Another day, another mercurial Yarra release from Hirsch Hill. This Shiraz is one of the better releases too - a reserve release Yarra Valley Shiraz that spends 18 months in …
Amid a flourish of high-priced McLaren Vale Shiraz on this site in recent weeks, it's a pleasure to highlight a red that drinks well and is available in retail land …
Superb Riesling from a Clare Valley hero. That's it, that's the takeaway. Limefinger is Neil Pike's retirement project, papyrus font and all, with the two wines under this label uniformly …
I took one whiff of this Zema Estate Family Selection Shiraz 2018 and thought, 'Well, that's large'. Then I spotted the 15% alcohol on the label, which made sense. This …
Peter Dillon is doing wonderful things at Handpicked Wines. With all its special feels, Capella is the big-name project, but the real future is the push into buying new vineyards …
The Harewood Estate Reserve wines are always big. Impact. Lusciousness. Sometimes it's great; other times, there is way too much everything for grapes from the cool part of WA. This …
Xavier Bizot & Lucy Croser's Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc always takes more time to come together, even this vintage, which was matured in a mix of barrel and tank maturation …
My junk photo does it no justice, but this Cape Barren Rare Bird Shiraz 2018 looks and feels like a $150 McLaren Vale Shiraz. The little postcard-style label ala Bass …
Aiming for the stars, this is a plush, touched-up, fully proportioned alcoholic style of big-hearted McLaren Vale Shiraz from the Cape Barren property (which is now owned by CW Wines). …
This is proper Sangiovese from the Freeman family's vineyards in the Hilltops. A fascinating spread of varieties on the plots, too, and plenty of fruit sold off to other winemakers, …
It's hard to miss the enthusiasm about the 'Goldilocks' 2023 Hunter Valley red wine vintage. As a Sydney-based wine writer, Bruce Tyrrell sends me packets of money in a brown envelope …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here are 30 wines that almost made the silver medal grade in September 2024. From …
