Peter Gago: 'We shouldn't have to resort to gimmickry.' Photo: Penfolds

Podcasts

Penfolds’ Peter Gago on staying ahead of the curve

In an industry subject to ever-changing cycles, fashions and fads, it’s an ongoing challenge to keep a successful and well-established wine label shining brightly, says Penfolds’ chief winemaker Peter Gago.

Wine

Longevity spinach: try this on, China

Since Penfolds has designed a hybrid Shiraz/baiju port to please China, Philip White issues a challenge to go one big healthy verdant step further.

Wine

Penfolds to produce wine in overseas regions

Winemaker Penfolds is poised to produce wine for the first time overseas, turning out bottles of Shiraz and Cabernet sauvignon in California’s famous Napa Valley.

News

Treasury Wine shares sink after over-supply reports

Shares in Penfolds maker Treasury Wine Estates have sunk to a four-month low amid reports it is facing an over-supply of its wine in China.

Wine

How far has wine writing come? That’s the $3000 question

Philip White ponders the ways his colleagues in the press corp have regarded the $3000 Penfolds G3, perhaps the most discussed Australian wine of the era.