Many wine drinkers still find it difficult to think beyond the ripe, tropical style of Australian chardonnay that was big in the 1990s. If that’s you, drop the pineapple-chunks-and-buttery-toast label ...

2009 Leeuwin Prelude Vineyards Margaret River Chardonnay ($36, 14%): Leeuwin, the pioneer of Margaret River near Australia's western edge, would want to be known foremost for its Art Series ...

2007 Greg Norman Australian Estates Eden Valley Chardonnay ($14) In the 1990s, golfer Greg Norman partnered with Beringer Blass winemakers to start his own brand. Aromas of peach cobbler a la mode ...

Australian Chardonnay: Not Back Yet The industry is trying to fix oversupply and quality woes; meantime, meet ‘Down Under Chuck’ By Dorothy J. Gaiter AND John Brecher July 31, 2009 7:31 pm ET ...

Chardonnay entered the minds and hearts of Australians in the 1970s. Plantings soared in the ’80s and ’90s at a time when Australian wine was lauded for being ‘sunshine in a bottle’. Winemakers ...

Favourite Chardonnays The following were my favourite wines from a recent blind tasting of 40 Australian with 10 non-Australian Chardonnays. Penfolds, Yattarna Chardonnay 2006 South Australia ...

This wine has the quiet persuasion increasingly characteristic of Australian chardonnay; oatmeal, lemon curd, nectarine and apple flavours. 13.4% alc; screwcap. 96 points; drink to 2024; $75 ...

Investment writer Jessica Monkivitch writes this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about her and her mother's mutual ...

An Australian chardonnay has been crowned the best on earth at one of the world's most prestigious wine shows. The $43 bottle of St Andrews chardonnay from family-owned vineyard Taylors' stunned ...

Vintage is important when experimenting with Australian Chardonnay. As a reaction to the big, fat, oaky Chardonnays of old, many Australian winemakers went too far in the other direction a few ...