Broad vintage generalisations anywhere are fraught with danger. They're so problematic given just how much a harvest can vary from variety to variety and vineyard to vineyard. Like 2011 in …
Chardonnay - aka the king of white wines (which makes Riesling the queen) - gets pride of place in the Graham household, regularly jumping the barrier from 'tasting' to 'drinking' …
Oh boy. If you like the standard Dalrymple Pinot (which I did), then you need to try this Dalrymple Cottage Block Pinot Noir 2019. The Cottage Block is one of the …
Mercurial. What a great word. And the quality and personality of Dalrymple's Pinot is best described as mercurial too. In some vintages, it has been surprisingly hulking. In other years, …
The name says it all. 12 quality that are ready to go, no need to wait. They're wines of drinking appeal, whether it's luxurious textures or even just simple fruit. …
One of the single biggest growth hurdles that Tasmanian wine faces is a lack of wineries. I'm not talking about a shortfall of producers - Tassie has a whole smorgasbord of …
To celebrate 30 years of Meerea Park Wines, Garth & Rhys Eather went out to lunch. Except they spent this milestone meal with about 15 other wine media types, and repeated …
Always a pleasure to have more drinkable Pinot Noir pass the desk, and these three have all been delicious. I didn't try them together but would be a fascinating exercise …
Chalk this Clover Hill Tasmanian Cuvée Rose NV as another victory. It's a well balanced Tassie pink that feels very grown-up. Mouth-filling generosity, the palate fresh if just a little bit …
This Clover Hill Cuvée Exceptonelle Brut Rosé 2015 is really well done Australian fizz. Not as glorious as the non rosé bubbles, perhaps, but still very good. Importantly, it's tight and …
Right, birthday over, we're back to normal programming, and straight into a dead serious Tasmanian sparkling that spent over 10 years on lees. This Moorilla Estate Cloth Label Late Disgorged 2007 …
Why would you drink middling $45 Mumm when you can have this charismatic Clover Hill Vintage Release 2014 for the same price? I know, it's a rhetorical question, one that I've …
My expectations for cricket legend Ricky Ponting's new Ponting Wines were very low. That's a hangover from years of experience with consistently shithouse celebrity 'collaboration wine' - like the middling Greg …
It's only the 16th August but this has been one glorious month for Pinot Noir. Each and every one of these wines went down well at Australian Wine Review HQ, with …
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. Needless to say, I discovered wine, and my life evolved with a unique dual focus - wine and the environment.
Twenty one years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer. and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more