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Australia’s leading champagne critic Tyson Stelzer has told how he wept while tasting a new release of vintage Krug.

10 of the best Aussie sparkling wines to welcome 2021 Cathy Gowdie Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK After all that 2020 has brought us, this years New Years Eve toast deserves to be a special one. Few of us will pop the cork on a $265 House of Arras E.J. Carr Late Disgorged 2004, recently named the worlds top sparkling by Decanter magazine in the UK, but the win shows how Australian sparkling wines are challenging Frances finest – and, increasingly, have price tags to match.  Wine writer and publisher Ty...