Ten Minutes by Tractor Estate Pinot Noir 2012 This is the best 'Estate' Pinot Noir that Ten Minutes by Tractor have produced. In fact, I like this blend more than some …
Pizzini King Valley Riesling 2014 Curiously off form here. Close, and has intensity, but just a bit forward and sweet/sour. Indeed it already shows some development on the nose, the flavours stuck …
Out of Step Willoughby Bridge Heathcote GSM 2014 I like the concept here - Beaujolais meets Heathcote GSM. Fun packaging too. It starts with a little CO2 spritz, before licoricey, carbonic edged …
Sangiovese - the Australian grape 'also-ran' (I wrote this article for a print column late last year. Interested to hear if you agree) Do you know what one of the greatest things …
Cloudy Bay Marlborough Chardonnay 2012 I'm deep into a cold this week, which means that I can't smell or taste much at all - I missed a vertical of Te Mata …
2015 Sydney Wine Show - Results + Tasting the Winners Last week saw the 2015 Macquarie Group Sydney Royal Wine Show (to use the full name) winners announced and, carrying on …
Australia's top Gruners - the annual face-off between Lark Hill and Hahndorf Hill Gru Following what has become a semi-regular tradition, today I'm looking at what is arguably Australia's top …
De Bortoli Deen Riverina Bortrytis Semillon 2009 For my money this is the best value sweet wine in the country. No question. In fact, I'd probably choose this over De Bortoli's …
Sons of Eden Kennedy Barossa GSM 2013 I was banging on earlier about drinkability in reds, and this is a prime example of a wine that 'gets it'. Sons of Eden is …
Hugh Hamilton The Mongrel McLaren Vale Sangiovese Blend 2013 This is described on the Hugh Hamilton website as 'luncheon wine', with a great description of how important good drinking wines are.Yet …
Cheap Australian Chardonnay - is it dead? It was all about Chardonnay today, with this afternoon's National Liquor News (NLN) panel covering 22 blind Chardies at a whole spectrum of price-points. The …
Pizzini White Fields King Valley Pinot Grigio 2013 Sadly, Pinot Grigio is rather bastardised in Australia, with too many wines that taste either like alcoholic water or some sort of frankenwine, …
