Following on from my post about 2015 vintage generalisations, here is a roundup of a swag of 2015 reds from Victoria and South Australia that have passed the desk recently. Mornington and Yarra the winners here, …
I've said it before and I'll say it again - winemakers who don't bullshit in their tasting notes make better wines. Tim Shand, Punt Road winemaker, doesn't bullshit. There is enthusiasm, but it's also backed by …
Following on from yesterday's rosé report, today I've pulled out four of the best pink wines to pass the desk recently. Four standouts in an ocean of simple, sometimes sweet, sometimes dry, often middling wines. Actually, …
While I didn't get much time to look at these new releases from Yarra Valley's Yeringberg, it was a pleasure to check in with wines that I really like. Sandra De Pury was doing the …
Balgownie Black Label Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2015 Discovered in the back of the tasting pile. Always smartly priced Pinot this, and no different in 2015. A light wine, but not in the underpowered way. Just mid-weight …
I opened this up for an event on Saturday and even I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Sure, this latest iteration of Luke Lambert's Yarra Valley Syrah (Shiraz. Let's just all call Australian …
Not many Australian wine producers take Sauvignon Blanc seriously. That sounds like a broad, lazy generalisation, but I still challenge you to name more than a handful of producers who really focus on Sauvignon Blanc. There …
2014 Yarra Yering releases Although things are about to pause for vintage (which is half over in the Hunter), a few winemakers have been in town recently, and Yarra Yering's Sarah Crowe was one of those …
Matt East stopped by the tasting facility last week (I really need a tasting facility rather than just a table, fridge and sink), bringing with him two brand-new releases from his Rouleur label (a back …
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 …
Punt Road Pinot Noir 2015 A winery on a roll + a great vintage for the Yarra = smiles all round. What a delicious sub $30 wine this is too. Tomato juice meets plum, with a …
It's bloody hot here in Sydney today, and more like Riesling drinking weather than anything heavier/richer. These two sharply defined Yarra Chardies though have the zip and freshness that you need on a night like …
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.
More than fifteen years later and I currently spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.
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Crowned the 2009/10 WCA Wine Journalism 'Young Gun', in my spare time I'm a wine judge and recently graduated with a Masters in Wine Technology & Viticulture from Melbourne University.
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