The next few years will be an interesting ride for Australian Shiraz. It's certainly been an up and down over the last few years, and the drama has played out in …
Today is #ChampagneDay, which means nothing to anyone but wine marketers, yet it is a great excuse to talk about Champagne. And earlier in the week, John Noble, the head …
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 …
This is part 2 of my wrap up of the 2024 Negociants Working With Wine seminar series. The attention drifts from Piedmont to Champagne and sparkling wine now (and you …
The Working With Wine Fellowship is a national tasting program put on by the Australian distributor and importer Negociants. Held biennially, this fabulous seminar series sees Negociants (Negs to anyone …
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, …
The giant Taste Champagne trade and consumer event rolled through Sydney yesterday, with some 68 Champagne houses pouring 200 cuvées. It was large. It’s always large, really, with the thickest crowds …
Mrs Ozwinereview and I don't get many chances for sans-child dining anymore, so on those very rare occasions when the small child goes away, we tend to eat/drink all of …
Maybe it was the idyllic, lily-topped pond glimmering to the left. Maybe it was the proudly untidy grass sprawling out underneath the grapevines. Or maybe it was just how green …
Let's get 2023 kicked off properly, hey? Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collection of 23 wines that …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collectin of 15 wines that almost made it in October 2022. As ever, …
It’s that time again. Time to fill me in on what you’re currently drinking, what you want to drink, or what you have drunk in the last four weeks. Besides …
