In part one of this post, I detailed some of the white and sparkling highlights of a Graham Christmas. Today, it's all about red wines (and a few sweet things …
Coonawarra celebrates 130 years of winemaking this year. That's a handy innings for any wine region, let alone here in the colonies. 130 years is also long enough to get …
Curiously enough, as a wine reviewer, you don't really get to regularly taste many 'value' wines. Yes, some producers send the whole range in for review, but on the whole, …
'Exhilarating Wines' was the name for yesterday's giant West Australian wine trade extravaganza, which saw 54 of the cream of WA's wineries land in Sydney for one day only. Exhilarating it …
When you're repping the wines from an entire wine region, every masterclass becomes political. What wines are in? Which appellations get the most love? Who is going to present it? For …
Could 2024 be the last-ever vintage for Balgownie's famous 1969-planted Bendigo vineyard? Will the vines be flattened for houses? It doesn't look good. In October, it was announced that the owners …
And I'm back, if briefly. The past few weeks have felt like an endless day as I wrap up a bunch of projects before a long-deserved Balinese reset. I'm tired, sore …
Plenty of variability in the Clandestine Vineyards range, from the absolute bargains to a whole lot of Almost Club wines. But this Hearts & Minds Cabernet Malbec 2021 is bang …
It's been a large few weeks of non-wine adventures here at the Graham household recently, which means Australian Wine & Drinks Review misses out on some love. One of the biggest …
It's time to celebrate some of the wines that did make it over the last two months. You can consider this the anti-collection of Tuesday's Almost Club. Given how hard I've …
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, …
Welcome to 2022! Taking out the recycling over the past few days reminded me that a) I drink plenty of beer b) there were some seriously fine wines opened over the …
