Soumah Pinot Noir 2017 The entry level Soumah Yarra Pinot and genuinely likeable. It's a bright and lively Yarra Pinot with a sappy red currant and raspberry nose, then a crunchy palate with a pithy finish. …
Bird on a Wire Pinot Noir 2016 Another well-made Yarra wine from Caroline Mooney. This comes from a vineyard west of Coldstream. 100% whole bunches, with foot treading during the ferment too. Hands-on. In a more robust …
Lyons Will Gamay 2017 I was banging on yesterday about some of the new shades in Macedon wine. Here's exhibit A. Lyons Will is the label of Oliver Rapson and Renata Morello, whom are a prime example …
Tucks Ridge Estate Pinot Noir 2016 Things are changing at Tucks Ridge, and this is the last of the old, pre-Montalto era. Fruit primarily from Red Hill up the top of the Peninsula. Wild fermented, it …
Curly Flat Pinot Noir 2016 Outside of Tassie, if there is one cool climate wine region in Australia that shows the most latent promise it is the Macedon Ranges. I had dinner with a few Macedon …
Mandala Pinot Noir 2017 Some of the '17 Yarra Pinots are very light and fragrant things, to the point of being a little shallow. Like this one. It's a bright raspberry fruited Pinot with some confected …
Sailor Seeks Horse Pinot Noir 2016 Here's a label on the rise. Gilli and Paul Lipscombe's Sailor Seeks Horse continues to produce beautiful Tasmanian wines from a rehabilitated 'renovators delight' vineyard in the Huon Valley. This …
Bay of Fires Pinot Noir 2016 From a big warm year in Tasvegas, and it's a wine of some bulk - built for the future. Creamed vanilla oak nose over bright strawberry fruit, with oak the …
d'Arenberg The Coppermine Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 Don't tell anyone, but while d'Arenberg have a million different Shiraz releases, I often prefer their Grenache and Cabernet - especially the Cabs with a few years in bottle. …
d’Arenberg The Athazagoraphobic Cat 2011 Quirky name and an odd blend of Sagrantino and Cinsault. Montefalco meets the south of France. The price doesn't fit either, but that's by the by. Chester Osborn once said that …
Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Reserve 2015 For the past few vintages, the Terra à Terre label of Xavier Bizot and wife Lucy Croser have been inching towards a truly game-changing wine. Something that will put …
Rouleur Pinot Noir 2017 Matt East's superb Shiraz made my Top 10 Shiraz list a few months ago, and now the Yarra Pinot Noir lobs up and it's a beauty. I've tried this twice now and …
At 18 I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, doing a degree that I didn't really like, and a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say I discovered wine, my uni degree morphed into something completely different and wine/beer took over my life.
Almost twenty years later and I currently spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.
While wearing my writer cap I write features for the likes of National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS plus I'm a Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert. Read more about me here or get in touch to book your next wine event with me here.