Sometimes, you just need a wine of volume. Something luscious, indulgent, dense and cosseting. Something like a 14%+ Australian Shiraz. On a thousand per cent humidity Sydney January day, I don't …
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 four weeks. And …
Between the excellent Lanson duo, this Pommery Louise and another bottle of the excellent Roger Coulon from the cellar, there has been a pleasing amount of fancy Champagne at Graham …
I can well remember the lumpy and raw early editions of the Longview Cabernet wines. Every time I'd shake my head and say 'why do it?' Adelaide Hills Cabernet is …
Great Margaret River Cabernet Shiraz is not a thing. You can blame the Shiraz component, which so often struggles with exact ripeness, but also the relative strength of Merlot and …
It's rare to see a modern Yarra Pinot Noir that is released too early, but that's my call with this Oakridge 864 Henk Aqueduct Pinot Noir 2021. This top dog …
If you ever wanted a reminder of just how cool the Macedon Ranges can be, look no further than this Curly Flat Chardonnay 2021. It's so tight, so crystalline so barely …
It's easy to dismiss wines like this Small Gully Wines Black Magic Shiraz 2018 as something contrived. A 16.4% alcohol monster that should be turned into port rather than table …
Matt Burton draws fruit from all over the countryside for the Gundog label and it helps deliver all sorts of oddities. This Gundog Estate Hilltops Shiraz No. 2 2021 comes …
Last week we warmed up for 2023 with a collection of the wines that almost made it, a few more easy drinkers that did, and today we're into the main …
December through to February are the big drinking months here at Australian Wine Review HQ. Peak drinking season. Sure, there is something open every day on the tasting bench, but …
Let's get 2023 kicked off properly, hey? Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collection of 23 wines that …
Happy New Year! Now that the weather here in Sydney has gone from 'glorious' to 'typically wet January shit', it's time for the first look at the laptop in 2023. Yeah, …
It goes ok, thanks very much. The first-ever Mumm Tasmania release is pretty good really, even if I want a bit more flavour. Made as part of the Mumm terroir …
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