Based purely on subjective gut feel, I've presumed that Sauvignon Blanc sales in Australia have peaked and over the past year or so are on the downward slope. Turns out that I'm wrong. According to 2017 IRI …
This is the third part of a look at rosé - one of the fastest growing categories in the Australian wine industry. Best to start here. While this is a roundup of 'the rest' what's most …
Stoneleigh Classic Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016 Stoneleigh's 'standard' Pinot, and given the price that it can be available for in discount retail, good drinking. Bright brambly raspberry and cranberry fruit here is the star here with …
Richard Ellis stopped by today with a few of the latest releases from Greywacke, the label of ex-Cloudy Bay supremo Kevin Judd. I've written about Kevin's Greywacke wines a few times over the years, with the …
'Mark my words, Marlborough Pinot is about to ratchet up a few notches.' That was me, back in 2011. Now, five years on, and if the latest crop (cough) of Marlborough Pinots are to go by; …
The new 2014 vintage Dog Point wines have just landed here at Graham HQ and I'm itching to get into them. That will come next. In the meantime, I reviewed this '13 Section 94 Sauv Blanc …
I'm in a benchmarking mood today, and Sauvignon Blanc is in the tasting headlights. The focus for this lineup was a wine that I think is amongst NZ's best 'classic' Sauvignon Blanc styles - the Dog …
I do wonder if we've hit peak Pinot in Australia yet. Each year the variety gets more mainstream love, more acceptance amongst the 'all red wines in Australia should be produced from Shiraz, Cabernet or …
Ra Nui Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 I imagine it would be hard to be a Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc producer without a really strong brand. Considerable downward pressure on prices in recent years (in Australia at least). This …
Dog Point Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc 2013 This is what I think is NZ's finest Sauvignon Blanc. Period. When I tried it back in November it was still coming together, but now, six months later, it …
Ra Nui Marlborough Pinot Gris 2014 Imported by Tyrrell's. Green straw. Succulent, musky nose though with a lean and reductive edge. Palate is sufficiently phenolic, loaded up with C02 and dry to finish but lacks the fruit …
10 top Kiwi Pinots with Fromm's Adam Balasoglou This is the sort of tasting to remind you just how much better value Kiwi Pinot is compared to Burgundy. Or anything is compared to Burgundy. I followed …
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.
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