Not my favourite Pewsey Vale Contours, but I think that is purely a stage in life - this Pewsey Vale Museum Release The Contours Riesling 2012 will probably climb to …
How is it possible that such deliciousness is still circa $20 a bottle? Between this Heggies Vineyard Riesling 2022 and the Pewsey Vale last week, there is enough evidence to …
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 …
No preamble; just drink it. That's the message with this Pewsey Vale Estate Riesling 2022, which captures everything good and great about Eden Valley Riesling in a cool year. Pure lime …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 22 wines that almost made it in September 2022. As ever, …
Do you drink Viognier? When I open a local example, I always think about who is drinking it. Is it still too hard to pronounce? Does anyone care? Why am …
Regular readers will be unsurprised that this Torzi Matthews Frost Dodger Riesling 2022 hit mark. I mean, last vintage was super, and with comparison wines like Tim Smith's ripper Riesling …
It's a pretty shallow pool for good Australian single variety Roussanne. Giaconda, Yangarra, Yelland & Papps for a few, but it's limited. This Yalumba Eden Valley Roussanne 2020 is a …
I feel like it's a perpetual statement, but Dom Torzi knows how to make a textural red. This Torzi Matthews 1920 Single Vineyard Angaston Village Shiraz 2021 is another case …
It's not hard to appreciate this Tim Smith Wines Eden Valley Riesling 2022 Single vineyard Eden Valley Riesling ‘picked on a full moon for those that follow those sort of things’, …
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, …
Frost Dodger. Such an evocative name. It's a nod to the source of this wine - Dom Torzi & Tracy Matthew's frost-prone vineyard at Mt McKenzie in the Eden Valley. Marginal …
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