Macedon Archives

3 excellent Victorian chardonnays: Mount Mary 2005, Gembrook Hill 2005 and Bindi Quartz 2005

By Sean Mitchell / March 16, 2017

This was an impressive showing from three Victorian cool climate chardonnays, all tasted blind and all from the 2005 vintage. […]

By Sean Mitchell / September 4, 2015

My impression was that the appearance en masse of the word “syrah” on Australian wine labels was a relatively recent

By Sean Mitchell / September 2, 2015

This riesling is from the Macedon Ranges, one of Australia’s colder wine regions. James Halliday describes Macedon as “a windswept

This sparkling wine from Hanging Rock proved to be an outstanding bottle. Disgorged in September 2009 after 6 years on

By Sean Mitchell / October 24, 2013

Domaine Epis is a small producer in the Macedon Ranges, and the 2004 vintage of Epis’ chardonnay was made by

By Sean Mitchell / September 18, 2013

The Langtons auction house classification tasting has quickly become one of the “must attend” tastings on the Australian wine calendar.

By Sean Mitchell / November 15, 2012

Cleveland was a very good producer of pinot noir and chardonnay in the Macedon Ranges. I’ve tasted the 1998 pinot

By Sean Mitchell / September 4, 2012

Cabernet and the Macedon Ranges don’t usually go together in the same sentence, for the reason that the region is