What a pleasure it is to have more and more Nebbiolo grown in Australia. We're not quite at Mascerello levels yet - it's going to take decades - but more …
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 …
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, …
Quality Chardonnay is always appreciated in the Graham house. While Riesling is clearly my thing, Chardonnay will win over everyone. And this About Time Wines Woodside Chardonnay 2021 has it …
I love these tastings, The Young Guns of Wine (YGOW) is an annual awards program designed to celebrate new/young wine producers. But YGOW has now expanded beyond the awards to a …
It's easy to get blase about Sauvignon Blanc - a variety that so often is treated like an alcohol delivery system rather than a serious wine. Yet Shaw + Smith …
I never miss this tasting. Every year, the Sydney Royal Wine Show throws open the doors for a trade/exhibitor tasting of all everything entered into what is one of Australia's famous, …
After 3 long, COVID-interrupted years, today saw the return of the famed Shaw + Smith Yum Cha lunch. This (normally) annual event sees the S + S team dispatched to different …
Top tier. Top Tiers. This Tapanappa Tiers Chardonnay 2021 is just a super Chardonnay. Something that does justice to the Tiers name, from a great (cool vintage), and in classical form. …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just 'ok drinks', and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 13 wines that almost made it in May 2022. An important …
It's starting to feel cold and shitty here in Sydney town this week, which is a huge contrast from the humid 26C humid glory of Noosa I had last week. …
Team Shaw + Smith, I dip my lid. If ever there was an advertisement for how professionalism and a search for continuous improvement can deliver ever better wines, then let it …
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