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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…
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The Margaret River Chardonnay that topped my 2025 Xmas drinks (plus 15 other whites and sparkling)
The tree is still up, but the Christmas plates are long gone. We’re now in the first days of 2026, and as I take the recycling bin out, it’s a perfect…
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What are you going to drink for Christmas 2025? This is where I’ll start
It’s time to get serious about festive season drinking. With just one week to go until Christmas, now is the time to bring out the good stuff. Nothing but net. Which…
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The first ever Sisu Pinot Noir rides the Tassie wave and nails the landing
From the Tamar in the north to the Huon River Valley in the south, it feels like every week a new Tassie wine crosses the desk too – this week it’s…
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The old school Clare lusciousness of the Taylors St Andrew’s Shiraz 2020
No matter what happens, there will seemingly always be a place for lush and full-bodied Clare Valley Shiraz. It’s that combo of power and yet a certain refreshment. This Taylors St…
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A new hero 2024 Pinot from the Otways
To round out a week with nothing but winners, a welcome Pinot from a hero vineyard in the middle of wine nowhere, about half an hour from Lorne in the Otway…
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The perfect lines of Oakridge’s new 864 Cabernet 2023
The name of this red is ridiculously long: Oakridge 864 Oakridge Vineyard Winery Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2023. Good luck shoehorning that into your minimalist wine list. Lucky, this is an epitome…
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Renzaglia bringing the layers with this 2024 Chardonnay
It’s nothing but net this week at Australian Wine and Drinks Review, with gold medal quality only. Let’s take a look at another excellent wine from the Renzaglia family, This Renzaglia…
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The overlooked aged Riesling joy of Pewsey Vale The Contours Riesling 2015
Mature Australian Riesling is an underestimated joy. We should all drink more of the stuff. Helpfully, Pewsey Vale releases a ten-year-old version of the Pewsey Vale The Contours Riesling that makes…