16 Best Chardonnay of November 2020
November 12, 2020
Australian Chardonnay is in the midst of a purple patch, with quality - and value - as good as it has ever been, as this collection of the 16 best …
Review: Curly Flat Chardonnay 2018
September 23, 2020
Easily the most embryonic Curly Chard I've had in some time, with this Curly Flat Chardonnay 2018 looking definitively cool climate. Caramel nougat over a palate that is tighter, leaner, snap …
Review: Forty Paces Pinot Noir 2017. Ultra-boutique Macedon Pinot to track down
September 10, 2020
Mark this Forty Paces Pinot Noir 2017 on the 'try me ' sheet. Setup by Jason Peasley in 2001, Forty Paces is a 1.5ha plot at Pipers Creek in the Macedon …
Review: Hanging Rock The Jim Jim Chardonnay 2018
August 1, 2020
I think the Hanging Rock table wines are most underrated. The bubbles get plenty of attention, but there's glory across the board. This Hanging Rock The Jim Jim Chardonnay 2018 …
Curly Flat Pinot Noir 2018 range. Damn good Macedon Pinot.
July 14, 2020
I'll save you some scrolling right now. The 2018 Curly Flat Pinot range is very very good. Things are different this year, however, as normally Curly Flat Pinot Noir is an assemblage …
The Almost Club Lockdown edition: 68 wines that almost made it over the past 3 months
July 8, 2020
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 …
Review: Hanging Rock The Jim Jim Pinot Noir 2017
June 18, 2020
The Hanging Rock site in the Macedon Ranges is famously chilly, so the table wines can sometimes suffer. But there's a delicacy of wines like this that is pretty attractive. The …
20 of the best Australian Chardonnay this February
February 28, 2020
Chardonnay, like it or not, is still the most important white grape in the country, making up over 45% of all white grapes crushed, and 20% of total grapes crushed, …
Mount Monument Riesling 2018
January 15, 2020
Mount Monument Riesling 2018 Wild fermented Macedon Riesling from a promising new name. Ambitious pricing for an unknown Riesling in a region not famous for Riesling (Knight Granite Hills aside). Lemon …
24 top white wines (and a few rosé) to drink right now
December 10, 2019
Here are 24 tasty white and pink wines for your immediate drinking pleasure. Wines that, to my tastes at least, are in the prime of their lives and should be consumed …
16 top Victorian Pinot Noir to pass the desk this month
September 16, 2019
This month, it's all about Pinot Noir here at Graham HQ, just because we like drinking it. And you'd have to argue that the best Pinot Noir in Australia almost …
23 bloody good Australian Chardonnay. Highlights from Shaw + Smith, Curly Flat, Oakridge etc
September 2, 2019
Sure, Shiraz gets all the attention, but for my money, Australia's most consistently drinkable premium variety is Chardonnay. That's simply a result of style. So much top tier Australian Shiraz - …
7 Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio that I’d actually drink (and in some cases, buy a whole bottle) this autumn
April 1, 2019
Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio, you do my head in. Here's a variety capable of textural magnificence. Of mouthfilling richness in Alsace or Central Otago, then pure, saline delicacy and effortless freshness 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 …
Opulent Oakridge 864 and 14 other quality Australian Chardonnay
January 11, 2019
With the official Graham HQ Chief Chardonnay Drinker 34 weeks pregnant, I'm not opening up as much Chardonnay as normal (outside of tasting lineups). The flip side is that I'm probably …
What will grow here? 9 smart wines that aren’t regional heroes
December 17, 2018
Christmas is my favourite time of year. The smell of gardenias. The sun. The green grass. The promise of holidays. It's so good. This time of year is also perfect for …
Australia’s best rosé? Cobaw Ridge Il Pinko 2017 delights
October 20, 2018
Cobaw Ridge Il Pinko 2017 Gee I'm tired of the accent in rosé. A few days into a print article on the pink stuff and that annoying é can officially get in …
New Macedon flavours: Lyons Will Gamay 2017
October 18, 2018
Lyons Will Gamay 2017 I was banging on yesterday about some of the new shades in Macedon wine. Here's exhibit A. Lyons Will is the label of Oliver Rapson and Renata Morello, …
The Macedon talisman: Curly Flat Pinot Noir 2016
October 17, 2018
Curly Flat Pinot Noir 2016 Outside of Tassie, if there is one cool climate wine region in Australia that shows the most latent promise it is the Macedon Ranges. I had …
Mitchell Harris Sabre Rosè 2012
September 20, 2018
Mitchell Harris Sabre Rosè 2012 I still haven't been to the Mitchell Harris bar/cellar door in Ballarat and I need to go. There are many places I need to go really, …
About me – Andrew Graham
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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 environment.
Twenty years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.
I now judge at wine shows around the world, sit on the Australian Wine List of the Year awards panel and was once a Wine Journalism Young Gun (but baby that was years ago).
Currently, I write features for a variety of publications including National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS, plus I'm a former Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert.
In 2019 and 2020 I was voted in the Top 30 Best Wine Critics in The World, and in my spare time, I'm a sucker for punishment and run trail ultra marathons, much to the delight of my long-suffering family. Read more about me here or get in touch to book your next wine event with me here
