Cabernet is probably the least appreciated grape in the Graham household, even though I have a cellar full of Margaret River, Coonawarra & Hawke's Bay reds. Cab's unpopularity is purely a …
Just when I was starting to muse about a lack of interesting Australian Tempranillo, and then this Tokar Estate Special Release Amphora Tempranillo 2019 lands on the doorstep. So Tokar Estate …
I'm very here for the rash of new varietal Pinot Meunier releases. This Rouleur Strawberry Fields Pinot Meunier 2020 is such a drinkable wine too, with charisma aplenty. I've covered off …
This Tokar Estate Carafe & Tumbler Pinot Shiraz 2020 is, very simply, a good drink. It shouldn't need to be anything else. Especially with the name of 'Carafe and Tumbler'. No, …
Following a long list of a very long list of strong wines (here, here) comes two very good 2019 Burton McMahon Pinot Noir releases. I like drinking these Yarra reds. They're …
It's a pleasure to watch a young wine label grow into something more interesting, and all the Sunshine Creek wines have enjoyed an upward quality trajectory in recent years. I …
I haven't been tasting as much this week after Miss 2 brought home a virus from daycare and took out the whole house like a rogue wave at a Nippers …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here is a selection of wines that almost made it in March 2021. You can …
This is where I was for the past week: Well, not right there, but just a few clicks off to the right on the beautiful NSW South Coast. Would you look …
Serious Yarra fizz is this Oakridge Local Vineyard Series Blanc de Blancs 2015. Spends 52 months on lees, the juice wild fermented in tank and cask. Classy, full-tilt, table-wine-with-bubbles style (which …
No Canberra Riesling for Gundog in '20 (thanks asshole bushfires), so this Gundog Estate Riesling 2020 comes from De Bortoli's Yarra Valley vineyard. Tangy, pristine white with bright lime fruit and …
January is a little slower for wine deliveries to the Australian Wine Review PO Box, as most local vignerons are either on holidays, preparing for vintage, or picking grapes. That means …
Woah. Deadly serious Yarra sparkling is this Seville Estate Blanc de Blancs 2017. Wild fermented, barrel matured, spends 10 months in old barrels, 30 months on lees and zero dosage. …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here then is a selection of wines that almost made it to a pass mark …
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