Tim Smith's wines are typically well-received at Graham HQ, with his generously textured reds a particular highlight. I'm here to report that his new Tim Smith Wines Mataro 2022 & Tim …
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 …
Sometimes, you just need a wine of volume. Something luscious, indulgent, dense and cosseting. Something like a 14%+ Australian Shiraz. On a thousand per cent humidity Sydney January day, I don't …
It's easy to dismiss wines like this Small Gully Wines Black Magic Shiraz 2018 as something contrived. A 16.4% alcohol monster that should be turned into port rather than table …
Last week we warmed up for 2023 with a collection of the wines that almost made it, a few more easy drinkers that did, and today we're into the main …
December through to February are the big drinking months here at Australian Wine Review HQ. Peak drinking season. Sure, there is something open every day on the tasting bench, but …
Happy New Year! Now that the weather here in Sydney has gone from 'glorious' to 'typically wet January shit', it's time for the first look at the laptop in 2023. Yeah, …
Boy Tim Smith sure knows how to make enjoyable drinking wines eh? This Tim Smith Wines MGS 2022 is just a flow of purple fruit. Matured in all old oak, …
In the modern era, where obvious oak is less desirable - even in full-tilt Barossa Shiraz - Yalumba's Octavius seems like an outlier. I mean, the Yalumba Octavius Shiraz 2017 …
Hot on the heels of this month's Almost Club (highlighting wines that didn't make the silver medal standard), here is a selection of ten wines that DID make it (if …
There so many wines out there that I hear about/keep meaning to try but never get there. Like the Phase Three Dero wines, as an example. Brendan Hilferty's Sparrow & …
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 November 2022. Notably, many …
Right, so here is an example of a rosé that is not shit to start my dive into the blush wine pile. Dom 'Midas' Torzi can make magic happen with all …
Tim Smith was crowned a Baron of the Barossa the other week, which means he now gets to swan around in colourful robes to all the Barossan wine events. I joke, …
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
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