Nailing the balance in Australian off-dry Riesling is tricky business. To put it bluntly, very few (if any) local Riesling need the sweetness, so often you just end up with …
I don't think everyone here on Australian Wine Review is going to see this Pewsey Vale 1961 Block Riesling 2021 in the same light, but to me, it tastes like …
Rob Diletti is convinced that his site can make great Pinot Noir. This A & W Pinot Noir 2021 shows how far he has come. Lots happening in this Porongurup …
$96 can either by you half a bottle of Blain-Gaignard Chevalier-Montrachet Caillerts 1er Cru or this Oakridge 864 Funder & Diamond Chardonnay 2020. I'll take 2 bottles of the Oakridge + …
This Sapling Yard The Four Pinots Rosé 2022 is one of the better rosé to pass the desk in recent months and another success from Sapling Yard. An interesting blend, …
Hot on the heels of this month's Almost Club (highlighting wines that didn't make the silver medal standard), here is a selection of ten wines that DID make it (if …
This is the laste of the 'not Soave' (cough) from Anselmi I've covered in recent months, and this is one of the most premium releases in the range. Like the …
It's easy to think that everyone is entranced by terroir, dreams about Burgundy and knows that Montalcino and Montepulciano involve different grapes. Yet the sheer reality is that most people …
Firstly, what a treat to get four-year-old Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot for sub $30! Coonawarra Cab, even in easier forms, needs the age, and it helps give this an edge. The …
It's pretty good. The Veuve Monsigny Premier Cru Brut NV is Aldi Australia's fancier NV Champagne, and as the name suggests it's premier cru fruit. Not bad for $34.99 eh? It's a …
Matt Burton has made a few Shiraz from the Hilltops in recent years, and they offer a good counterpoint to the mid-weight Hunter Gundog wines and the sometimes lavish Canberra …
There so many wines out there that I hear about/keep meaning to try but never get there. Like the Phase Three Dero wines, as an example. Brendan Hilferty's Sparrow & …
Old Plains is part of Dom Torzi's stable of brands, in this case celebrating the old vines of the Adelaide Plains. The 'Plains' are very much a forgotten region in …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collectin of 15 wines that almost made it in November 2022. Notably, many …
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