Launched in South Australia to critical acclaim in April 2005, WBM – Australia’s Wine Business Magazine is the publication for the Australian wine industry with readers throughout the world. Published bimonthly and available in print and digital, WBM covers the issues that matter. Now celebrating 20 years in print!
The Week That Was newsletter stops the Australian wine industry in its tracks each week with news and views about the issues that matter. Wine industry news – but not as you know it – The Week That Was is the little sister to our beautiful printed publication WBM – Australia’s Wine Business Magazine. Sign up, pour yourself a Pinot and find out everything you need to know about the wine industry in 15 easy minutes. Savoured by the who’s who of wine in Australia and in 38 other countries. Now in its 19th vintage, The Week That Was is supported by Australia’s leading wine suppliers.
Scarborough The Obsessive Hunter Valley Semillon 2024 scores 94 points from Mike Bennie in WBM. “A classic Hunter offering, this is compact and racy, dart-shaped and rippling with lemon-lime, grapefruity acidity, a core of briny minerality and flecked with cucumber, quinine and snow pea characters. It feels ultra mouth-watering through its long finish, and while lightly juicy, offers up a little chalky pucker from front through mid-palate. Drinking with great vitality now, it should cellar comfortably to twenty years.” $39. @scarboroughwines @huntervalley.wine @huntervalley #Semillon #classic #compact #racy #mouthwatering #94 ❤️🙌
Peter Lehmann Wigan Eden Valley Riesling 2018 scores 94 points from Mike Bennie in WBM. “A tremendous offering here, matured to the ‘right zone’ where freshness meets benign decay and toast and honey finds symphony with tart green apple and lime. A touch of saline minerality underlying for good interest. While softening up, there’s freshness on side too. A vibrant, layered wine of great personality.” $50. @peterlehmannwines @edenvalleysa #Riesling #EdenValley #tremendous #vibrant #layered #94 ☺️👏
De Bortoli PHI Lusatia Park Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2023 scores 94 points from Tyson Stelzer in WBM. “I have long considered the cool Lusatia Park Vineyard to be the Chambolle-Musigny of the Upper Yarra, and the calm 2023 harvest beautifully supports its gentle strawberry, red cherry and raspberry mood. A portion of whole bunches accents its spicy side, with fine-grained tannins neatly resolved by nine months in new and used French oak barriques. An elegant, graceful and delicious Lusatia Park.” $40. @debortoliwines @yarravalleywine #elegant #graceful #delicious #94 ❤️👏
Cullen Wines Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2024 scores 94 points from Mike Bennie in WBM. “A beautiful luncheon Claret style red that delivers an array of intriguing scents and flavours starting with lavender, rose water, sweet tobacco and rolling into boysenberry, cassis and dark cherry. A touch of dried leaf and ferrous, sweet earthiness also appears. The wine composed, near refreshing in cool acidity and lithe tannin. Gulpable stuff.” $51. @cullenwines @margaretriver.wine #intriguing #scents #gulpable #94 🙌🙌
Schubert Estate Goose-Yard Block Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021 scores 95 points from Mike Bennie in WBM. “A mellifluous and rich red of seamless flow and evenness. Dark, brooding, blackcurrant, blackberry nip, maraschino cherry notes, clove and cinnamon, white pepper, mahogany and new leather characters abound. All bound up nicely too; a thick, supple flow that lingers with fruit sweetness and woody spice. Lush done well.” $150. @schubert_estate @mybarossa @barossawines #Shiraz #BarossaValley #mellifluous #rich #seamless #flow #95 👏🍷
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