Gary Walsh calls vinos like this 'banana skin wines' that slip you up with a quality surprise. 8 Songs was once a big draw for Barossan Shiraz, picking up trophies …
Following in the mode of the 2022 version of the same wine, but maybe a little more composed (thanks to time in bottle). Dark, leafy, pencilly Yarra claret scents but …
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's an ocean of old-school oak and fruit plushness in the Paulmara range. Well-priced wines too. This Sangiovese has sky-high ambitions - wild fermented, 69 days on skins, 12 months …
The Longview Nebbiolo journey continues to deliver quality Australian Nebb. I still want more tannin depth, but the deliciousness for the dollars is so great. I love the flavours here …
There's variability in the Hirsch Hill range (and I've received a bunch of wines with no finished label), so let's call it a winery in flux. The better wines from …
I've been very critical of this heroic flagship red from Hewitson, and it's a joy that the OTT nature of last vintage wasn't repeated in 2021. Kinda. It's still a …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here are 24 wines that almost made the silver medal grade in June 2024. From …
There's a big red vibe on here this week - here's another ambitious $150 red for the mix. The Hewitson Monopole Shiraz 2021 is clonal planting from a single mother vine …
Cape Barren has recently been folded into the CW Wines portfolio (which seems to be always growing). The old Cape Barren Blewitt Springs vineyard came with the sale (I think), …
Loud but proud Vale Shiraz. That's the jist with this deeply impressive single-block McLaren Vale Shiraz. from a patch of vines near the road (as you drive into Chapel Hill). …
You know a wine is deadly serious when it doesn't have a variety, just a vineyard name. So it should be, as the single-hectare Old Garden has the oldest known …
