Clos Saouma Chateauneuf-du-Pape Omnia 2012 Another glorious CNDP from the extended Lucien Le Moine portfolio. 80% Grenache plus a whole smorgasbord of other varieties. In a good place right now too. Delicious. …
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 …
Grenache is back. Not that it every really went anywhere, but there's a palpable sense of enthusiasm for Grenache (and notably Australian Grenache) that wasn't there a few years back. Of course …
Everywhere you go, you always take the weather with you. Or so the Crowded House song goes. In this case, it's not the weather, but the 2015 harvest that is following me …
Piedlong Chateauneuf du Pape 2012 I've never quite warmed to this Brunier Chateauneuf du Pape, with variability and rusticity leading to some disappointments. A bitter, black fruited style, there's definitely an …
More Rhone highlights from the Working With Wine Seminar While the Guigal La La trio was the centre of attention at the recent Negociants Working With Wine seminars, the other wines …
Much imported goodies Some imported goodies from the Negociants portfolio Whilst there is a whole multitude of importers bringing wine into Australia, I don't think any can really compete with the scale …
Christian Moreau AOC Chablis 2008 Only a basic Chablis, but beautifully so. Kimmeridgian cream, oyster shells and a flinty fragrance. Upfront and unadorned by oak, with a classically dry palate. Lovely …
These were tasted at one of Sydney's finest imported wine meccas, the Ultimo Wine Centre. If you are ever in Sydney town, don't miss out on the Saturday tastings - …
Vieux Telegraphe Chateauneuf du Pape 2005 (Southern Rhone, France) Cork, $130The more Southern Rhone reds I try, the more I realise just how good Australian GSM's are. We have the …
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 environment.
Twenty years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.
I now judge at wine shows around the world, sit on the Australian Wine List of the Year awards panel and was once a Wine Journalism Young Gun (but baby that was years ago).
Currently, I write features for a variety of publications including National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS, plus I'm a former Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert.
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