Each time I taste another well made 'alternative' variety from the King Valley I thank phylloxera. That's because, when everyone's nightmare grape louse swept through the region between 1991 and 1995, …
Love the new packaging on all the new Pizzini wines. Character and class. This Pizzini La Volpe Nebbiolo 2019 is, as ever, good drinking Nebbiolo at a very fair price. …
Is there is any Xmas cake on your horizon this festive season? I can remember a warm Christmas cake with coins stuck inside as a family Christmas tradition. We haven't done …
Few Australian Nebbiolo producers have invested as much effort, for as long, as Pizzini. Indeed, that history now spans three decades - there's a great yarn about Pizzini's first Nebbiolo, from …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here is a selection of wine that almost made it in October and November 2021. As …
Broad vintage generalisations anywhere are fraught with danger. They're so problematic given just how much a harvest can vary from variety to variety and vineyard to vineyard. Like 2011 in …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here is a selection of wines that almost made it in September 2021. Thanks, also, to …
Autentico Sangiovese. This Pizzini Forza di Ferro Sangiovese 2016 has red fruit and leather, the palate just medium-bodied, slightly ferrous with the fruit very much downplayed for savouriness. Every time I …
Energetic nouveau style King Valley red. This Pizzini La Volpe Nebbiolo 2018 has bright raspberry fruit and light tannins, the delivery unadulterated by oak, the overall effect so energetic. Even …
Straight Canaiolo, in Australia? Tuscany has a new address, and it's in the King Valley. Canaiolo is normally a blending grape that adds a bit of fruit weight to Chianti, and …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here then is a selection of wines that almost made it over the past few …
It feels a little dirty to be writing about wine right now. Or maybe it's a sense of futility - I'm that guy talking about wine while sitting on one …
Pizzini Estate Nebbiolo 2014 Pizzini's range of Nebbiolo has exploded in recent years, and headed by quality varietal wines like this. It's good. It's real and, importantly, varietal. Close your eyes and …
Not all wines can be great. In fact plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad... Here's a selection of wines that didn't quite excite me in May. Several …
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 the environment.
Twenty one years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer. and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more