The Full Bottle
If guests bring a bottle of wine to a dinner party, do you have to open it on the night?
It depends on whether they make it known, subtly or otherwise, that they’d like to drink it.
- Huon Hooke
Help! Why is it so difficult to open a stubborn screw-capped wine bottle?
Screw-caps are a great seal, but sometimes they just refuse to budge.
- Huon Hooke
Does darker colour signify better quality red wine? Not always. Here’s why
It’s only natural that we judge a book by its cover, but when it comes to red wines, it can be misleading.
- Huon Hooke
Why are Gen Z and Millennials moving away from drinking wine?
Australians have only really been wine drinkers since the “wine boom” of the late 1960s, writes Huon Hooke.
- Huon Hooke
‘Revolutionary’ Tassie shiraz, Italian grapes: How climate change is altering our wine map
Many Australian wine regions, including cooler climates, are swinging to vines that tolerate heat and drought.
- Huon Hooke
Penfolds’ new wine is controversial and boasts a super-sized price tag. What’s the fuss about?
At $3500 a bottle, Penfolds-Jaboulet La Grange is sure to be a bloody fine wine, writes Huon Hooke.
- Huon Hooke
Do we need expensive gadgets to preserve the fizz in wine?
Don’t silver teaspoons or dead matches preserve the bubbles in open bottles of sparkling?
- Huon Hooke
Why does my favourite wine vary in taste so much?
Did you just eat cheese or garlic or coffee?
- Huon Hooke
Chablis or petit chablis − that is the question (and what’s the difference between the wines?)
The French wine isn’t necessarily inferior or “smaller” than the latter. Rather, it’s all about the soil.
- Huon Hooke
Why are local wine writers obsessed with foreign wines and obscure varietals?
Australian wines are high-quality and good value, but there is more to discover beyond Barossa shiraz and Coonawarra cabernet...
- Huon Hooke
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