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Top 100 wines of 2018 (including our number 1 favorite) Sunday, November 4, 2018. Top 100 Wines of 2018. By Ashley Hausman • September 21, 2018. These vintages have been selected by Australian Wine Vintages as the top 100 Australian wines for 2018, because of their outstanding synthesis of variety, region and style. As a result, this isn’t the typical best-of-2019 story—there are no rare old vintages or once-in-a-lifetime wines tasted deep in the cellars of castles or what have you. Here you can find the most recent Top 10 lists in detail, with photos, videos and complete reviews—ratings, prices, tasting notes and when the wines are best to drink. Annually, Wines of Portugal chooses a UK journalist such as Jamie Goode, Sarah Ahmed and Tom Cannavan to select a series of wines that have enticed and tantalized their palates. Columnist, Food. To view the tasting notes for each wine, check out my app. Madeira, Portugal, $30 for 500 ml. 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