|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 | SUBSCRIBE FREE |
|
|
 | The entire Winepros archive of over 100,000 pages is now open to all subscribers, FREE. Access tasting notes and wine reviews from 1990-2005, articles by many of the world's leading wine authors, wine region summaries, and lots more.
To access this treasure trove of wine information, simply register for the free newsletter (on the left). Then when you have completed registration, simply enter your username and password under the Wine Clique login, and you can access the entire website, FREE.
If you are a former Winepros subscriber or member, just login with your username and password. Click here if you have forgotten your password, and it will be e-mailed to you. If you have changed your e-mail address since then, you can update your details here. And if you've forgotten the lot, or are new to Winepros, simply register as a new user with your current e-mail address. Simple.
Existing and former subscribers can enter to win our monthly prizes by simply updating your details Please note that to enter any competitions, you must be over 18 and supply your address and phone number. * Full terms and conditions can be viewed here.
Welcome to a whole world of wine at Winepros! We hope you enjoy your visit, and please come back often - with 100,000+ reviews and articles, there is something here for every wine lover!
Please note that all articles on this site are pre 2006. However they are too good to lose and contain much information of value to wine lovers, wine collectors and the wine industry in general. Just bear in mind when you are reading them that they may have been superseded by new information elsewhere. Winepros houses approximately 15,000 wine articles and wine reviews by Mr James Halliday, from 1991 to 2006. These cover all major Australian wine regions, and a number of international regions, and reviews of most major Australian wines. However please note that he is no longer contributing to Winepros.
|
| PARTNERS |
|
|
| 
Winepros has a new wine, food and travel partner at VisitVineyards.com.Visit Vineyards brings you up-to-date wine, food and travel information in all regions around Australia, with independent recommendations and expert reviews, video interviews with winemakers, and more. Find what and where you want, how to get there and where to eat and stay, quickly and easily - their full service is opening very soon, but you can check the site out now. All wineries and vineyards listed in Winepros (and lots more - over 3000 and counting) have their current updated details on VisitVineyards.com, linked to nearby restaurants, food makers, growers, provedores, markets, over 15,000 bookable accommodations, plus galleries, golf and other activities that we think you may enjoy. Read more about Visit Vineyards here.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|  Win the foodie's ultimate dream companion: Winepros Archive and VisitVineyards.com Subscriber Competition August 2008
The ultimate bible for every foodie, The Oxford Companion to Food, could be sitting on your bookshelf very soon. Every month all subscribers to VisitVineyards.com and Winepros Archive can enter our competition to win great wine, food and travel prizes.
This month two lucky winners will receive a copy of Alan Davidson's The Oxford Companion to Food, each valued at A$110 (plus postage). This is so much more than a simple guide and a few recipes - it's a concoction rich enough to convert the mildly food interested into a worshipper. All foodies should Enter here now!
Other prizes include a carton of hand-crafted beer from Snowy Mountains Brewery, three copies each of A Frog in the Billabong by Marie-Paule Leroux and Beer - a Guide for Enthusiasts by Greg Duncan Powell.
VisitVineyards.com and Winepros Newsletter: August, 2008:
Our August newsletter, packed to the brim with news and information on Wine, Food and Travel, is now available and you can view it here.
|
| TASTE 2008 |
|
|
|  TASTE 2008 - Emergency Reds
You have exactly 29 seconds to nail the perfect bottle of red. What do you do? Taste Food & Wine 2008 authors Matthew Jukes and Tyson Stelzier have the answer in these 10 emergency reds under $20.
Subscribers to VisitVineyards.com and Winepros Archive can purchase Taste Food and Wine 2008 at a special 12.5% subscribers-only discount via our book partners Seekbooks, who will post the books direct to you.
|
| BOOK OF THE MONTH |
|
|
| 
True foodies swoon when they see this book. Just to be in the same room or to touch it can induce foodie delight - and an ultimate foodie dream is to own a copy, taking pride of place in one's cookbook collection or, for the true gastronome, one's food library.
However The Oxford Companion to Food is no ordinary cookbook - indeed, it contains few recipes. Rather it is a guide and dictionary of the bounty of the earth, and of the transformation of this largesse into the many and varied dishes and culinary creations of our major cultures. From France to South America, alligator to mangosteens, jiaozi to ginseng, The Oxford Companion to Food explores and demystifies many plant and animal contributions not only to our diet, but to our enjoyment of life.
The Oxford Companion to Foodby Alan Davidson, Edited by Tom Jaine is published by Oxford University Press (2nd edition, 2006) and is available from good booksellers worldwide. RRP A$135.
Subscribers to VisitVineyards.com and Winepros Archive can purchase the book at 12.5% discount via our book partners Seekbooks, who will post the books direct to you.
More information on this excellent tome, including a full review can be found by clicking here
|
| TOP 100 ARCHIVE |
| |
 |
|
| Each year from 2001-2005 James Halliday selected his Top 100 wines from the many thousands of wines he sampled over that year. Below are links to the previous Top 100 wines he had selected, 2001 - 2005.
For access to the Top 100 results for 1997 - 2000, please click here
Please note that James Halliday no longer contributes to Winepros, and the the Winepros Archive website is not associated with the current publishers of the James Halliday 2008 Wine Companion, Hardie Grant Pty Ltd.
|
| TRAVEL |
|
|
| Winepros will shortly be announcing some exciting new travel packages for all our subscribers
|
|
|
| FEATURES |
|
|
| The Australian Wine Companion 2009 by James Halliday reaches bookstores and wine retailers this week and with it comes the annual splurge on the best of great Australian wine. At almost 800 pages there truly isn't time between now and the next edition to drink bad wine. Start your tasting year with Halliday's 12 pages of the best of the best in each varietal, or just load your cellar with the stellar selection from winery of the year Brookland Valley, Margaret River. Read more about this lofty tome of wine reviews.
Subscribers to VisitVineyards.com and Winepros Archive can purchase the Australian Wine Companion at 12.5% discount via our book partners Seekbooks, who will post the books direct to you.
Le Figaro calls her "the undisputed mistress of the kingdom of wine" - who else but Jancis Robinson MW OBE, wine critic, author, film script writer and yes, star? One of a handful of wine communicators with an international reputation, Jancis writes daily for her website JancisRobinson.com, weekly for The Financial Times, and bi-monthly for a column that is syndicated in every continent. She is also editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine, the 3rd edition of which is now online on her website, and is co-author with Hugh Johnson of The World Atlas of Wine. Each of these is books recognized as a standard reference worldwide. The 6th edition of the World Atlas was launched at a gathering of the elite of the wine world in the fabulous new wine and food hall of Fortnum and Mason's on 4th October 2007, and is now available from all fine book retailers. Winepros, together with our new wine and food travel website partner VisitVineyards.com is privileged to announce that all our subscribers now have access to Jancis' members-only Purple Pages at an exclusive rate of A$109 p.a., a full A$50 or 30% off her regular rate. (Rate valid wherever you are in the world). As Robert Parker has written about Purple Pages, "no-one can afford to miss the musings of the chatty Jancis". All you have to do is become a subscriber to VisitVineyards.com (it's free). When you subscribe, you will be taken to a welcome page which contains your exclusive access code to become a member of JancisRobinson.com. Simply click on the link on the welcome page, enter your code, complete your details and immediately you can join a lively community of wine enthusiasts in more than 70 countries. And enjoy exclusive online access to the multi award-winning 3rd Edition of the Oxford Companion to Wine, brought to you by Winepros and VisitVineyards.com. Remember to come back to Winepros often, to access our 100,000+ pages of archived wine articles and reviews from over 30 authors worldwide, now available to all subscribers, FREE. We'll be bringing you more exclusive wine, food and travel benefits every month.
|
|
|
|  Brookland Valley
Location: Australia - Western Australia - Margaret River
Brookland Valley has an idyllic setting, with its much enlarged Flutes Cafe one of the best winery restaurants in the Margaret River region. In 1997 BRL Hardy acquired a 50 per cent interest in the venture and took responsibility for viticulture and winemaking. The move towards richer and more complex red wines evident before the takeover has continued; the white wines have an extra degree of finesse and elegance.
Palandri Wines
Location: Australia - Western Australia - Margaret River
Palandri Wines is the third largest producer in Western Australia and owner of the state's largest vineyard located at Frankland River.
They have crafted three ranges of premium Australian wines to complement every lifestyle. From casual and relaxed to formal, thier wines suit a wide variety of occasions. The wines represent exceptional value for money and are distinct in their presentation, flavour profiles and retail price points.
These wines can be tasted at the Palandri Wines Visitor centre at Cowaramup, which adjoins the winery. The cellar door is one of the most innovative in Australia with a large area set aside for visitors to tatse the entire range. Locally made clothing, produce, and wine accessories are also available at the cellar door.
Complementing the cellar door is the Palandri Wine Cafe, offering mouthwatering cafe style food paired with Palandri wines. Red and white wine platters are available and all other food items on the menu have wines recommended for them. Visitors are encouraged to experiment with food and wine matching.
Vasse Felix
Location: Australia - Western Australia - Margaret River
In 1999 the production of Vasse Felix wines moved to a new 2000-tonne winery; the old winery is dedicated entirely to the restaurant and tasting rooms. A relatively new 140-hectare vineyard at Jindong in the north of the Margaret River supplies a large part of the increased fruit intake. National Australian distribution; exports to the UK, US, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Sweden, FranceSingapore, New Zealand, Indonesia, Fiji, Hong Kong and Japan.
Voyager Estate
Location: Australia - Western Australia - Margaret River
Voyager Estate has come a long way since it was acquired by Michael Wright (of the mining family) in May 1991. It now has an important, high quality 63-hectare vineyard which puts Voyager Estate in the position of being able to select only the best parcels of fruit for its own label, and to supply surplus (but high quality) wine to others. The Cape Dutch-style tasting room and vast rose garden are a major tourist attraction, although the winery itself remains in strictly utilitarian form.
 Search for reviews
28 425 reviews available
|
|
