There is something very reassuring about the style of Yalumba's The Signature. Something unchanging. Stoic. Idiosyncratic, maybe, but also wholly assured. You know what it will taste like before you …
For anyone like me who likes sunshine and warmth, late April in Sydney is a bit sad. That's because now is when you start realising that summer beach action is now …
If ever there was a good excuse to crack out one of those silly Riedel decanters that look like a melting trumpet crossed with a soft serve, then surely it …
Firstly, the good news - for anyone who has loved the epic concentration and other-worldly power of Rick Burge's Burge Family Winemakers reds previously, you'll be happy to know that …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here is a selection of wine that almost made it in December 2021 & January …
I was thinking just this week that I didn't declare what my wine of the year was. There was no ceremony. No trophy, nor a jumbo cheque with my face …
The end of December and early January is an excellent time of year for reducing the size of the sample pile (or the sample wardrobe in my case). Many winemakers/PR folk …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here is a selection of wine that almost made it in October and November 2021. As …
Welcome to NSW Freedom Day! While that is yet another half-arsed slogan, in an era of half-arsed slogans, after 4 months of lockdown nobody cares. There is, instead, a pulsating desire …
I can't remember the last Taylors Cabernet Shiraz that I tried, but it was a long time ago. On the showing of this Taylors Masterstroke Cabernet Shiraz 2016, it shouldn't …
Age will not weary this Barossan red. Released with bottle age, and it needs it, this is as much an expression of Yalumba as anything else. Moderated alcohol, heartiness, tannins, …
So many luxury wines end up as disappointments. Too often, wines with AUD$100+ pricetags and unfettered ambitions turn out to be bulldust and oak tannins. Wines that speak of ego, of …
I haven't been tasting as much this week after Miss 2 brought home a virus from daycare and took out the whole house like a rogue wave at a Nippers …
After such a shit year, surely it's time you spoilt yourself this Christmas? An excuse to open something even more special? Something, like the exceptional Hickinbotham The Peake Cabernet Shiraz …
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