Review: Dodgy Bros The Dilemma 2019
March 10, 2021
Wes Pearson & the Dodgy Bros couldn't work out what to call this red, hence the dilemma. The Dodgy Bros The Dilemma 2019 is not a dilemma of a wine …
2019 Sydney Royal Wine Show – I tasted the trophy winners (so you don’t need to)
September 1, 2019
In what has become something of a tradition (posts here, here, here, here and here for starters), I went to this year's 2019 Sydney Royal Wine Show exhibitor event tasting …
14 of the best Cabernet based reds this August: Feat. Oates Ends, Voyager, Levantine Hill & more
August 15, 2019
It's been a rough week or so at Graham HQ, as a sniffly 5 month old meant little sleep and not enough wine... So let's keep this tight. As the name …
Almost Club January 2019 edition: A bumper new year of almostness inc. a $500 red
January 27, 2019
I missed December's Almost Club edition (holidays), so this is a huge crop of almostness... As the name suggests, here are the wines that almost hit the mark for me in …
15 Australian Cabernet (and blends) that looked good in late 2018
January 2, 2019
Happy New Year! I'm celebrating the start of 2019 with a little tasting note house cleaning, how about you? Actually I'm mainly at the beach. Before we crack out the towels …
Almost Club October 2018 edition: From ‘not bad’ to ‘how did that get bottled’
October 29, 2018
From near misses to faulty junk. Here is a collection of the wines that almost won me over in October 2018. A special, frustrating mention to the two Leasingham wines. I …
Almost Club August 2018 edition – 22 wines that almost killed it. Or missed the mark completely…
August 27, 2018
From solid drinks to faulty train wrecks (and everything in between), the Almost Club is for wines that didn't hit the Australian Wine Review 'recommended' mark (17/20, 90/100) in August …
Gundog Estate Indomitus Rosa 2017
April 5, 2018
Gundog Estate Indomitus Rosa 2017 Super premium rosé from Team Gundog. I like the intention here too, though I much prefer the red and the Semillon. It's a blend of Murrumbateman Cabernet …
How do the same super premium Cabernets look two years later?
November 13, 2017
Two years ago Xavier Bizot of Terre à Terre held a tasting comparing a selection of the 'old world' of the new world. A group of wines that you'd call …
The Almost Club: October 2017 edition, feat. 37 wines that are almost really good (or not)
October 25, 2017
Here's a selection of wines that were almost great. Some are just good, solid wines that are occasionally unready, through to slightly underwhelming/unexciting, and rounded out with a few wines that …
Bordeaux 2012 power tasting: Pontet-Canet, Angelus, Cheval etc
October 17, 2017
I'm in notebook digging mode this week and landed upon my scribbles from this year's Masters of Wine Sydney 2012 Bordeaux tasting. I make it a habit to go to this …
A brace of $40+ Cabernet from Moss Wood, Balnaves, Leeuwin, Rockford, Woodlands et al
September 18, 2017
It feels like I've had a lot of premium Cabernet over the past few weeks, especially after the Voyager extravaganza and the Margaret River 50th Anniversary tastings. But no point in …
Margaret River 50th Anniversary super tasting: Top Chard + Cab
September 11, 2017
In 1966 a research paper by University of WA agronomist Dr John Gladstones was released that declared Margaret River's climate of wet winter, moderate dry summers and gravelly soils ideal …
Voyager Estate Masterclass 2017: World class Chardonnay + Cab tasting
September 2, 2017
Each year Voyager Estate do a masterclass that is not to be missed. Pitting their own Cabernet and Chardonnay against the very best in a blind tasting, it's one of …
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 the environment.
Twenty one years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer. and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more
