I love how Boat O'Craigo rolls off the tongue. So phonetic. This Boat O'Craigo Black Spur Chardonnay 2021 isn't quite as easy flowing, but we'll get to that. Also, expect a …
These single block Curly Flat Pinot Noir releases are entertaining dives into Macedon Ranges terroir expressions aren't they? I like different blocks every year too, just for more spice. Speaking of …
2020 was not the easiest of vintages on the Australian east coast, even though some Mornington and Yarra types fared better than further north. Yields are all over the place, …
Definitus is the absolute big dog of the Tapanappa portfolio. Drawn from a defined set of rows within the Foggy Hill Vineyard, this expression of windswept Fleurieu Peninsula Pinot is …
From what is technically the most immediate range of wines for Moorilla, although this Moorilla Estate Praxis Pinot Noir 2019 could probably do with more time in bottle. From the St …
Something of a trove of Pinot Noir reviews hitting the site this week (and some Prosecco). To kick if off comes this deadly serious Even Keel Pinot Noir 2021 from …
Did someone say a vertical of Barolo? At a wine dinner? In Australia? Such an occasion is like finding a unicorn shitting rainbows, so when the invite came through from the …
Let's get back into it, shall we? Sadly, you can't buy this Elderton Ashmead Family Reserve Field Blend 2020 - long sold out (and for a good reason). My bottle came …
It's been another rough week here at Graham HQ, which means another noticeable lack of bottles opened. The wine sample department doth spilleth over, now extending from cupboard to a …
It’s that time again. Time to fill me in on what you’re currently drinking, what you want to drink, or what you have drunk in the last 4 weeks. And …
After 3 long, COVID-interrupted years, today saw the return of the famed Shaw + Smith Yum Cha lunch. This (normally) annual event sees the S + S team dispatched to different …
After cathartically dumping on the joys of international travel earlier in the week, today it's a much less anger-inducing topic - what it's like to judge at an international sparkling …
It's now been 3 odd years since my last long-haul international flight, so why not start back with a bang? This week I'm in Anadia, Portugal, judging at the Concours Mondial …
We're a little down on celebrations here at Australian Wine Review HQ of late, with illness putting a temporary dampener on festivities. Still, it was my dad's 70th on the weekend, …
At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. But then, I fell in love with wine and craft beer, and it took over my life.
Twenty three years later and I spend my days wearing many beverage hats and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more