The taste of redemption: 10 more wines that did make it in March 2025
Let's call this the anti-Almost Club. Yesterday's dive into some of the wines that didn't quite make the silver medal pass mark is pretty negative, so today I want to roll …
Let's call this the anti-Almost Club. Yesterday's dive into some of the wines that didn't quite make the silver medal pass mark is pretty negative, so today I want to roll …
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 …
It was a beautiful day to be tasting crisp French white wines. Thursday's late February afternoon sun was firmly in the 'summer is not over yet' burn-y category and the …
It's been a day or so of big dog reds at Australian Wine and Drinks Review, and today's wine comes from Xavier Bizot & Lucy Croser's Terre à Terre label. …
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 …
Arguably, some of the best wines from the Taylor family's myriad of labels are the Riesling releases, followed by the Cabernets, which is the correct order for the Clare Valley …
The fun foldout presentation box sets the tone. This inaugural Angove Brightlands Shiraz 2020 is the Angove family statement wine, a deadly serious expression of how far the brand has …
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 …
Hello big boy! Nothing in the Paulmara range is light in flavour, and this Paulmara Estates Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 isn't breaking the mould. Then again, it's a Barossan red with …
Chapel Hill’s Michael Fragos is a modest character. That’s a good thing in a world where many top winemakers (like wine critics) believe that the sun shines out their ass/every …
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