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The World's Most Breathtaking Pub Crawl Requires A Helicopter

Your mission: Hit five country pubs in one day, scattered across the stunning greenscape of southeast Queensland, Australia. The closest are 40 miles apart...

When an Empty Wine Bottle Is Worth $300

It’s a big time for fakes. Fake news. Fake art. Fake handbags. Fake sushi in L.A. And increasingly the focus is turning to the reality of fak...

Luxury Wine's Business Model Faces a Test of Maturity: Gadfly

What is wine? Is it a luxury product, or a staple good? A bottle of 1946 Petrus can cost more money, gram for gram, than gold. At the other end of the s...

Is This Australian Red Wine Really Worth $850 a Bottle?

At 9:15 p.m. last Thursday, I was being happily seduced by a first taste of the 2012 vintage of Penfolds Bin 95 Grange, Australia’s iconic red&n...

Australia's Most Famous Winery Releases a $185,000 Bottle

ny wine lovers with $185,000 burning a hole in their pockets may be interested in the release of something special Down Under: a six-liter Imperial bo...

Is This Machine About To Become The 'Nespresso Of Beer'?

Australian brewing giant Coopers is launching an automated personal beer brewing machine called BrewArt, which they hope will become the 'Nespresso of Beer...

Australian Wine Exports Reach $2.1 Billion

The Wine Australia Export Report for December 2015 has revealed that the value of Australian wine exports rose 14 per cent to $2.1 billion last year, its h...