I always find it fascinating when a brand gets a PR agency. While previously it would just be a winemaker reaching out to say 'want to try my wines?', now …
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 …
Reviewing young Hunter Valley Semillon built in the 'traditional' style (low alcohol, high acid, usually bottled with plenty of SO2) is typically hard work. Green apples, and teeth-cleaning acidity. But …
New labels, and this latest crop of wines from Tim Smith have been uniformly excellent. Just make the Halliday scores look even more ridiculous (although Tim is not alone). Anyway, this …
Just days after the mind-spinning $500 Rutherglen Shiraz, along comes this Eldorado Road Perseverance Old Vine Shiraz 2019 to remind everyone that pricetags and cost of production aren't always miles …
I can't remember the last Taylors Cabernet Shiraz that I tried, but it was a long time ago. On the showing of this Taylors Masterstroke Cabernet Shiraz 2016, it shouldn't …
Tim Smith's signature Eden Valley Riesling is typically a charming wine, but this Tim Smith Wines Riesling 2021 s one of his best iterations in many years. I wonder if a …
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, …
Please, wineries of Australia, send me more glorious aged Riesling like this Howard Park Museum Release Riesling 2014. It even has the old school label too! Reminds of the superb …
I wasn't drinking when I opened this Bicknell FC Applecross Pinot Noir 2018 and regretted it. This sort of seduction, this effortless Pinot style is what I want to be …
While this Yangarra High Sands Grenache 2018 is the pinnacle of the Yangarra Grenache tree in price, it's not always my favourite wine in the lineup. Call it personal tastes, …
Building on the excellent collection of 2018 wines (read about them here and here) comes a new Eisenstone 2019 Shiraz selection of Barossan Shiraz from Stephen Cook. This is a smaller release for …
It's very muc big Shiraz week here at Australian Wine Review, so let's introduce in a more medium weight iteration of a top dog Adelaide Hills Shiraz - the new …
A fascinating wine to taste in context of the other Taltarni reds. This Taltarni Reserve Shiraz Cabernet 2019 is so achingly backward, so future-focussed that it's a hard wine to …
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