11-44 of October 2019’s best Shiraz
October 22, 2019
Why stop at just 10 great Shiraz for the month? Here is the follow on list of the best 11-34 Shiraz to pass the desk in October 2019. Terre à Terre …
Almost Club July 2019 Edition: 23 wines that almost made it this month
July 29, 2019
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad… Here’s a selection of wines that almost made it in July 2019. I like plenty …
10 fine new Australian Riesling on a Tuesday – feat. Harewood, Castle Rock, St Hugo & more
May 21, 2019
It's new release season in the wine industry, which means that I came home to a small mountain of samples to pickup from the post office. But this is new …
Why I think Australian Pinot is getting better + delicious wines from Harewood, Montalto, Nautilus and Soumah
April 15, 2019
I'm steadily making a dent in the sample pile at the moment, after getting massively behind after my little one was born. She's 8 weeks old now (and beautiful, in my …
Almost Club January 2019 edition: A bumper new year of almostness inc. a $500 red
January 27, 2019
I missed December's Almost Club edition (holidays), so this is a huge crop of almostness... As the name suggests, here are the wines that almost hit the mark for me in …
The drinking thread: 30 smashable Australian wines (for $30 or less) I’d drink on a hot January night
January 20, 2019
The premise with this collection is very very simple - I've been hitting the sample pile hard over the past week or two, and these 30 wines were not only …
The Almost Club September 2018 edition – 20+ wines that almost made it
October 5, 2018
This edition of the Almost Club is a few days late as I was busily not doing much in Noosa (photo attached. We love Noosa). Here than are 20 wines that …
The Almost Club July 2018 Edition – 34 wines this month!
July 20, 2018
Oh yes, this is a big edition! As the name suggests, these are the 34 wines that almost made the Australian Wine Review top grade (of 17/20 or 90/100+) this month. Some …
The best 12 Chardonnay to pass the desk in July 2018
July 18, 2018
A self explanatory title, here are 12 of the best 12 Chardonnay to pass the desk in July 2018. If anything, this list just highlights the high standard of Chardonnay in Australia. …
13 of June’s better white wines that aren’t Riesling, Chardonnay or Semillon
July 4, 2018
Obviously it's July now (not June), but I did a quick trawl through the tasting book today and it revealed an interesting stat - Riesling, Chardonnay and Semillon make up …
The tasting I dread (but not this year): 10 decent textural whites from Alkoomi, Punt Road etc.
March 5, 2018
There is no reason why this tasting should be so bad. Yet every year I line up a collection of textural white wines and every year it's disappointing. Except that this …
The Almost Club February 2018 edition
March 1, 2018
Here are a few wines that almost made it in February (and a day late I know). A few serious disappointments here, and a few solid, simple wines. That Ferngrove was …
The Almost Club January 2018 Edition
January 30, 2018
Here are a few of the wines that have passed the desk this month and almost made the grade. Some weren't far off the mark, others are absolute disasters. A few …
10 of the Riesling hits of the summer inc. a superstar Pichler Smaragd
January 22, 2018
I know that plenty of people dislike these larger roundup style posts, but following on from my list of the Chardonnay hits of the summer, it seems only natural that …
The Almost Club: November 2017 edition
November 27, 2017
As you can see the volume of posts has dropped off a bit lately as I'm still not feeling great. My ankle issues turned out to be an arthritis flare …
The Almost Club: October 2017 edition, feat. 37 wines that are almost really good (or not)
October 25, 2017
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 …
Castelli Estate’s cellarworthy 2015 Cabernet
March 29, 2017
Castelli Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Castelli's recent form has been excellent, with a line of superb Chardonnay and Cabernet (in particular). This Estate Cab is another fine release. What appeals here is …
Galafrey Dry Grown Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
September 27, 2016
Galafrey Dry Grown Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 It's easy to make generalisations when we see wine jargon. Whole bunch. Old vines. Dry grown. All of it fits in that space …
Galafrey Dry Grown Reserve Riesling 2016
September 1, 2016
Galafrey Dry Grown Reserve Riesling 2016 Following on in this line of '16 Riesling comes another crazy cheap wine. Is Riesling our most under-priced variety? It would be easy to make …
Castelli does it again with the 2014 Il Liris Chardonnay
April 11, 2016
Chardonnay is the most popular grape in my house. By a margin. Pinot rates highly when winter comes along, but Chardie is the champ. I didn't take this 2014 Castelli Estate …
About me – Andrew Graham
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, 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.
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.