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Victor and Chloe Schwartz, owners of V.O.S. Selections, a New York-based wine-import company, have successfully challenged the Trump administration in court to block tariffs that affect their small business.

How Victor took on the US president – and blew up Trump’s plans to tax the world

Victor Schwartz was cooking dinner on Wednesday night – a bottle of wine already uncorked – when he received a piece of legal news that would infuriate Donald Trump and ricochet around the world.

  • Angie Orellana Hernandez and Tobi Raji

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Australia’s 20 top wineries – and six best wines – of 2025

More than 400 wineries were surveyed and 10,000 wines tasted for this year’s The Real Review Top Wineries list. Here: the cream of that crop.

  • Huon Hooke

The May 24 Edition

Annual Food & Wine issue | Australia’s six best wines and 20 top wineries | First lady of pickles | Our bumper olive oil season | The brusque restaurateur

Mid century meets 21st century design in this kitchen with integrated bar by Greg Natale.

The James Bond-style must-have for every kitchen

While most of us were glad to see the end of COVID, there’s one trend that it spurred which brings a level of sophistication into kitchen design. It’s also a lot of fun.

  • Robyn Willis

Why does my favourite wine vary in taste so much?

Did you just eat cheese or garlic or coffee?

  • Huon Hooke
Michelle Geber

There will be tariffs on Australian wine, but it’s not all bad news

What might Trump’s “Liberation Day” mean for the local industry?

  • Gemma Grant
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Luxury cars, cigarettes and beer purchases are helping to prop up the budget.

Sin taxes prop up the budget, but the most important one is fading

From fuel to fancy cars and a cold one at the pub, there are some vices – and necessities – that are carrying an extra cost.

  • Millie Muroi
The 2018 Penfolds Grange has a price tag of $1000 per bottle, the most expensive ever for a new release of the wine.

A toast: The US-European wine war has produced a big Australian winner

The size of Donald Trump’s proposed tariff on European booze is big enough to stop trade in its tracks, but it could be good news for the owner of Penfolds Grange.

  • Elizabeth Knight
A grand old grapevine from Langmeil’s Freedom Vineyard in South Australia’s Barossa Valley. The shiraz vineyard, planted in 1843, is the oldest in Australia – and possibly the world.

‘More ancient than most of Europe’s’: The astonishing secret of our old vineyards

Why do some of Australia’s gnarliest grapevines come from older, purer stock than France’s finest?

  • Luke Slattery
Drinkers are shunning cheap wine – and so are potential buyers.

Penfolds maker Treasury Wine rules out axing unpopular cheap brands

Wolf Blass, Lindemans, Yellowglen and Blossom Hill were on the chopping block – but failing to find a buyer at the right price, Treasury Wine will keep them.

  • Jessica Yun

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