Oh boy. If you like the standard Dalrymple Pinot (which I did), then you need to try this Dalrymple Cottage Block Pinot Noir 2019. The Cottage Block is one of the …
The continuing refinement of Longview's Adelaide Hills Nebbiolo has been very welcome. This new Longview Saturno Nebbiolo 2019 is an even more Pinot-like example (and it's delicious). Correct colour - washed-out …
Reviewing young Hunter Valley Semillon built in the 'traditional' style (low alcohol, high acid, usually bottled with plenty of SO2) is typically hard work. Green apples, and teeth-cleaning acidity. But …
Loved the 2014 version of this wine, but the Howard Park Museum Release Riesling 2013? Meh. Still green straw, this looks much more advanced than the 14, the lanolin toast the …
New labels, and this latest crop of wines from Tim Smith have been uniformly excellent. Just make the Halliday scores look even more ridiculous (although Tim is not alone). Anyway, this …
What is this? Australian Shiraz Review? I can't help that I get sent a lot of Shiraz, and nor am I discounting it. Please, send me your good Shiraz, winemakers of …
Just days after the mind-spinning $500 Rutherglen Shiraz, along comes this Eldorado Road Perseverance Old Vine Shiraz 2019 to remind everyone that pricetags and cost of production aren't always miles …
Home grown Australian sparkling doesn't get the love it deserves. And wines like this Daosa Blanc de Blanc 2016 show it. More table wine with bubbles than aperitif Champagne style, but …
Pyrenean or Pyreneean? Both sound dangerously close to perineum. Anyway, that's the only lingering question about this Blue Pyrenees Estate Shiraz 2018, which is a poster child for what makes …
The Mudgee-sourced brother of the Orange Shiraz, this Logan Ridge of Tears Mudgee Shiraz 2019 is clever stuff. Retains the black earth core of Mudgee, but presented with polish. It’s just …
The Ridge of Tears range is Logan's Shiraz highlights package, with both an Orange release and another from Mudgee. I like them both, although this Logan Ridge of Tears Orange …
I can't remember the last Taylors Cabernet Shiraz that I tried, but it was a long time ago. On the showing of this Taylors Masterstroke Cabernet Shiraz 2016, it shouldn't …
I've just discovered a fascinating press release that I missed a few weeks back. It's trumpeting the release of the brand-new Mount Ophir Shiraz 2019 that will be released next week …
Tim Smith's signature Eden Valley Riesling is typically a charming wine, but this Tim Smith Wines Riesling 2021 s one of his best iterations in many years. I wonder if a …
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. Needless to say, I discovered wine, and my life evolved with a unique dual focus - wine and the environment.
Twenty one years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer. and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more