With the official Graham HQ Chief Chardonnay Drinker 34 weeks pregnant, I'm not opening up as much Chardonnay as normal (outside of tasting lineups). The flip side is that I'm probably drinking more beer than ever …
Xanadu Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay 2014 Xanadu's run of great Chardonnay continues. This is superb modern Margaret River Chardonnay, of the type that makes people wax lyrical about Chardonnay from the region. There's a depth of …
Sassafras Gamay Ancestral 2014 There's much to be said for winemakers emulating their favourite wine style. While it can produce simple copycats, having a wine starting point and evolving from there can produce great vino. Witness, for example, …
Hungerford Hill Tumbarumba Pinot Noir 2013 (Tumbarumba, NSW) 14.8%, Screwcap, $36 Tumbarumba - great place for Chardonnay and bubbles, still yet to hit its red wine straps. The accusation is often that the Pinot was planted for …
Penfolds Bin Series Release - redux (This is largely the same post that got embroiled in the embargo drama, with just a few important date changes. I'm really very glad to be finally publishing this). The Penfolds …
Eden Road Long Road Chardonnay 2012 (Tumbarumba, NSW) 12.5%, Screwcap, $27 Source:Sample www.edenroadwines.com.au If you want a signpost of just how amazing Tumbarumba Chardonnay can be, then look no further than this wine. Effectively the entry level Chardonnay for Eden …
A.Retief Chardonnay 2011 (Tumbarumba, NSW) 13%, Screwcap, $43 Source: Sample www.aretief.com.au Crafted by of one of the better looking winemakers out there (seriously, ladies love Alex Retief), this wine is yet another example of the promising new breed of …
Barwang Granite Track Riesling 2010 (Tumbarumba, NSW) 10.5%, Screwcap, $25 Source: Sample www.mcwilliams.com.au A Tumbarumba Riesling you say? Intriguing. Lots of acidity and an undisclosed level of sugar is this wines game, hopefully with a balanced off-dry Riesling the …
Penfolds 2011 Bin Release Town Hall was a great setting. Love the ceilings Whether you like the wines or not, it's hard to argue with the ongoing impact of the Penfolds Bin wines. For mine, I still …
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.
Almost 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.