More birthday wines (2021 edition)
February 17, 2021
This is where I was for the past week: Well, not right there, but just a few clicks off to the right on the beautiful NSW South Coast. Would you look …
The Tiers vineyard turns 40. Here is a whole lotta Chardonnay to celebrate
March 10, 2020
I'm in cleanup mode at the moment, sifting through the (physical) sample pile and my (digital) notes to tidy things up Kondo-style. While it's cathartic to delete some half-baked stories written …
Voyager Estate mini-verticals of Chardonnay and Cabernet Merlot from the mid noughties
March 26, 2019
I've been digging in the notebook this week and discovered a choice tasting from last year that didn't get a run here on site - the 2018 Voyager Estate Masterclass. For …
Birthday wines round 2: 05 Tyrrell’s Vat 1 & cult NZ red
February 6, 2019
Welcome to tranche 2 of the #MonthofAndrew wines. I probably haven't hit the cellar as hard this birthday with the imminent baby arrival (just over two weeks until due date), but …
Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah 2002-2016 vertical – a massive style evolution
September 14, 2018
This is Part 2 of the Coleraine vertical described here. Actually, while Coleraine had top billing at the tasting, the vertical of Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah was probably even …
NZ First Growth: Te Mata Estate Coleraine vertical 1982-2016
September 12, 2018
Usually, verticals have a purpose. An excuse for the winery to show off a wine, launch a new one, or just to remind everyone how good something used to be. …
The Almost Club July 2018 Edition – 34 wines this month!
July 20, 2018
Oh yes, this is a big edition! As the name suggests, these are the 34 wines that almost made the Australian Wine Review top grade (of 17/20 or 90/100+) this month. Some …
Two very different Granges: Penfolds Grange 2005 vs Grange des Pères 2013
August 24, 2017
I feel like I'm on an 'icon wine' streak after yesterday's Dom Perignon note. So heck, why not carry that forward. Here are two very different wines that both have Grange …
Confuron-Cotetidot Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru 2005
April 15, 2017
Confuron-Cotetidot Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru 2005 Ah Burgundy, where even the supposedly great wines, from great makers and vintages are underwhelming. I had this alongside the Shaw & Smith Chardonnay and they …
Chateau d’Yquem 1990-2011: Working With Wine Flight 4
November 17, 2016
Chateau d'Yquem 1990-2011: Working With Wine Flight 4 This was the final flight in the 2016 Negociants Working With Wine seminar series and easily the most anticipated. Check out the other …
Working With Wine Highlights: Sweet Wines Flight 1
November 14, 2016
Working With Wine Highlights: Sweet Wines Flight 1 It seems like the second half of 2016 has passed by in a flash. Year. Gone. It's only now, however, that I'm finally in …
Highlights from the 2016 Vin de Champagne awards
September 28, 2016
The biannual Vin de Champagne Awards rolled through Sydney again this week, with this year's winners celebrated at a black tie event at the Four Seasons on Monday night. I was lucky …
Taste Champagne Prestige Masterclass
August 15, 2016
Taste Champagne Prestige Masterclass Tyson Stelzer's Taste Champagne tastings kicked off in Sydney today, with a large contingent of Champagne producers opening their wares at Sydney's Four Seasons Hotel (Melbourne and Brisbane are …
Antinori Tignanello 1997-2013 – a selected vertical
July 7, 2016
I googled Tignanello this afternoon while on the hunt for some information about alcohol percentage (didn't learn much), and discovered that the name is better known as a handbag brand …
Flashback Friday: The classic Valpolicella of Valentina Cubi
February 26, 2016
I liked Verona. There's something beautifully romantic about this northern Italian city, the sentiment extending well beyond the tourists and tacky selfies in front of Juliet's Balcony. Romance, great food, and vines …
Premium Aussie fizz roundup feat. Stefano Lubiana, Jansz, Devation Road etc
January 6, 2016
Curiously, I had just one glass of fizz on NYE, even though 3 bottles of Krug were in the fridge. New Years Eve does that sometimes... Anyway, for this fizz roundup I …
How an Aussie cricket collapse led to 07 DRC Echezeaux and 09 Rousseau Charmes Chambertin
March 2, 2015
How an Aussie cricket collapse led to 07 DRC Echezeaux and 09 Rousseau Charmes Chambertin It started soon after lunchtime. I spent much of Saturday with the crew from Marlborough's Dog Point …
A decade of Dog Point
November 29, 2014
A decade of Dog Point Wine tasting becomes that much more special when there's emotion involved - and there was a helluva lot of soul-baring at the recent Decade of Dog …
A mixed bag from Antinori
October 9, 2014
A mixed bag from Antinori I've always thought of Antinori as being a little like Penfolds - ubiquitous in the local market (for Antinori that is Italy) and with a reputation …
Dinner: Isole e Olena at Balla
March 17, 2014
Dinner: Isole e Olena at Balla Sometimes this wine writing gig has its upsides. Sure the money is almost mythical, the prospects limited, the hours long. Yet at least you get …
About me – Andrew Graham
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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 environment.
Twenty years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.
I now judge at wine shows around the world, sit on the Australian Wine List of the Year awards panel and was once a Wine Journalism Young Gun (but baby that was years ago).
Currently, I write features for a variety of publications including National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS, plus I'm a former Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert.
In 2019 and 2020 I was voted in the Top 30 Best Wine Critics in The World, and in my spare time, I'm a sucker for punishment and run trail ultra marathons, much to the delight of my long-suffering family. Read more about me here or get in touch to book your next wine event with me here
