In what has become something of a tradition (posts here, here, here, here and here for starters), I went to this year's 2019 Sydney Royal Wine Show exhibitor event tasting …
I love textured white wines. Alsace field blends? Gimme. Barrel fermented Margaret River Sauv? Yes please. But every year, the 'textural white' segment disappoints. I get that it's a balancing act to …
I've finally managed to get on top of this shitty cold, which means my olfactory bits are finally working again. What better way to get back into the groove than with …
It's been a rough week or so at Graham HQ, as a sniffly 5 month old meant little sleep and not enough wine... So let's keep this tight. As the name …
Levantine Hill Colleen’s Paddock Pinot Noir 2015 Levantine Hill is the ultra-ambitious Yarra Valley winery of Melbourne property developer Elias Jreissati. Or at least that's what Google tells me. In the …
Matt East from Rouleur popped by the other day with this new Rouleur Shiraz 2018 in his bag. Strangely, he was reticent to show it thinking it might be a …
Today is Seminar 2 of the 2019 Negociants Working With Wine Program; a biennial wine masterclass series brought to Australia by premier importer and distributor Negociants Australia. This seminar is focused …
Massolino Vigna Rionda Barolo 2013 On Monday I was banging on about the beauty of the 'standard' Massolino Barolo. Here is its older, more famous, and utterly delicious brother. The Vigna Rionda …
Massolino Barolo 2015 Want to know what the Barolo fuss is about? Why people go nuts about Nebbiolo? Here's one wine that shows the beauty of what Jancis Robinson describes as 'the world's …
Stefano Lubiana Collina Chardonnay 2014There is just 51 dozen of this Chardonnay in existence or 612 bottles. That's very very small numbers in the scheme of things - just 459 …
Juniper Estate Chardonnay 2017 Here's a Margaret River winery with a decidedly quieter profile than the usual suspects (Cape Mentelle, Cullen, Voyager, Leeuwin, Moss Wood, Vasse Felix etc) but delivering genuine, …
Tyrrell’s Vat 1 Semillon 2014 There is more Tyrrell's Semillon, under various labels, in my cellar than any other white wine. Maybe that colours my views, and shout out if you …
Pirathon Black Shiraz 2016 Just when you thought the luscious, mega ripe, sweet-oaked 'Parker-style' Barossan reds have disappeared, up lobs the Pirathon reds. But for all the largesse, these are very …
Tim Smith Eden Valley Viognier 2018 Easily one of the best Viognier in the country, although it's a shallow pool as so many producers get the V-weed so wrong. What I …
For once, you can judge this Longview The Piece Shiraz 2016 by its label. Here's a wine that cohesively matches up concept, packaging and product. I love it. View this post on …
When I first landed in the wine industry nineteen years ago, the Peter Lehmann Stonewell Shiraz was one of my benchmarks. As a wide-eyed 19 year old I lusted over …
There are few more blue chip names in Australian wine than Steve Pannell (aka S.C. Pannell). Son of Moss Wood founders Bill and Sandra Pannell, Steve is the only winemaker in …
There isn't much local Sangiovese that floats my boat/turns my knobs/insert analogy here. But this Pizzini Forza di Ferro Sangiovese 2016 is good. Real good. Importantly, there's this ferrousness here, a …
On Saturday, the (newly expanded) Team Graham made it to Brokenwood's annual Graveyard lunch. There was 3 outfit changes (after multiple poonamis), and we were the only ones there with …
I'm on a bit of a McLaren Vale run at the moment, even if it was unintentional. Actually, maybe it's not - if I was forced to pick a specialisation, …
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, 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.
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.