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Whether I’d buy the brilliant and slightly controversial Oakridge $300 mega Chardonnay
How much is too much for great Australian Chardonnay? Forgive my rhetoric, but please play along with me here. What’s your dollar boundary on Aussie Chardonnay? Is it different compared to…
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All the Mâconnais hits (and misses) from the Grand Jours de Bourgogne 2026
The Mâconnais may as well be on a different planet. Here in Australia, we consistently lose our shit over the best Chardonnay from Burgundy’s hotspots of Chablis and the Côte d’Or,…
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Doing the hard work in the Côte de Nuits (and saved by a bogan Aussie)
Rarely have I been so glad to hear an Aussie accent. There I was on day 2 of last month’s Grand Jours de Bourgogne 2026, feeling a little bogged down. It…
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A Clos de Vougeot 2016 horizontal + elbowing through the cream of Vosne-Romanée
French wine tastes better in a château. Sure, I’m being glib, but you try not to feel the gravitas when you’re lining up for a tasting of storied Pinot Noir inside…
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The Australian wines I admired in March (with plenty $50 or less)
Last week in Burgundy, I kept thinking about the Oakridge Henk Pinot Noir below. I cracked the bottle just days before I got on a plane, and it was so interesting…
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How much Chablis can I taste in one day at Grand Jours de Bourgogne 2026?
I’m a long way from a professional cricketer, but as I walked into the makeshift tasting area at the Le Kimmérdgien function centre in Chablis last Monday, it felt like the…
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Overwhelmed by great Pinot + Chardonnay at Grand Jours de Bourgogne
It was a pinch-me moment. Yesterday, as I stood in a quiet, regal, artwork-lined room on the first floor of the Château du Clos de Vougeot, I had one of those…
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Falling in love with Ribera del Duero (again)
About fifteen years ago, a good mate of mine came into a stash of iconic wine. It was an odd situation, where he was given the run of a top-end heavy…
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Rueda – a very brief (but quality) Verdejo dive
Some wine regions feel special. Places where lush vines should thrive naturally (like the rolling hills of Burgundy) or where it’s ridiculous that vines grow there at all, let alone flourish…
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Alll the ridicously great wines I loved at Barcelona Wine Week 2026
Spain = good value Tempranillo. Just as Australia gets typecast as the land of Shiraz and big reds, Spain suffers the same fate, often consigned as the country of budget Tempranillo/Garnacha…
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Let’s do this 2026 thing: more Windows Estate glory + 25 more quality white wines
Last week in Burgundy, I kept thinking about the Oakridge Henk Pinot Noir below. I cracked the bottle just days before I got on a plane, and it was so interesting…
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The wines of Christmas ’25 Part 2: sublime Barbaresco, Mornington Pinot + more
In part one of this post, I detailed some of the white and sparkling highlights of a Graham Christmas. Today, it’s all about red wines (and a few sweet things and…
