I love how Boat O'Craigo rolls off the tongue. So phonetic. This Boat O'Craigo Black Spur Chardonnay 2021 isn't quite as easy flowing, but we'll get to that. Also, expect a …
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 …
We're a little down on celebrations here at Australian Wine Review HQ of late, with illness putting a temporary dampener on festivities. Still, it was my dad's 70th on the weekend, …
Freshness, that's the main game with this Hungerford Hill Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2021. It's such a light and airy Chardonnay. White flower and marzipan, milky peach fruit with acidity to the fore. …
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 …
Today was the tasting of the Young Gun of Wine Awards (YGOW) finalists for 2022, with 31 'young' producers opening their wares for the trade. YGOW is a an initiative spearheaded …
Closely following my post from earlier in the week, comes another assortment of holiday beverage tidbits - this time with bonus beers! As with the last collection, these are broadbrush reviews …
Breathe out, it's holiday time. I'm in Noosa this week, for a family holiday that has been postponed twice in the last 18 months (thanks to COVID). It's easy to love this …
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 …
It's that time again. After a long weekend - and with another one on the way - the Graham wine fridge needs a top up, and I'm looking to you for …
You remember when I pumped up the little brother wine to this new Tapanappa Tiers 1.5m Chardonnay 2021? This is a significant step up. Different though. Drawn from the close-planted block …
For the back half of this working week, I'm in our nation's capital, Canberra, to judge at the Winewise Championship. This is one of my favourite wine shows on the calendar, …
Besides the obvious wine quality, what I always like about the new vintage release of the latest Tapanappa wines is the commentary from Brian Croser. Come for the Chardonnay, stay …
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