Oh yes, this is a big edition! As the name suggests, these are the 34 wines that almost made the Australian Wine Review top grade (of 17/20 or 90/100+) this month. Some missed the mark by a …
For the final post in my 'wines that moved me in April' series comes this final collection - that I'm calling the 'better reds that aren't Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz or Pinot Noir'. As a primer, check …
Calabria Private Bin Montepulciano 2016 While most of the Calabria Private Bin wines are just easy drinks, this has some substance to it - and for very few dollars. Dark deep and inky purple. Great colour! So …
It's 3 days late I know, but here are a few wines that almost hit the mark this month. Some are just good, simple drinks. Others are genuinely average to poor... Hand Crafted Montepulciano 2016 From Geoff …
Australian Montepulciano shouldn't be this good, surely? That was going through my brain when I tasted the Amadio Heritage Selection Kersbrook Montepulciano 2014. Here, you're looking at a ripe and plush, Australian take on the red grape …
While I am slowly wearing down the mountain of samples that have arrived at Graham HQ over the past few weeks, it has still required frequent raiding, and today's target was alternate reds. As ever when …
Tscharke The Master Barossa Montepulciano 2013 This wine is dedicated to Damien Tscharke's father, who persuaded him to plant Montepulciano. Lots of potential here methinks. Monte has a nice Aussie ring to it. Oh and a …
Way Wood Wines McLaren Vale Montepulciano 2013 This is a breakout wine. A wine to make you think 'maybe Monte could really work in McLaren Vale'. Fruit is sourced from a site in the Willunga foothills. Bright …
October tasting notes roundup These are some of the odd hits and misses from the ozwinereview tasting bench this month, all coupled together in a collection of tidbits. Tscharke The Master Montepulciano 2012 (Marananga, Barossa Valley, Barossa, …
From the notebook: Grand Italian Wines from the Grandi Marchi Masterclass I was doing a little tidying tonight of some old unpublished notes and discovered this little gem - a collection of reviews from the Grandi …
2014 Royal Sydney Wine Show - results and musings The 2014 Macquarie Group Sydney Wine Show results were officially announced on Thursday night, with this wine scribe present at the trophy presentation dinner in my official …
Kirrihill Montepulciano 2012 (Adelaide Hills, SA) 14.9%, Screwcap, $28Source: Sample www.kirrihillwines.com.au Montepulciano is hardly the first wine grape you'd imaging to be planted in the Adelaide Hills (particularly cool Mt Lofty), but hey, if it grows well then …
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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