16 Best Chardonnay of November 2020
November 12, 2020
Australian Chardonnay is in the midst of a purple patch, with quality - and value - as good as it has ever been, as this collection of the 16 best …
Review: Pike & Joyce Sauvignon Blanc 2019
October 26, 2020
While I don’t love the packaging change, this Pike & Joyce Sauvignon Blanc 2019 is well made Adelaide Hills Sauv. Fresh, but still ripe and leans more towards tropical apple …
The Top 12 Rosé of Spring 2020
October 20, 2020
It's halfway through spring. Already. That escalated quickly... As the name suggests, these are the best pink/blush/salmon orange/reddish coloured Australian rosé to pass the Australian Wine Review tasting bench this springtime. …
Review: Longview Devils Elbow Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
September 8, 2020
This Longview Devils Elbow Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 is solid Adelaide Hills Cabernet, but honestly, the Saturno brothers should just graft this over to Nebbiolo (which they do so well). Dusty and …
Review: Tapanappa Tiers Chardonnay 2018. Chardonnay satisfaction.
September 1, 2020
This is now the third bottle of Tapanappa Tiers Chardonnay 2018 and each time it gets better. Now officially at 'phwoar' level. For a little context about Tiers, you need to …
Review: Longview Nebbiolo Saturnus 2018
August 25, 2020
Another successful release, with this Longview Nebbiolo Saturnus 2018 another solid varietal Aus Nebb. Glossy red raspberry kirsch fruit, fine tannins. Might need a bit more tannic drive to be sublime …
Ponting Wines: First taste of Ricky Ponting’s new release wines
August 21, 2020
My expectations for cricket legend Ricky Ponting's new Ponting Wines were very low. That's a hangover from years of experience with consistently shithouse celebrity 'collaboration wine' - like the middling Greg …
All Pinot, no filler. Top 10 Pinot Noir of August 2020
August 16, 2020
It's only the 16th August but this has been one glorious month for Pinot Noir. Each and every one of these wines went down well at Australian Wine Review HQ, with …
Review: La Linea Tempranillo 2018. Quality Australian Temp. for under $30
July 22, 2020
La Linea Tempranillo 2018 It has been some time since the last La Linea wines landed in the official Graham PO box and it looks like the quality has continued to …
Shaw + Smith Pinot Noir 2019 – Goldilocks mode reached
July 16, 2020
If I had to pick just one weakness in the Shaw + Smith portfolio it is the Pinot Noir. Stylistically, this is a wine that has moved from bold and …
The Almost Club Lockdown edition: 68 wines that almost made it over the past 3 months
July 8, 2020
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here then is a selection of wines that almost made it over the past few …
Review: Pike & Joyce W.J.J. Reserve Pinot Noir 2018
April 24, 2020
Reserve - aka more. With this Pike & Joyce W.J.J. Reserve Pinot Noir 2018 it means more oak, more power, more tannins. But more doesn't quite mean more drinking satisfaction …
Review: Shaw + Smith Pinot Noir 2018
April 23, 2020
Martin Shaw & Michael Hill-Smith’s Pinot has had a constant evolution, the style evolving from a robust, dry reddish Pinot to now more medium bodied and with a fruit source …
20 great Australian Riesling (and more) to distract you from our looming viral hellscape
March 20, 2020
It feels a little dirty to be writing about wine right now. Or maybe it's a sense of futility - I'm that guy talking about wine while sitting on one …
20 of the best Australian Chardonnay this February
February 28, 2020
Chardonnay, like it or not, is still the most important white grape in the country, making up over 45% of all white grapes crushed, and 20% of total grapes crushed, …
On rituals and Chardonnay feat. Shaw + Smith M3 Chardonnay 2018
December 12, 2019
I miss eating at restaurants. Ever since our small child came along the ritual of going 'out' to dinner and lingering over a bottle or two (after a warmup beer or …
24 top white wines (and a few rosé) to drink right now
December 10, 2019
Here are 24 tasty white and pink wines for your immediate drinking pleasure. Wines that, to my tastes at least, are in the prime of their lives and should be consumed …
10 of the best cellaring reds to pass the desk this November – feat. Oakridge, Craggy Range, Eldorado Road etc
November 19, 2019
This is just a taste of the finest big reds that passed the desk this November. Background notes in italics. Oakridge Original Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Spends 3 weeks on skins post …
2011 Blain Gagnard Le Montrachet vs a declassified 2011 Tapanappa Chardonnay. You’ll never guess the winner!
November 17, 2019
Actually, there wasn't really a winner between these two. It was a tie. And what a talking point. This was one of several matchups served over lunch at the 40 year …
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
