Here's a producer that consistently overperforms in the value stakes. Sons of Eden is the brand of ex-Pinnacle Drinks/Dorrien Estate winemaker Corey Ryan and noted grapegrower and viticulturist Simon Cowham (ex-Yalumba) - two well-known figures in …
Domaine Chanson Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chenevottes 2014 Much has been written about the glories of the 2014 white Burgundy vintage, and I'm here to say believe the hype. Oh and Chanson have had a great …
Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2014 This is one of the most backward Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay releases I have had in years. Going back through my notes, it's such a contrast to view this '14 …
Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay 2015 Know what makes this exceptional Chardonnay great? Fantastic attention to detail. It starts with the written tasting notes accompanied my sample bottle. Two sheets of succinct words, printed on shiny, heavy stock, with …
While I didn't get much time to look at these new releases from Yarra Valley's Yeringberg, it was a pleasure to check in with wines that I really like. Sandra De Pury was doing the …
Best's Bin 0 Great Western Shiraz 2015 One of the most attractive things about the classical Best's Great Western red wine style is the texture. That glossy, plum essence roundness seems to come without the cost …
It's great to be home. Great, in particular, to be back on my own pillow. Italian pillows fall into one of two camps - a) stunted lumps or b) shapeless fluff balls. I then end up …
Shaw & Smith M3 Chardonnay 2015 Precise Chardonnay this. From nose to tail, there is a sense of masterful winemaking here, the fruit just ripe enough to give apple and white peach flavour, the oak adding …
Scarborough The Obsessive Shiraz 2014 Scarborough is Hunter Valley Chardonnay. It's a symbiotic relationship that has, ultimately, driven both the success of Scarborough and the popularity of the variety in the region. It's that influential. As important as …
Australia, your 2013 birth year wine is ready (but can we make it Sunday every day)! What makes this duo so birth-year-wine-worthy is the structure. Wines explicitly built for ageing, with the eyes firmly fixed in a 'next …
It must be tough pushing the Riesling wagon in Mudgee. I mean, we're talking about a region that already has challenges with its identity, let alone focusing on a variety that is (unfairly) a hard sell. …
Fifteen odd years ago, when we were young punks working in wine retail (and thought we knew everything about wine), Alex Head and I used to drink a lot of Pinot. I can still remember a …
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.
More than fifteen years later and I currently spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.
While wearing my writer hat I contribute to the likes of The Retiree; Gourmet Traveller WINE, National Liquor News and the RAS plus I'm a Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert.
Crowned the 2009/10 WCA Wine Journalism 'Young Gun', in my spare time I'm a wine judge and recently graduated with a Masters in Wine Technology & Viticulture from Melbourne University.
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