• 3 Cheap savvies and a 3 day, er Viognier

    Apologies for the butchered song title, but it just crept in when I said ‘3 cheap Savvies’ out loud. These wines are all under $20 and quite different in their style…

  • Terra Felix La Vie en Rose 2008

    Terra Felix La Vie En Rose 2008 (Central Victoria)$15, Screwcap I like Rose. I’m a big fan of ‘Graham’ Melton’s Rose of Virginia and can drink it by the large vessel…

  • Balgownie Estate Bendigo Chardonnay 2006

    Balgownie Estate Chardonnay 2006 (Bendigo, Vic)$25, Screwcap I rather caned its Yarra Valley brother a little while back for its reliance on vanilla oak for flavour. On opening, this shows the…

  • Jean Marc Brocard Montmains Chablis 2006

    Jean Marc Brocard ‘Montmains’ Chablis 2006 (Chablis, France)$45, Screwcap Firstly, how good is it that Chablis is in Screwcap. Secondly, does anyone still drink/like Chablis these days? With the news recently…

  • Nigl Gruner Veltliner Kremser Freiheit 2007

    Nigl Gruner Veltliner Kremser Freiheit 2007 (Kremstal, Austria) $30, ScrewcapIf you haven’t got on the Gruner train, now is a good time to start, with the worldwide popularity ensuring that ever…

  • Dinner at Tetsuya’s

    Tetsuya’s is arguably one of Sydney’s, if not Australia’s, finest dining experiences. Based around the vision of Tetsuya Wakuda, the style is contemporary Japenese fusion (that’s my attempt at classification) with…

  • Gipsie Jack Shiraz 2006

    Gipsie Jack Shiraz 2006 (Langhorne Creek, SA)$18, Cork A joint venture of John Glaetzer & Ben Potts, this is not a bad wine and I reckon if you could pick it…

  • Flaxman Wines ‘The Stranger’ Shiraz Cabernet 2007

    Flaxman Wines ‘The Stranger’ Shiraz Cabernet 2007$35, Screwcap 58% Shiraz/42% Cabernet. Shiraz from Gomersal matured in American oak for 15 months. Cabernet from Mocullta matured in French oak for 15 months.…

  • Terra Felix Shiraz Viognier 2007

    Terra Felix Shiraz Viognier 2007 (Central Victoria) $14.90, screwcapI actually saw this on special for $14 today, and for that price its not a bad wine at all. Previous vintages seemed…

  • Clonakilla Riesling 2008

    Clonakilla Riesling 2008 (Canberra District, ACT)$25, Screwcap Stuff the preamble with this wine. Just buy it, or at the minimum, buy another 08 Riesling. Many people won’t get wines like this…

  • Terra Felix Mourvedre 2006

    Terra Felix Mourvedre 2006 (Central Victoria)$14.90 (ex winery), ScrewcapMourvedre, aka Mataro aka Monastrell is a grape that deserves more attention in Australia. We have plenty of old vine stuff around the…

  • Mitolo Rose and various Champagnes

    Mitolo Jester Sangiovese Rose 2008I like Ben Glaetzer’s Mitolo wines – high quality, ultra modern South Australian reds of character and cult style. The packaging is similarly top notch, the labels…