noir and Chardonnay on a higher level than ever before, why should we be bothered with Burgundy at all? Down to earth: Burgundy Vintage 2006 features reviews of 25 of the greatest domaines and three hundred of their best wines, a hotlist of the top Bourgogne Rouge and Bourgogne Blanc of the vintage, a comprehensive 2006 vintage report, more than forty three-dimensional maps of the communes and vineyards of Burgundy, hundreds of full-colour photographs as well as a directory of Australian Burgundy retailers. It's out now for $24.95.

Cellar replaces Cellaring Wine: Do-it-yourself solutions. It represents a complete rewrite and extension, embracing the full scope of the topic rather than focusing exclusively on “do-it-yourself solutions.” New topics include cellaring screw caps, how to choose wines for the cellar and air-conditioning a cellar. Cellar is on sale now in book stores and wine shops for $16.95.

The Great Australian Red is a wine competition created by Tyson Stelzer and Matthew Jukes to highlight the blend that defines Australia: cabernet sauvignon and shiraz.

The results of The Great Australian Red 2008 are announced in Taste Food & Wine 2009.

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Australia faces a crisis in teenage alcohol abuse.
As a parent, you play a critical role in influencing your teenager's use of alcohol.
This booklet presents the practical steps that you can take to make a real difference.
It's free to download and copy, so feel free to share it with other parents.

Download it here.