It's easy to get blase about Sauvignon Blanc - a variety that so often is treated like an alcohol delivery system rather than a serious wine. Yet Shaw + Smith …
Escape Room is the new label from the Chapel Hill team focused on fun reds and whites. This Escape Room Sauvignon Blanc 2021 is one of my favourites from the …
I was banging on last week about the quality of the Greywacke range for what Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc can achieve in the right hands. This Deep Down Sauvignon Blanc 2021 …
A pleasure to see these new Greywacke 2022 releases land on the doorstep recently, reminding me that I haven't been to New Zealand in years (when it was once an …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 48 wines that almost made it in August 2022. With this …
I never miss this tasting. Every year, the Sydney Royal Wine Show throws open the doors for a trade/exhibitor tasting of all everything entered into what is one of Australia's famous, …
After 3 long, COVID-interrupted years, today saw the return of the famed Shaw + Smith Yum Cha lunch. This (normally) annual event sees the S + S team dispatched to different …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just 'ok drinks', and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 13 wines that almost made it in May 2022. An important …
Today was the tasting of the Young Gun of Wine Awards (YGOW) finalists for 2022, with 31 'young' producers opening their wares for the trade. YGOW is a an initiative spearheaded …
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 April 2022. What's always important, …
My trips to the post office to pick up wine at this time of year are always more battle than a trip. Not only is it always raining (Yes, the La …
While it has been too moist and humid to feel 'hot' here in Sydney town in recent weeks, that doesn't mean we need an excuse to drink refreshing beverages. For …
Welcome to 2022! Taking out the recycling over the past few days reminded me that a) I drink plenty of beer b) there were some seriously fine wines opened over the …
Ahhh, the perpetual love-hate relationship. I love textural white wines so much, with the intoxicating sensuality of a mouthfilling Gewurz or the absorbing contrasts of a classic Bordeaux blend something bloody …
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