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The Full Bottle

What is the wine industry doing to combat the effects of climate change?

Huon Hooke looks at the challenges facing winemakers, including heat and humidity.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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Why do we need gadgets to preserve wine?

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?

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Why does my favourite wine vary in taste so much?

Did you just eat cheese or garlic or coffee?

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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

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