Eldorado Road Onyx Durif 2015 This has to be one of the best Durif in Australia. From a single vineyard in Rutherglen, this is what the grape should taste like. Black jelly beanz, licorice and an …
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 miss the mark completely. Why post …
I've been engrossed in moving house this month so less wine than usual. Will be rectifying that this week. Eden Road The Long Road Canberra Pinot Gris 2016 A 'ramato' style skin contact Pinot Gris from Team Eden …
Centenary of Griffith Durif 2015 Durif doesn't get much love. Or at least enough love. Certainly not enough given just how much flavour good Durif packs in - and often at a very fair price. This Durif …
Eldorado Road Onyx Durif 2014 Durif is one of those grapes that, despite endless promise, never quite gets beyond 'solid'. The variety is great if you want thick and deep reds, but for something a bit …
All Saints Family Cellar Durif 2012 I've always wondered about how well Durif sells. Well suited to northern Victorian vineyards, no doubt, but still somewhat of an obscure variety in the scheme of things. Or is …
A few alternate reds from the week. Lino Ramble Tom Bowler McLaren Vale Nero d'Avola 2014 Another smart wine under this label. Handpicked, biodynamically farmed grapes that were wild fermented, basket pressed and then bottled unfined with …
Calabria Three Bridges Durif 2013 Want red wine you can chew on, for a very fair price? Then Bill Calabria is your man. Bill's 'Calabria Wines' (nee Westend) are constant overachievers in the weight-per-dollar equation, with …
Penfolds Collection 2014: The other releases inc. 2012 Cellar Reserve Cabernet Shiraz and a Penfolds Durif The backdrop to the Penfolds masterclass - Melbourne at its prettiest While the Bin range and Grange are hogging all of …
I'm back at university this week in sunny Dookie, completing my residential block for this semester's Managing Grapevine Physiology subject. It's always a pleasurable change of pace to slip back into student life and when the …
Westend Durif - even better than you think Westend 3 Bridges Durif 2010 14.5%, Screwcap, $25 Source: Sample www.westendestate.com It often surprises me how many well-known wine industry folk are teetotallers. It seems such a juxtaposition to be working around …
3 Bridges Durif 2009 (Riverina, NSW) 14.5%, Screwcap, $22 Source: Sample www.westendestate.com.au DurifSorta sounds like Dew Woof Do people actually buy Durif? I mean, surely someone must because wineries keep producing them, but do people genuinely go out with a …
For all the criticisms levelled at the wine industry, it's nothing if not generous.This tasting was put on by Domaine Wine Shippers, one of the more renowned importers of French wine into Australia, with the …
These tasting notes all come from the Boutique Wine Awards tasting, held at Sydney's Marriot Hotel back on the 3rd July (yes, I am very behind).What was most heartening to see was that whilst these …
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.
Almost twenty years later and I currently spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.
While wearing my writer cap I write features for the likes of National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS plus I'm a Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert. Read more about me here or get in touch to book your next wine event with me here.