Aged Clare Riesling and aged Hunter Semillon - two superb Australian wine styles that deserve more love. Here's a pair of fine examples, both released as mature wines. Thomas Wines Cellar Reserve Braemore Hunter Valley Semillon …
Taylors Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Typically this is Taylors best standard 'Estate' wine, their push forward to show that the Clare Valley does Cab better than Shiraz (it does. You know it). Dark colours and dark berry …
A few of the wines to have passed the tasting bench this month that didn't quite make it onto the full site. La Bise Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2016 From the Kozned Vineyard in Gumeracha. Light pear …
Tim Adams Clare Valley Pinot Gris 2016 Please Aussie wine world, send us more textural Pinot Gris and less flavourless Pinot Grigio. It's the right thing to do. Clare This Clare Gris is more like it. Just off-dry, …
2016 Jim Barry Assyrtiko What a pleasure to see this in commercial release. I first covered off the Jim Barry Assyrtiko project this time last year (not long after returning from Santorini). Then, it was just unlabelled …
This is my favourite time of year for drinking current vintage dry Australian Riesling. Sure, plenty of the best wines are nowhere near ready, but that 'just picked' freshness is addictive. This dozen is a selection …
Tim Adams Clare Valley Riesling 2016 It's amazing to think that white wine of this calibre still sells for just $22/bottle. What a time to be alive. This is classic Clare Riesling too. Intense lime juice on …
I'm on the value train today, with this sextuplet of sub $30 Shiraz to kick things off. When examining reds at this 'value' end of the spectrum, it's always interesting to see how far best market …
Artwine Grumpy Old Man Clare Valley Grenache 2014 From a vineyard that dates back to the 1930s and likely older than that. What a great resource to have! Oh and what do you think of the …
'Arguably the best value variety from Australia in decades' That's the Decanter opinion on Australian dry Riesling, a wine that - despite endless coaxing from wine writers, sommeliers, retailers and producers - continues to not grow …
Ah the frustration of the acute accent on the e in rosé! So often missing in action, leaving you to wonder why someone is talking about how delicious it is to drink a flower. I only …
So, I'm happy to announce that the official Australian Wine Review sample pile is now nearing a manageable level! That's a very welcome improvement from the point it was at a few months ago when …
At 18 I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, doing a degree that I didn't really like, and a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say I discovered wine, my uni degree morphed into something completely different and wine/beer took over my life.
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