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 …
Will be interesting to see the prices of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc this year on the back of such a small harvest. At the top end, it will mean price rises …
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 May and June 2021. We're …
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 March 2021. You can …
For Marlborough, which is driven by conservative winemaking, this is an outlier. Something different for Beavertown. This Deep Down Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020 hits all the right buttons too, even …
I seem to be flooded with whites wines at Graham HQ at the moment. Not a bad thing when it's 29C outside (like it was yesterday) of course... Here then is …
Marlborough Gruner has lots of promise. It's going to take time for the vine age and w winemaking to catch up, but I can see the promise. This Jules Taylor …
Following on from the Chardonnay comes a well built Marlborough Sauv. This Jules Taylor Sauvignon Blanc 2019 harks back to the wines of the early noughties with old school varietal …
I had an (email) chat with Jules just the other week talking about vintage, Marlborough and what's selling. She was wonderfully honest and forthcoming with responses, which is sometimes the …
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 …
Opawa is Nautilus' more affordable range and this Marlborough rosé is normally a highlight. I don't see the same glory in '19. Pink fruit starts things well, but palate is …
In what has become a semi-annual event, I ventured out into the Armageddon-esque sideways rain on Saturday to taste the trophy winners (and more) from the Sydney International Wine Competition. You're …
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