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Poppelvej’s Uffe Deichmann: Finalist in the 2024 Young Gun of Wine Awards
Uffe Deichmann, the winemaker and co-founder of Poppelvej, was a 2024 Top Winemaker finalist in the Young Gun of Wine’s annual nationwide competition. His wines, YGOW writes, “has quickly captured the attention of Australian ‘natty’ wine enthusiasts.” Uffe’s commitment to climate appropriate varieties is also lauded. “Deichmann’s approach to challenges,” they write, “is particularly in […]
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Australia
‘Australia’s Best Pinot Meuniers’
Young Gun of Wine, Australia’s revered finger-on-the-pulse wine publication, gathered every Australian Pinot Meunier made as a still red wine that they could find and had their expert panel choose the wines that compelled the most. Dr. Edge ‘Tyrannosaurus Dredge’ made the shortlist. In fact, a top-two, top-three, and top-six wine in the country for […]
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Australia
‘Western Australia remains a beacon of hope and value’
For Vinous, Angus Hughson gives a fantastic overview of Western Australia, highlighting the main points on history, style, climate, and culture. “Western Australia remains a beacon of hope and value in a world of stratospheric fine wine prices,” he writes. “The report shows that, pound for pound, few regions can match Margaret River for finely […]
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Forbes covers Australia’s ‘one-in-twenty-year harvest’ of 2024
“Far from being a monolithic wine-producing giant,” writes Jessica Dupuy, “Australia is a mosaic of microclimates and terroirs, each imparting its unique signature on the wines produced.” For Forbes, Dupuy covers the 2024 harvest season, including spotlights on Gant & Co. and Somos. Gant & Co winemaker Matt Gant tells Dupuy that “It’s been a […]
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Australia
‘Australia’s Best Young Wine Labels & Winemakers in 2024’
Young Gun of Wine is the leading publication in Australia for discovering new voices, cutting edge wines, and the people behind the labels. This year, Callum Powell (Agricola Vintners), Uffe Deichmann (Poppelvej), and Louis Schofield (Worlds Apart Wines) were nominated for Young Gun’s Top 50 Winemakers list. “They’re the glitteringly bright future of Australian wine,” […]
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Australia
‘Australia’s Cool-Climate Regions Are Redefining Wine Down Under’
For Wine Enthusiast, Aussie wine fanatic Christina Pickard covers the winemakers who are moving the needle on Australia’s wine image. These producers, located in cooler climate areas like Macedon Ranges, Beechworth, Grampians and Heathcote, are a “handful of small-scale, multigenerational wine families who carry with them a deep love for and connection to their land.” […]
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Australia
Joshua Cooper named Best New Winery by the 2024 Halliday Wine Companion Awards
Every year, Halliday Wine Companion rounds up the best of the best in several categories of the wine industry. This year, Joshua Cooper won Best New Winery across the entire country of Australia. “We have Josh Cooper here in the Best New Winery category, but he could easily have been placed in the open Winery […]
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Australia
‘When the Climate Doesn’t Cooperate, Winemakers Innovate’
For Liquor.com, Kathleen Wilcox examines how producers are combating soaring temperatures (and ABVs) to create fresh flavors. She highlights the climate-appropriate plantings taking place at SC Pannell in McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills. To achieve a fresher profile in a warming climate, Wilcox writes that Pannell uses “less of an emphasis on oak aging, […]
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Australia
Podcast
Episode 18 – In Memoriam: Josh Raynolds, Australian Wine Critic
Today, we have Ronnie Sanders, our CEO, and Aaron Meeker, our National Sales Manager, on to remember Josh Raynolds, a wine critic that was extremely influential in the Australian wine world. Josh passed away tragically a few days ago. He was a not only a colleague, but a mentor and a friend to Ronnie. We […]
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