So many luxury wines end up as disappointments. Too often, wines with AUD$100+ pricetags and unfettered ambitions turn out to be bulldust and oak tannins. Wines that speak of ego, of …
14% alcohol. It's a mark in the sand. One of those (unconscious) ripeness expectations, where anything north of 14% is going to have ripe fruit (in table wine) with minimal …
De Bortoli goes large on Yarra Cabernet. Or at least that's my expectation when the wide-shouldered bottle of 2019 De Bortoli Melba Amphora lands on the doorstep. But the Clos Apalta/90s Tintara …
It's that time again... With a wad of vouchers burning a hole in my pocket, this month I'm back on the acquisition trail, keen to replenish the cellar after hitting it …
Again, Shaw + Smith deliver the goods with this new 2019 Shiraz & 2020 Chardonnay. Both wines are too young, the Chardonnay positively pre-pubescent, but that's probably the only quibble. …
To celebrate 30 years of Meerea Park Wines, Garth & Rhys Eather went out to lunch. Except they spent this milestone meal with about 15 other wine media types, and repeated …
Always a pleasure to have more drinkable Pinot Noir pass the desk, and these three have all been delicious. I didn't try them together but would be a fascinating exercise …
It's only May, but I'm calling it - this Longhop Shiraz 2019 is the most impressive $20 South Australian Shiraz you'll buy this year. Lofty words, but it's not just a …
Today (or at least this week) is the thirteenth birthday of Australian Wine Review, as this little website notches up another year in action. That's thirteen years of me banging …
Cabernet is probably the least appreciated grape in the Graham household, even though I have a cellar full of Margaret River, Coonawarra & Hawke's Bay reds. Cab's unpopularity is purely a …
Just when I was starting to muse about a lack of interesting Australian Tempranillo, and then this Tokar Estate Special Release Amphora Tempranillo 2019 lands on the doorstep. So Tokar Estate …
This analysis might be a bit dry, but the movements of our wine exports are at a fascinating point right now and well worth a look. In figures released yesterday, Wine …
Grenache is back. And wines like this Tim Smith Grenache 2020 show just how disarmingly delicious the best wines can be. That drinkability is a key to the Grenaissance (yes, I'm …
It's been a long time since my last video, but last week I stepped out from behind the camera to talk about wine tasting for The Wine Collective. It was fun …
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