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 January. Some are just nice …
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 for today, here are 15 …
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 and New Year where life …
I love great Viognier. Textural, viscous, rich, barrel matured Viognier is absolutely delicious. But so much V weed is underwhelming, ordinary, and either under or overripe. Too much. Too often. But this Yalumba Y Series Viognier 2018 …
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 …
From the dozen or so wines I've tried, I'm delighted to pronounce that 2017 is a great vintage for South Australian Riesling. Ultra late, cool and sometimes damp, it was a season just made for sprightly …
I feel like I'm on an 'icon wine' streak after yesterday's Dom Perignon note. So heck, why not carry that forward. Here are two very different wines that both have Grange in their name. In the Aussie …
Jacob's Creek Le Petit Rosé 2016 It's not widely known, but Jacob's Creek has a fulltime sensory scientist on staff (or at least it did when I visited a few years back). By itself that's not unusual …
Penfolds St Henri 2006 Let's check in to see how this Penfolds St Henri looks now. Surprisingly sullen. There's still that easy plum fruit, with a dusty edge and fruit that expands through the palate. Despite that …
Penfolds Bin Series Release - redux (This is largely the same post that got embroiled in the embargo drama, with just a few important date changes. I'm really very glad to be finally publishing this). The Penfolds …
Cabernet sideways - a look at 4 interesting Cabernet based reds Xavier Bizot - of Terre à Terre - is a crafty man. Crafty enough to know that a good blind tasting, when used correctly, can …
The Label Project - my week of Jacobs Creek Tying in nicely with the end of last week's Budget Wine Week, I'll be spending the next few days ensconced in the world of Jacobs Creek, one …
A gift from Peter Gago - Penfolds Bin 389 1983 1953 Grange. In blue. Peter likes it. Penfolds Bin 389 1983 (South Australia) $?, Cork Source: Gift www.penfolds.com.au From the same year as the infamous Ash Wednesday bushfires, this was …
The Riesling brothers in action outside Fix St James Early highlights from the Summer of Riesling This week marks the start of the Summer of Riesling (#summerofriesling on twitter), a season long celebration of all things Riesling …
Sydney Wine Show 2011 results + tasting the winners Say what you want about wine shows (and everyone has an opinion, often negative ones at that) the results of them are nothing if not interesting. In the …
Penfolds 2011 Bin Release Town Hall was a great setting. Love the ceilings Whether you like the wines or not, it's hard to argue with the ongoing impact of the Penfolds Bin wines. For mine, I still …
Bonneau du Martray Corton Charlemagne 2006 (Burgundy, France) $270 (retail 750ml), Cork, 13.5% Bonneau - when you get a good bottle, it really is one of the finest white wines in the world. And this was a very …
Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2006 (South Australia) $100, Screwcap, 14.5% Source: In store tasting http://www.penfolds.com/ I actually tasted this less than 12 hours after my last bottle of Kurtz Boundary Row GSM, and I think it did me …
3 weeks, 22 cellar doors, 40+ varieties and hundreds of great wines. That's what I have been up to lately, and before the warm vinous glow wears off, I'm going to briefly document some of my …
Woop Woop The Black Chook 'Free Range' Grenache Shiraz Viognier 2008 (South Australia) $18, Screwcap, 15.0%Made to sell. Made to make tons of everyday drinkers very happy with their purchase. Made to appeal to just …
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.