I really liked the Sparrow & Vine Grenache, and great to see this Sparrow & Vine Alpine Valleys Arneis 2022 has some appeal. Makes my life a shedload more enjoyable …
These Deep Down wines are seriously exciting. Organic, lofi Marlborough releases of uncommon intensity. Seriously uncommon. There seems to more layers, more width, extra everything. It doesn't always work - …
I never miss this tasting. Every year, the Sydney Royal Wine Show throws open the doors for a trade/exhibitor tasting of all everything entered into what is one of Australia's famous, …
Did someone say a vertical of Barolo? At a wine dinner? In Australia? Such an occasion is like finding a unicorn shitting rainbows, so when the invite came through from the …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here is a selection of wine that almost made it in October and November 2021. As …
Ahhh, the perpetual love-hate relationship. I love textural white wines so much, with the intoxicating sensuality of a mouthfilling Gewurz or the absorbing contrasts of a classic Bordeaux blend something bloody …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here then is a selection of wines that almost made it over the past few …
Not all wines can be great. In fact plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad... Here's a selection of wines that didn't quite excite me in May. Several …
So I'm off to Orange this weekend, with a media 'famil' on the cards tied in with the 20th anniversary of Orange being declared a wine region. Given that its been …
View Road Wines Pick by my wife Arneis (Adelaide Hills, SA) 13%, Screwcap, $22 'A wine to smash over summer' according to winemaker Josh. I can definitely see that, the style crunchy and …
Charismatic imports from Xavier Bizot's Terroir Selections Nice lineup of imports here.. I've talked before about the good work of Xavier Bizot, Tapanappa and Terre a Terre GM, but that's previously been …
The search is over.After years of promise, suggestion, innuendo, perseverance and unendingly positive press coverage, an Australian wine producer has finally produced a great wine from a traditional varietal. It …
At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. But then, I fell in love with wine and craft beer, and it took over my life.
Twenty three years later and I spend my days wearing many beverage hats and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more
