It's very kind of Juniper to deliver a prime Margaret River Cabernet with a few extra years on it. This Juniper Cornerstone Wilyabrup Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 is in a good …
It's a mad old world when basic AC Chablis is $80 a bottle. You can get two bottles of grand Aussie Chardonnay for that money (view a few here). Anyway, …
Perennially, I ask why aged Riesling isn't a treasured good in this country, and perennially, we all navel gaze and move on. Or at least I do. This Harewood Estate …
This fortnight on Australian Wine and Drinks Review I'm attacking the 'big red' backlog of samples with fresh vigour. It has to be reds as well because the fresh hole …
A lighter, leaner wine is this vintage of In Dreams Pinot Noir. A bit of spearmint and lifted bright raspberries. You get the feel of a tricky year (which it …
Much like the Pinot, this is a slightly lesser release for what is a go-to brand for Yarra wines. A little custard powder and vanilla over a delicate, light touch, …
Yalumba Signature is such a reassuring wine. The ball just doesn't get dropped. Plenty of finessing over the years, especially the oak regime (hello Hungarian wood, as I talked about …
A bigger version of this Terre à Terre Franc in 2022, and it's an age off being ready to drink. It's a wine to stick in the cellar and forget …
There is an irresistible South Australian luscious charm that comes with reds like this 2021 Vicar. It's a plushness, a roundness, a ripeness that is so enveloping and welcoming. Sometimes, …
Ungrafted is a nod to the 110-year-old undrafted vines that go into this Grenache. Old vines are amazing things too, which is why we all lose our shit about them. …
Arguably, some of the best wines from the Taylor family's myriad of labels are the Riesling releases, followed by the Cabernets, which is the correct order for the Clare Valley …
Pinot Gris is such a bastardised grape. So much flavourless junk, tending into flabby junk. But this Orange Pinot Gris is not junk. From Pete Logan's numbered-bottle experimental series (which …
