Hello and welcome to buttery old-school Chardonnay land, with today's feature wine - the Heggies Estate Chardonnay 2019 - a picture of Chardy of yore. It's not OTT in a …
I'm working my way through all the Sapling Yard wines with this smart Chardonnay next (ping Simon Colwell). Tumbarumba fruit here, and it spent 8 months in 25% new oak, which …
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 October 2022. As ever, …
Chardonnay. Chardonnay and Riesling. Maybe some Semillon. That's a local hierarchy of white grapes I'm happy with. You? There is quite a Chardonnay flavour on Australian Wine Review this week, too, with …
This year, for just the second time, saw the release of a Hawke's Bay Chardonnay Collection. Now, a year after the wines were picked, and a few months since they …
This Oakridgee Willowlake Chardonnay 2020 is easily my favourite wine of the 2020 Oakridge Chardonnay lineup, and feels so much grander (and riper) than the rest. White peach, fig, grilled …
Want to know what the best part about wine show judging is? The judge's dinner. That's because the judging is less glamorous than you'd think. Often, it's a mouth-destroying slog, with …
It’s that time again. Time to fill me in on what you’re currently drinking, what you want to drink, or what you have drunk in the last four weeks. And …
Dave Bicknell is an Australian Chardonnay superhero. Is it little wonder that this Oakridge Blanc de Blancs 2016 is a complex, and involving wine? Matured for five years on lees, and …
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 …
As the name suggests, here are 10 of the better Chardonnay to have passed the Australian Wine Review desk in recent weeks. I tried to keep this as a 'Top 10' …
I never miss this tasting. Every year, the Sydney Royal Wine Show throws open the doors for a trade/exhibitor tasting of all everything entered into what is one of Australia's famous, …
Arbor Novae means 'new trees' in Latin, with this range intended to celebrate WA styles with $1.50 from each bottle donated to Carbon Positive Australia to support tree planting initiatives. …
Well, I liked the Pinot Noir, and I think this Crittenden Peninsula Chardonnay 2021 might be even more interesting. Nutty, porridge and cider style with HEAPS going on. Sour, mealy, cool, …
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