It's easy to think that everyone is entranced by terroir, dreams about Burgundy and knows that Montalcino and Montepulciano involve different grapes. Yet the sheer reality is that most people …
Chardonnay. Chardonnay and Riesling. Maybe some Semillon. That's a local hierarchy of white grapes I'm happy with. You? There is quite a Chardonnay flavour on Australian Wine Review this week, too, with …
These Deep Down wines are seriously exciting. Organic, lofi Marlborough releases of uncommon intensity. Seriously uncommon. There seems to more layers, more width, extra everything. It doesn't always work - …
I was banging on last week about the quality of the Greywacke range for what Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc can achieve in the right hands. This Deep Down Sauvignon Blanc 2021 …
A pleasure to see these new Greywacke 2022 releases land on the doorstep recently, reminding me that I haven't been to New Zealand in years (when it was once an …
If you had to pick a single wine style that is most highly coveted in the Graham household, it is the early drinking red. Pinot, Grenache, Gamay, some Tempranillo, a …
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 …
We're a little down on celebrations here at Australian Wine Review HQ of late, with illness putting a temporary dampener on festivities. Still, it was my dad's 70th on the weekend, …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just 'ok drinks', and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 13 wines that almost made it in May 2022. An important …
It's starting to feel cold and shitty here in Sydney town this week, which is a huge contrast from the humid 26C humid glory of Noosa I had last week. …
Closely following my post from earlier in the week, comes another assortment of holiday beverage tidbits - this time with bonus beers! As with the last collection, these are broadbrush reviews …
No shortage of consistently good wines from Jules Taylor, the 2021 GT Wine Winemaker Of the Year. She deserves it with wines like this Jules Taylor Pinot Noir 2020. Sappy red …
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 …
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 July and August 2021. Sometimes …
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