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Wine and Spirits, an important wine magazine edited by Joshua Greene, is going out of print and laid off its staff. Here's why its closure matters.

A contest to find the best wines released in Australia and New Zealand last year led me to uncover some remarkable bargains.

Wines by Geoff Hardy winemaker named Winestate Magazine’s Australian Winemaker of the Year for the third time December 17th, 2020 Winestate Magazine’s Australian Winemaker of the Year 2020. Harris is also the first winemaker to be named Winestate Magazine’s Australian Winemaker of the Year three times, having previously won the award in 2012 and 2018. The Winestate Magazine publication noted that, of the 27 wines submitted during the year, “24 wines made by Harris scored 4.5 or 5 stars...