Based purely on subjective gut feel, I've presumed that Sauvignon Blanc sales in Australia have peaked and over the past year or so are on the downward slope. Turns out that I'm wrong. According to 2017 IRI …
It's impressive to see the volume of Rhone whites in this lineup of Yarra Wines tasted recently. A reminder that the Yarra Valley is more than just Chard/Pinot/Cab/Shiraz and makes some of the best Viognier/Marsanne/Roussanne …
Sidewood Mappinga Adelaide Hills Fume Blanc 2015 I've got the whole range of Sidewood Mappinga releases on the bench at the moment, promising much. This Adelaide Hills producer has been scooping the pool of late, headlined …
A few of the wines to have passed the tasting bench this month that didn't quite make it onto the full site. La Bise Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2016 From the Kozned Vineyard in Gumeracha. Light pear …
Not many Australian wine producers take Sauvignon Blanc seriously. That sounds like a broad, lazy generalisation, but I still challenge you to name more than a handful of producers who really focus on Sauvignon Blanc. There …
I've been engrossed in moving house this month so less wine than usual. Will be rectifying that this week. Eden Road The Long Road Canberra Pinot Gris 2016 A 'ramato' style skin contact Pinot Gris from Team Eden …
It's that time again - time to roundup a selection of wines that didn't quite make it onto the site. Some because of time and space, others because they failed the grade, this January 2017 …
Alkoomi Frankland River Sauvignon Blanc 2016 Alkoomi know how to make well priced wines, typically without fanfare, and this is another solid release in the 'oh yes, this is good wine for the dollars' camp. Sourced from …
It’s that time of the month again – time to collate a range of wines that didn’t quite make the grade. Plenty opened this month, which is why this list is longer than usual… Bremerton Langhorne Creek …
Shaw + Smith Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2016 There's a consistency to Shaw + Smith's Sauvignon Blanc that shouldn't be underestimated. Quality and consistency. Pungent aromatics mark this as Savvy from the outset. It's a clever mix …
Here's another new name to add to the list. Livewire is the label of Anthony Brain, a former chef who has spent time as winemaker for Bellarine Estate and De Bortoli (amongst others). Ant's been focused on …
So Helen Masters of Ata Rangi dropped around last week, bringing with her a bagful of the latest releases. Never one to refuse an excuse to taste Ata Rangi with straight-talking Helen I naturally dived …
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.
One of my other caps is as co-founder of Sydney's best wine tasting business The Tasting Glass.
Crowned the 2009/10 Wine Communicators of Australia Wine Journalism 'Young Gun', I have a Masters in Wine Technology & Viticulture from Melbourne University, have judged at numerous wine shows and learnt how to write dumb things in copywriting school.
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