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A little Touriga lifts this Sweetwater Shiraz Touriga 2023
Touriga deserves more love in Australia. It just brightens up everything with an extra berry flourish. This Sweetwater Shiraz Touriga 2023 takes a generous Hunter Shiraz and dials in an extra…
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Reaching for Jura with the Crittenden Cri de Couer Savagnin Sous Voile 2019
Happy Valentine’s Day. Would you like a unique, and sort of romantic, wild Aussie wine today, then? I preface that rhetorical question with another one. Do you like the oxidative, flor-aged…
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The high toned Hungerford Hill Tumbarumba Pinot Noir 2023
Tumbarumba Pinot Noir is typically a fragrant and lively thing, and this Hungerford Hill Tumbarumba Pinot Noir 2023 fits the stereotype. It’s pretty, if a bit bony, light to medium-bodied, lively,…
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What have you been buying and drinking this January + February 2025?
February is the best month of the year. Fact. Sure, it’s short, often stupidly humid and hot here in Sydney, but it’s my birthday month, so obviously, it’s pretty good. This…
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The ultra serious Castle Rock Estate Diletti Riesling 2023
Here’s an Australian Riesling that isn’t just about hard lines and purity. This Castle Rock Estate Diletti Riesling 2023 is Rob Diletti’s Germanic take, with free-run juice, barrel fermentation and ten…
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An easy German Riesling from Ulrich Langguth
Dry German Riesling is such an unappreciated beast. This Ulrich Langguth ‘12 Degrees’ Gourmet Trocken Riesling 2023 sits at the more approachable end, and it’s just a nice drink. Lovely fleshy…
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New Grenache Tricks from Ben Luker’s Meredith Wines
I’m on an affability bent at the moment, and Ben Luker’s Meredith Wines really fit the ‘let’s make drinkable wines’ mode. Bright colours, thoughtful handling, affordable pricing – the Meredith Wines…
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$25 well spent on the 2022 Paisley Turntable GSM
It’s a pleasure to be talking up a tasty $25 Australian wine. Something right and good. Derek from Paisley Wines has a whole host of underpriced reds in his portfolio, and…
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Want a more mature NZ Pinot instead? This Kuru Kuru 2019 offers it
You don’t see much current release, six-year-old Central Otago Pinot Noir, which makes this Kuru Kuru Pinot Noir 2019 an outlier. It doesn’t look five years old. The smell isn’t old…
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Is this the best balanced Tapanappa Foggy Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir yet?
The march towards ever more delicate versions of the Tapanappa Foggy Hill Pinot Noir continues. Each vintage, this Fleurieu Peninsula wine gets a little more contained, with a bit more Pinosity.…
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The easy Juniper Canvas Tempranillo 2022
Canvas is the drinkable, easygoing range from Margaret River OG’s Juniper (need Juniper Estate). I quite like Margaret Tempranillo FWIW, which has a hatful of Graciano for some Spanish feels. This…
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The Tassie charisma of Bangor Vineyard’s Captain Spotswood Pinot Noir 2023
What an excellent name and a bit of a Tassie Pinot Noir find. Captain Spotswood was the 1830s owner of the patch of land now planted to the Bangor Vineyard at…