Xabregas Mad Men of Riesling Devolution 2014 'This is devolution'. To be honest, this is less wild and crazy than expected. It's just really fucking good - the best of the new …
Soumah Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2014 Love the 'duck-egg' blue Soumah labels. Great colour and full of information. This single vineyard Pinot, for instance has a pH (3.60) and TA (6.61). …
Alkoomi Black Label Frankland River Chardonnay 2014 Alkoomi, always the value performer, always without fuss. Good people too. This Chardonnay spends just 8 months in oak, yet still retains richness. Straw-green, there's …
Wirra Wirra Church Block Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 2013 I once came second in a Church Block blending competition, failing because I didn't add enough Merlot. Damn it. In my defence, I really thought …
Reynella Basket Pressed Shiraz 2013 (McLaren Vale, SA) There is a whole layer of famous Australian wines out there that sit below the radar. Wines that are good and have always …
Ra Nui Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 I imagine it would be hard to be a Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc producer without a really strong brand. Considerable downward pressure on prices in recent …
Handpicked Collection Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 Handpicked is a virtual winery producing wines from grapes picked (by hand surely?) from vineyards all over the world. It's a noble concept, even …
d'Arenberg The Custodian Grenache 2012 There isn't much (proportionally speaking) Grenache planted in the Vale, which makes it unusual that d'Arenberg have such a focus on it (they have control/access to …
Cockfighter's Ghost Reserve Hunter Valley Shiraz 2014 Cockfighter's Ghost is a great wine name. Evocative. Odd. Intriguing. It's always perplexed that it ended up as the second label of Poole's Rock. Anyway, …
Thomas Wines Sweetwater Shiraz 2013 Power of suggestion perhaps, but this is typically one juicy, sweet-fruited wine, especially in light of the other more classically earthen Thomas Wines Shiraz. The longer …
Thomas Wines DJV Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013 I've been critical of DJV previously, but this seems the best balanced release in some time. A blend of Hunter Shiraz (from the alluvial soils …
Head Wines Head Red GSM 2014 & Shiraz 2014 Tasty, sub $25 wines with a distinctive character and made with quality, rather than pricepoint, firmly in sight. A good formula. I opened …
