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 March 2025. From …
Despite making 260 (mostly Hunter Valley) wines a year, a former dux of the Len Evans Tutorial, and only recently crowned as the 2025 Halliday Winemaker of the Year, Liz …
February is the best month of the year. Fact. Sure, it's short, often stupidly humid and hot here in Sydney, but it's my birthday month, so obviously, it's pretty good. This …
Christmas is the best time of the year (to drink wine). Compared to the rest of the year, the festive season is an excuse to dive into the Graham cellar …
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 …
Amidst a sea of underwhelming recent Peter Lehmann wines, this Semillon is a beacon, with all the intensity of the good ol' days when it consistently beat the best of …
It's just a bit too forward and toasty, but this has a solid core of limey fruit - it's a serious Eden Valley Riesling with length and width. The dry, …
The Hunter Valley has some of the oldest Chardonnay vines on the planet (the HVD Vineyard, planted 1908) and a storied history of the country's best Chardonnay wines. Yet, if …
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 …
It was 3 pm on Tuesday when I got the text from Andrew Thomas. 'Hi mate, very late notice, but I've got the Chef's Table at The Apollo for a member's …
I clicked over to 43 years on the planet last week, which is always an excuse to open all the wines. It's now 24 years in the wine/drink industry for me, …
