Wine

From top-tier wine cabinets for serious enthusiasts to compact wine fridges at smaller price points.

Veiled beneath the Long White Cloud, New Zealand’s wine scene is growing more interesting by the day, writes ALEX MITCHESON.

ALEX MITCHESON heads to Australia’s oldest wine-growing region to uncover the best of Hunter Valley.

Your curated guide to the latest in drinks news. From what's on around the country to new openings and top drops to know.

Make the most of every dining occasion.

Sommelier SAMANTHA PAYNE presents her expert guide to cool, thirst-quenching tipples for a long, hot Australian summer.

It’s time to pop a cork for party season. But not all bubbles are created equal, explains Champagne champion SAMANTHA PAYNE. Here’s what you need to know.

Consensus update: Greek wines are awful no more. As SAMANTHA PAYNE writes, the Old-meets-New World wine nation is advancing at pace.

France’s wine capital is reaching a new era of maturity. Paul Ewart reveals why there’s much more to Bordeaux than a good drop.

Join us as we discover Chandon Étoile and some exceptional vintages alongside a special menu by Gourmet Traveller’s Chef of the Year.

Have you visited these acclaimed wine regions?

Busselton, Western Australia

The annual awards are back. Here are the top wine bars around Australia that are finalists for our Wine Bar of the Year Award.

Elevate your next dinner party in Apple Isle style.

Devil’s Corner senior winemaker Tom Wallace reveals his go-to spots across the Apple Isle.

Light, crunchy and quenching a thirst. SAMANTHA PAYNE makes a case for drinking chilled red wine this summer.

Explore Western Australia's oldest wine region, and what winemakers are doing to get it back on the map.

Texture is the word on the street, says NED GOODWIN as tannic wines take the spotlight.

Wondering what to pair with spicy food? The answer lies 90 minutes south-east of Melbourne.

Let your wines age like the old adage.

This new Carlton North wine bar with a gun team is a confident nod to European wine bars. The team here aren’t reinventing the wheel — and that is Brico’s charm.

Wine columnist and sommelier SAMANTHA PAYNE rounds up her favourite cellar door experiences across Australia's best wine regions.

From unexpected new releases to familiar favourites, and something extra special that’s worth the splurge.

A quality drinking experience delivered to you.

Wine expert Samantha Payne gives her top picks of the season.

As "natty" fans questions the rules of engagement, we settle in for wine's next coronation. Long live post-natural wine!

With excellent restaurants and some of the finest wineries in the country, Orange is an ideal weekend destination.

We take a closer took at the riesling region that revolutionised the way Australians drink wine.

El Camino de Santiago has inspired and challenged pilgrims since the Middle Ages. Approach it slowly and steadily with plenty of curiosity and you may well return home enlightened.

Keep your cool.

The cool-climate vineyards in the Tamar Valley and Pipers River yield some of Australia’s finest pinot noir.

The wine produced at the southern end of the Apple Isle has an ethereal quality that speaks to the nuances of the sub-region.

There’s a new gold rush sweeping the historic Victorian town. Liquid gold.

Discover the untapped final frontier in cool-climate wines in Victoria’s south-east.

Discover how family producers are reviving the regional hub with exciting new drops.

The south-west coast leads the way in defying inclement weather conditions with its sustainable biodynamic winemaking.

From vineyards in the Gippsland to Margaret River, some of the country's top sommeliers share where to go for a good drop.

A look at why the Yarra Valley's community and terrain make it such a fertile ground for innovative drinks.

South African-born winemaker Belinda van Eyssen runs sustainability-driven wine brand The Cutting in the Barossa Valley with her viticulturist husband Daniel McDonald.

La vie en rosé: savour the flavours of Provence without leaving home.

Pick the perfect drop with these expert tips.

Oenophiles, rejoice.

Discover how South Australia’s little strip of terra rossa has so much more to offer than its famed cabernet sauvignon.

Test your wine IQ and you could WIN!*

An expert’s guide to choosing the perfect Italian wine for your next dinner party.

Because zero alcohol doesn’t have to mean zero flavour (or zero fun).

GT speaks to the unique chefs, brewers, and distillers behind the region’s burgeoning culinary scene.

Sit back, relax, breathe. That goes for your wine, too.

She’s a wine educator and the daughter of Gerald Diffey – the owner of the legendary Gerald’s Bar. He’s worked in some of Melbourne’s finest restaurants, bottle shops and wine bars. Together they own Vera, Newcastle’s most exciting new wine retailer.

It's a drinking hybrid we can all raise a glass to.

Make your NYE celebration pop!

Pairing sublime wine with fresh produce to create a culinary sense of place.

It’s a two-level ode to pasta and Italian natural wines, by a trio of hospitality pros.

They may work in Australia's oldest wine region, but that hasn't stopped these Hunter Valley producers from shaking things up.

A team of local hospitality guns is set to open Nieuw Ruin in Fremantle, where the food is given as much thought as the drinks.

After shuttling back and forth between the mainland and Tasmania, chef Ali Currey-Voumard is keeping things simple at Public Wine Shop.

Refine last year's ritual.

While founded by exacting CSIRO scientists, Canberra’s young wine district doesn’t always play by the rules.

The inner-west wine shop is heading east, and this time there's an option to drink in situ.

From flavour trailblazers to ingredient superstars, meet the brands transforming the way we drink this summer.

From crisp and crunchy whites to juicy chilled reds, these wines are made to pair with the long, lazy days ahead. This is the GT summer drinking guide.

New look, new menu, new wine list. After eight years in the city’s darkest dining room, the Bentley Group is letting the light in.

The regional New South Wales city has a charm all its own, and the best way to take it in is to eat and drink your way across town.

After eight years at their dimly lit Potts Point location, Brent Savage and Nick Hildebrandt are letting the light in, and shifting their celebrated wine bar to the CBD.

With some 1700 bottles on its wine list, the latest project is a natural evolution of the legacy restaurant in the current world order.

Over a thousand hectares of vineyards were destroyed in last year’s Adelaide Hills fires. Now, the wine-making community has come together to create a red wine that supports local producers.

The Gourmet Traveller Wine Club virtual event includes a wine delivery to your door.

If there’s ever been a time to support the local wine industry, it’s now.

Pubs returning kegs of ale, restaurants that suddenly stop wine orders. This is the reality for many wholesale suppliers of alcohol to the hospitality industry, and they need your support.

Aged 24, Takamatsu passed the toughest exam in the wine industry; not bad for a Sydney barista who decided to become a sommelier just three years ago.

How many more wine labels does this country need? The answer, it seems, is a lot more.

The Melbourne sommelier on her latest memoir, the perils of reading emails in the bath, and what to drink while reading Anthony Bourdain books.

This is juice news worth jumping for.

Robin Tedder of Glenguin Estate gives the lowdown on which drops are the best match for your festive menu, from the prawns straight through to the ham and dessert.

For Barossa-based winemaker John Hughes, there is only one grape variety that really matters. And it's utterly, defiantly untrendy.

Don't think Melburnians can "do" summer? These drinking spots will make you think again.

There’s an ever-evolving menu of hand-rolled pasta, a 300-strong list of mostly Italian wines, and a plum CBD location. This pocket-sized bar could be your new friend in town.

It's been a long wait, but this former dry-cleaning shop turned reverential wine bar is finally here.

Much like the Marlborough mainstay – sauvignon blanc – the New Zealand wine region’s character is evolving.

The city’s hippest restaurants and bars may be clustered around the CBD. But Lamshed’s has quietly snuck in on a sleepy shopping strip down south, and it's doing great things.

The names and places that should be on your radar.

This is one good-looking bar, with slick cocktails, whiskies, and a full food menu by the Bar Carolina executive chef.

A well-stocked cellar should satisfy every taste and occasion with bottles worthy of the wait. And always, always buy wine from your children's birth year.

Know where to sip in style.

The countdown is on for the restaurant industry night of nights on Wednesday 21 August...

The actor and winemaker on pinot noir, on-set catering and hurricane shelters.