Penfolds Grange 57th vintage

There is a date circled in Penfolds’ chief winemaker Peter Gago’s incredibly busy diary that is set in stone. This year it’s Thursday, May 3, the day the latest vintage of Australia’s most famous wine is released to the public with a recommended retail price of $625 a bottle. It says a lot about the stature and international reputation of Penfolds’ Grange that its annual release is anticipated with the kind of ardent fervour as the latest instalment in a blockbuster movie franchise, reports the Sunday Mail.