The 35th floor of a Sydney hotel feels the right place to launch a new range of super cuvées. Peering down at Darling Harbour on a super Sydney day from …
It’s that time again. Time to inspire me to spend more money on drinks, even though the WineArk cabinet can’t be closed properly, and the Amex is maxed out. So, what …
Welcome back. After almost three weeks drinking very little wine (but still preoccupied with deliciousness), I'm now back at the tasting desk and straight into a lineup of Champagne reviews that …
'Exhilarating Wines' was the name for yesterday's giant West Australian wine trade extravaganza, which saw 54 of the cream of WA's wineries land in Sydney for one day only. Exhilarating it …
I'm calling it now, the 2016 vintage of the Mumm Millésimé Champagne will be divisive. That's because this release, from an ultra-low-yielding and challenging vintage (punctuated by early frosts and late …
Opening up your very early wines has to be a vulnerable experience. There your babies are, with all their foibles, looking creaky/great. Not that I'd know how this feels, of …
Most wine-tasting events follow a pretty straightforward format. Winemaker/winery representative talks, wines are opened, and sometimes it comes with food. On we go. But recently, G.H. Mumm brought a different show …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here are 30 wines that almost made the silver medal grade in September 2024. From …
Perennially, I ask why aged Riesling isn't a treasured good in this country, and perennially, we all navel gaze and move on. Or at least I do. This Harewood Estate …
Although it may seem like going out for lunch with winemakers is a daily occurrence here at Australian Wine & Drinks Review, the reality is that lunch is typically a …
There are now 85 different wines in the d'Arenberg range. Compared to Treasury, Accolade et al. or even Penfolds, that's small biccies. But for a still-family-owned McLaren Vale operation like d'Arenberg, …
In 1999, Andrew 'Thommo' Thomas left his longtime job at Tyrrell's to make a name for himself. After 13 years at what McLaren Vale-raised Thomas fondly calls a Hunter Valley 'finishing …
