Review: Pewsey Vale Estate Riesling 2022. Perfect
No preamble; just drink it. That's the message with this Pewsey Vale Estate Riesling 2022, which captures everything good and great about Eden Valley Riesling in a cool year. Pure lime …
No preamble; just drink it. That's the message with this Pewsey Vale Estate Riesling 2022, which captures everything good and great about Eden Valley Riesling in a cool year. Pure lime …
It’s that time again. Time to fill me in on what you’re currently drinking, what you want to drink, or what you have drunk in the last four weeks. Besides …
I love these tastings, The Young Guns of Wine (YGOW) is an annual awards program designed to celebrate new/young wine producers. But YGOW has now expanded beyond the awards to a …
There's a fascinating challenge that exists with Italian Prosecco. Quite simply, it's not viewed as a premium wine. Despite being produced in astounding volumes - 627 million bottles in 2021, almost …
This year, for just the second time, saw the release of a Hawke's Bay Chardonnay Collection. Now, a year after the wines were picked, and a few months since they …
Alex Head dropped this, and a pack of other Grenache, around in person a few weeks back, purely to get into the Grenache Day vibe (which started back here). I'm …
This Oakridgee Willowlake Chardonnay 2020 is easily my favourite wine of the 2020 Oakridge Chardonnay lineup, and feels so much grander (and riper) than the rest. White peach, fig, grilled …
Want to know what the best part about wine show judging is? The judge's dinner. That's because the judging is less glamorous than you'd think. Often, it's a mouth-destroying slog, with …
This is great. A great wine and a great drink - and all at 13.5% alcohol. So what's the secret of the Yangarra King’s Wood Shiraz 2020? It obviously starts in …
I jumped the gun with my original International Grenache Day post a few weeks back, so here is another super wine on the actual Grenache Day. This Yangarra Ovitelli Grenache …
The best barrels, in the biggest bottle, with the heftiest pricetag. Oh yes, this Hewitson 1853 Barrel 2019 is the definition of a flagship red. But how does it taste? TL;DR …
Regular readers will be unsurprised that this Torzi Matthews Frost Dodger Riesling 2022 hit mark. I mean, last vintage was super, and with comparison wines like Tim Smith's ripper Riesling …
Sourced from the oldest known Mourvedre vines on the planet, this Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre 2019 is not just a relic, it's a pretty serious drink. Huge heavy bottle. Too big, …
I feel like it's a perpetual statement, but Dom Torzi knows how to make a textural red. This Torzi Matthews 1920 Single Vineyard Angaston Village Shiraz 2021 is another case …
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. But then, I fell in love with wine and craft beer, and it took over my life.
Twenty three years later and I spend my days wearing many beverage hats and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more
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