Following on from yesterday's rosé report, today I've pulled out four of the best pink wines to pass the desk recently. Four standouts in an ocean of simple, sometimes sweet, sometimes dry, often middling wines. Actually, …
Holm Oak Pinot Noir 2015 The RRP is the same as the 2010 vintage, yet the quality has come along even further. Big tick. On a side note, my first published article was on Holm Oak's …
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 Award'. Sadly I've missed the last …
Pipers Brook Estate Pinot Noir 2013 It's curious how Pipers Brook has faded from the mainstream in recent years, slipping from a position as one of Tasmania's better known producers to now something of a forgotten …
Last Horizon Tamar Valley Pinot 2013 This is good value stuff. Not awfully serious, but packs a heap of Pinot character in for relatively few dollars. Ripe raspberry, a hint of tomato leaf - all there. It's …
Handpicked Collection Tasmanian Pinot Noir 2013 (Tamar Valley, Tas) There's so much to like about these Handpicked Collection wines. Nice packaging. Admirable intensity. Yet, crucially, there all just a little bit too warm, as if the …
Delamere Vineyards Chardonnay 2012 (Pipers Brook, Tas) 12.4%, Screwcap, $40 This Delamere Chardonnay followed me down to Durras Lake camping over the weekend, managing to still look good after two days sitting in an icy slurry squashed …
Holyman Pinot Noir 2011 (Tamar Valley, Tas) 14%, Screwcap, $45 Source: Sample www.stoneyrise.com I'm not sure how this slipped through the cracks as I think this has moved on to the 2012 vintage now. Regardless, I think this '11 needs …
Ian Parmenter Pinot Noir 2011 (Tamar Valley, Tasmania), 13.5%, Screwcap, $35.Source: Samplewww.wineselectors.com.au Crafted by Josef Chromy, this is part of the Wine Selectors 'Chef Series' that sees chefs craft dishes to match a designated wine (with …
Stoney Rise Pinot Noir 2012 (Tamar Valley, Tas)13%, Screwcap, $29 Source: Samplewww.stoneyrise.com I always like the back label on these Stoney Rise wines. Joe Holyman, Stoney Rise winemaker, lists a bunch of suitable words that sums up …
Last Horizon Tamar Valley Pinot Noir Last Horizon Pinot Noir 2012 (Tamar Valley, Tas) 13%, Screwcap, $23 Source: Sample www.echelonwine.com.au The 2011 version of this wine was a superhero, taking out multiple trophies and winning hearts and minds all around …
Holyman Pinot. Something of a photo fail Holyman Pinot Noir 2010 (Tamar Valley, Tas)14%, Screwcap, $45 Source: Sample www.stoneyrise.com Joy Holyman is a thoughtful man. Thoughtful because not only does he send tasty wines, he also fills the final …
Holm Oak Pinot Noir 2010 (Tamar Valley, Tas)14%, Screwcap, $32Source: Samplewww.holmoakvineyards.com.au Few would realise it but Holm Oak has some of the oldest Pinot Noir vines in Tasmania, with their first Pinot Noir plantings dating back …
Catching up: Pinot Noir A Pinot Noir bunch Tight and sexy looking bunch isn't it? In typical festive season style I've been doing plenty of drinking and comparatively little note taking of late, a situation which I'm totally …
Holyman Pinot Noir Serious Tassie Pinot Holyman Pinot Noir 2009 (Tamar Valley, Tas)13%, Screwcap, $45Source: Samplewww.stoneyrise.com Rather than having me bang on about how much wine love I have for the Stoney Rise vineyard/winemaking style/wines in general, you're …
Stoney Rise Pinot - smart wine for the price Stoney Rise Pinot Noir 2010 (Tamar Valley, Tas) 14%, Screwcap, $29Source: Samplewww.stoneyrise.com Ahh Tasmania. The Apple Isle. That bit down the bottom of Australia. A part of the nation …
Holyman Chardonnay 2009 (Tamar Valley, Tas)12.5%, Screwcap, $45Source: Samplewww.stoneyrise.com Holyman Chardonnay. Clever Tasmania really is sitting at the pointy end of cool climate wine production in Australia. It's like an epicentre of wine excitement, a hotbed of …
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.