Blue Pyrenees Pyrenees Botrytis Riesling 2010 This won 2013 International Sweet Wine of the Year at the International Sweet Wine Challenge, a lofty title indeed for a wine that can be …
Kellermeister Eden Valley Eiswein 2010 An Eden Valley Gewurztraminer ice wine? Tricky. Hand-picked grapes are slowly frozen over 2 weeks and whole bunch pressed when frozen. But this doesn't tasty tricky. Just …
Westend 3 Bridges RIverina Botrytis Semillon 2011 Am I the only one who finds actually drinking most Australian botrytis styles hard work? All that sugar. So little refreshment. The better wines, however, at …
Thomas Wines Braemore Hunter Valley Semillon 2014 From an excellent vintage in the Hunter (though more a classic red than a classic white year), I've had this a few times now …
Cellar classics: Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 1990 vs 1991 Typically, my birthday lasts for a week. Some years it's more like a fortnight, and three years ago it was almost …
Quealy Pyrenees Nebbiolo 2012 The final wine in a little trio of Australian Nebbiolo that I've been looking at over the week (a Pizzini and a Coriole). This was the odd one …
Coriole Adelaide Hills Nebbiolo 2010 Tasted alongside the Pizzini and the Quealy in a little Nebbiolo trio, which I looked at over the course of this week (best to start here). Unlike …
Pizzini King Valley Nebbiolo 2010 I've been looking at a small bracket of Australian Nebbiolo this week, pouring a little daily sip of three different wines to watch them evolve. Fun. Happily, …
Lino Ramble Ludo McLaren Vale Roussanne Marsanne Viognier 2013 Another very smart wine from Andy Lino Ramble (that's not really his surname. But it is now). What makes this good is how …
Bimbadgen Estate Hunter Valley Viognier 2014 The full, broadness of Viognier in full bloom here. I'm hardly a fan of the V weed (Condrieu aside) but this is at least juicy …
Willow Bridge Bookends Fume Geographe Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2013 Interesting to look at this just a few days after working through the 2013 Cullen whites at cellar door. For mine, this …
Partisan White Label McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 A value drinking label, this already has some wine show bling and decent scores to its name. Yet for mine this tastes like a $15 …
