Sure, Shiraz gets all the attention, but for my money, Australia's most consistently drinkable premium variety is Chardonnay. That's simply a result of style. So much top tier Australian Shiraz - …
Castle Rock Estate Shiraz 2015 Porongurup. Polish Hill River. Eden Valley. These three sub-regions are the dress circle of Australian Riesling. But Eden is the only one of those three that …
It's new release season in the wine industry, which means that I came home to a small mountain of samples to pickup from the post office. But this is new …
Castle Rock Pinot Noir 2017 I'm not a massive fan of Great Southern Pinot, purely due to a lack of delicacy. That's a broad generalisation, I know, but convince me otherwise. …
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 …
I know that plenty of people dislike these larger roundup style posts, but following on from my list of the Chardonnay hits of the summer, it seems only natural that …
The 2016 Young Guns of Wine (YGOW) awards came to Sydney on Saturday, with ten of this year's finalists turning up to show their wares and help decide the 'People's Choice …
'Arguably the best value variety from Australia in decades' That's the Decanter opinion on Australian dry Riesling, a wine that - despite endless coaxing from wine writers, sommeliers, retailers and producers …
Pinot Noir rates a close second to Chardonnay in the 'varieties likely to be drunk first at Graham HQ', which usually means that samples are finished rather than given away. In …
Snake + Herring Hallelujah Chardonnay 2012 (Porongurup, Great Southern, WA)12.5%, Screwcap, $38 Another excellent wine from Snake + Herring. Put it on my Halliday-esque 'Top Ten new wineries'. Or such. This took a …
Two superb new Rieslings from WA's Great Southern Now here's a new name to look out for in the world of WA wine. Snake + Herring is the catchy label of marketer Redmond …
Singlefile Riesling Clever packaging I think Singlefile Porongurup Riesling 2011 (Great Southern, WA) 12.3%, Screwcap, $25 Source: Sample www.singlefilewines.com I'm in something of a Great Southern frameset at the moment, having worked through a pretty handy …
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.
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.