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 …
'One good friend, a refugee from the wine trade James Herrick, likes to remind me that I once told him that when I approach the keyboard, 'the milk of human kindness drains out of me'' …
Bremerton Coulthard Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 So much flavour and heart in this serious Langhorne red. $22 well spent. Less lavish oak on the nose this vintage, and better because of it, with varietal cedar and tobacco …
Mitchell Harris Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 Ever had one of the old Taltarni reds (like these)? They're Aussie classics, showing just how delicious low alcohol Australian reds can be. Pity the (often warm and hard) modern Taltarni …
Hardys HRB D670 Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Underrated wines these HRB series and with a rich history - there are lots of forgotten labels in the Accolade portfolio really, though plenty of hollow commercial products too. This …
Tapanappa Tiers Chardonnay 2017 Yes, this is an excellent vintage of Tapanappa Tiers Chardonnay. I almost finished a bottle as a solo drinker last week, even with other wines to choose from. It's a delight. 2017 was …
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.