11-44 of October 2019’s best Shiraz
October 22, 2019
Why stop at just 10 great Shiraz for the month? Here is the follow on list of the best 11-34 Shiraz to pass the desk in October 2019. Terre à Terre …
Almost Club October 2019 edition – more than 45 wines that almost made it this month.
October 16, 2019
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here’s a selection of wines that almost made it in October 2019. I like plenty …
2019 Sydney Royal Wine Show – I tasted the trophy winners (so you don’t need to)
September 1, 2019
In what has become something of a tradition (posts here, here, here, here and here for starters), I went to this year's 2019 Sydney Royal Wine Show exhibitor event tasting …
14 of the best Cabernet based reds this August: Feat. Oates Ends, Voyager, Levantine Hill & more
August 15, 2019
It's been a rough week or so at Graham HQ, as a sniffly 5 month old meant little sleep and not enough wine... So let's keep this tight. As the name …
Matt East’s well-weighted Rouleur Shiraz 2018
July 23, 2019
Matt East from Rouleur popped by the other day with this new Rouleur Shiraz 2018 in his bag. Strangely, he was reticent to show it thinking it might be a …
Mr Reliability: Wirra Wirra Church Block 2017
July 5, 2019
Here's a wine that I know will brighten up a dour pub list. The Wirra Wirra Church Block 2017 is another reminder that making good $25 wine isn't hard. You …
Almost Club May 2019 edition: 25 wines that almost made it
June 12, 2019
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 …
A smorgasbord of newish McLaren Vale reds from Chapel Hill, Hickinbotham Vineyards, Yangarra, Samuel’s Gorge & more
May 15, 2019
I'm on a bit of a McLaren Vale run at the moment, even if it was unintentional. Actually, maybe it's not - if I was forced to pick a specialisation, …
Yangarra’s superb 2018 Noir is a watershed wine
April 8, 2019
Yangarra Estate Noir 2018 At the end of 2018 I made a wishlist of 3 things I'd like to see more of in 2019. And number 1 on the list was …
More on blends: 12 quality wines from Latta, Soumah, Yangarra and more
March 20, 2019
Following on from Monday's article on blends, I thought it only fair to back it up with a selection of the better white and red blends to pass the desk …
Sydney International Wine Competition 2019 – a look at the (unusual) winners
February 28, 2019
I'm finally getting back into some sort of normal programming this week, or whatever that means when you're a new parent. The little one is sleeping, but the days now …
Almost Club January 2019 edition: A bumper new year of almostness inc. a $500 red
January 27, 2019
I missed December's Almost Club edition (holidays), so this is a huge crop of almostness... As the name suggests, here are the wines that almost hit the mark for me 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 …
15 Australian Cabernet (and blends) that looked good in late 2018
January 2, 2019
Happy New Year! I'm celebrating the start of 2019 with a little tasting note house cleaning, how about you? Actually I'm mainly at the beach. Before we crack out the towels …
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 …
16 top $30+ Australian Shiraz just in time for Christmas
December 12, 2018
I'm still working out what to drink on Christmas day. I've got most of the usual boxes ticked - Primo Joseph sparkling red, '12 Giaconda Chardonnay maybe and a stray bottle …
Almost Club November 2018 Edition feat. 18 wines
November 29, 2018
It's been a long month here at Graham HQ, and the next few weeks promise to be just as intense. I can't wait for that glorious period in between Christmas …
Six offbeat Shiraz Blends (and not just from South Australia)
November 8, 2018
For this week's entertainment, I thought I'd pull out all the Shiraz dominant blends that aren't your usual suspects and ended up with these six wines. Some are just slightly unconventional …
Almost Club October 2018 edition: From ‘not bad’ to ‘how did that get bottled’
October 29, 2018
From near misses to faulty junk. Here is a collection of the wines that almost won me over in October 2018. A special, frustrating mention to the two Leasingham wines. I …
Grenache on a roll: eight great Australian Grenache
October 22, 2018
Just three and a half years ago I stood at the side of nearly century-old Grenache vineyard in the Barossa shaking my head. There we were, Marco Cirillo and I, gazing …
About me – Andrew Graham
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, 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.
Twenty years later and I currently spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.
While wearing my writer cap I write features for the likes of National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS plus I'm a Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert. Read more about me here or get in touch to book your next wine event with me here.