How much is too much for great Australian Chardonnay? Forgive my rhetoric, but please play along with me here. What's your dollar boundary on Aussie Chardonnay? Is it different compared to …
The Mâconnais may as well be on a different planet. Here in Australia, we consistently lose our shit over the best Chardonnay from Burgundy's hotspots of Chablis and the Côte d’Or, …
Rarely have I been so glad to hear an Aussie accent. There I was on day 2 of last month's Grand Jours de Bourgogne 2026, feeling a little bogged down. It wasn’t …
French wine tastes better in a château. Sure, I'm being glib, but you try not to feel the gravitas when you're lining up for a tasting of storied Pinot Noir …
Last week in Burgundy, I kept thinking about the Oakridge Henk Pinot Noir below. I cracked the bottle just days before I got on a plane, and it was so interesting …
I'm a long way from a professional cricketer, but as I walked into the makeshift tasting area at the Le Kimmérdgien function centre in Chablis last Monday, it felt like …
It was a pinch-me moment. Yesterday, as I stood in a quiet, regal, artwork-lined room on the first floor of the Château du Clos de Vougeot, I had one of those …
About fifteen years ago, a good mate of mine came into a stash of iconic wine. It was an odd situation, where he was given the run of a top-end …
Some wine regions feel special. Places where lush vines should thrive naturally (like the rolling hills of Burgundy) or where it's ridiculous that vines grow there at all, let alone …
Spain = good value Tempranillo. Just as Australia gets typecast as the land of Shiraz and big reds, Spain suffers the same fate, often consigned as the country of budget Tempranillo/Garnacha …
January 30th. We're now about to hit February, with my small child back at school and a few weeks of holidays fading in the rear-view mirror. Instead, that laid-back vibe …
In part one of this post, I detailed some of the white and sparkling highlights of a Graham Christmas. Today, it's all about red wines (and a few sweet things …
