It was hated at the time, but Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One looks so much better after watching The Electric State.

Each year, James Halliday tastes thousands of wines for the annual Companion. Here he reveals his tasting methods and the factors that inform his final score. Common to all situations is the mechanics ...

But he’s still very much hands-on with the management and care of an estate at one point judged the best in Australia by ...

An eligible wine will have won its category in this guide on five occasions or more. Inductees to the James Halliday Hall of Fame: Wine are expected to be roughly as rare as its first recipient.

We recap James Halliday's top 10 Granges – so far. The 10 vintages of Penfolds Grange that follow are my personal favourites and, while the tasting notes were made by me at the most recent Penfolds ...

Our very own James Halliday has been honoured with the 2025 Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) Lifetime Achievement Award for his extraordinary contributions to the Australian wine industry. The award ...

Prompted by the unearthing of some old pinot noir in the cellar, James Halliday reflects on the events that led to his life in wine. In the 1950s and much of the ’60s, the average teenagers in a ...

Prue Henschke is the first inductee into the James Halliday Hall of Fame: Australian Wine Industry. Prue Henschke is someone who could easily have won Viticulturist of the Year, in any ‘competition’ ...

Sue Hodder of Wynns Coonawarra Estate is the second inductee into the James Halliday Hall of Fame: Australian Wine Industry. 2025 James Halliday Hall of Fame: Australian Wine Industry This award goes ...