Hot on the heels of this month's Almost Club (highlighting wines that didn't make the silver medal standard), here is a selection of ten wines that DID make it (if …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collectin of 15 wines that almost made it in November 2022. Notably, many …
Oakridge's superstar Chardonnay and top-flight Pinot Noir wines tend to rob the limelight from the Cabernet, but on its day the Cabernet can be just as sexy time. I think …
A new name to me, and I was sent a few vintages of this Centare Vineyard Old Block Cabernet Sauvignon, clearly to get a nice overview of what the Yarra …
For all the enthusiasm directed towards Yalumba's Shiraz-based reds, the Cab/Cab Shiraz blends are where it's at for me. This Yalumba The Menzies Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 epitomises the slowburn, quietly …
Before we talk about how this Domaine A Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 tastes, a question. Do you like Tasmanian Cabernet? More importantly, would you buy it? That's the question I always wonder …
The bread and butter wine for Zema and reliable in its style. This warm-year Zema Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 is a hearty beast though. Think sappy, dry and tannic Coonawarra Cabernet …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 22 wines that almost made it in September 2022. As ever, …
Now for something different on the Cabernet front an Italian Cabernet from Veneto. This Anselmi Realda 2019 is something of an unusual red, too - I mean, how much Cab …
The Voyager range continues to breed like rabbits. This Voyager Estate The Modern Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 is called The Modern after the modern clones used in its makeup. They don't …
There is something very comforting about Balgownie Cabernet. I was talking last week about that sense of the right variety on the right site, and Cab looks perfectly at home …
Every vintage, the Ringbolt picks up a high score or a show medal somewhere, and you can guarantee this Ringbolt Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 should too. It is a very well-priced, honest, …
Gee there are some super bargains in the Juniper (nee Juniper Estate) range. This Juniper Three Fields Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is a case in point. A combination of Metricup & Wilyabrup …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 48 wines that almost made it in August 2022. With this …
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