Within the first eight minutes out on the streets of Canberra, I saw a dude on an e-scooter almost cleanup a pedestrian on the footpath. Welcome back to Australia's capital city! These …
We don't go out sans child anywhere near enough here at Australian Wine Review HQ, so when my lovely, long suffering partner and I get out together - and my …
Between the excellent Lanson duo, this Pommery Louise and another bottle of the excellent Roger Coulon from the cellar, there has been a pleasing amount of fancy Champagne at Graham …
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, …
Australia loves Champagne. In fact, we're the 6th biggest export market in the world, with 10 million bottles landing on our shores annually. Historically, however, we tend to drink mostly …
It's pretty good. The Veuve Monsigny Premier Cru Brut NV is Aldi Australia's fancier NV Champagne, and as the name suggests it's premier cru fruit. Not bad for $34.99 eh? It's a …
Want to know what the best part about wine show judging is? The judge's dinner. That's because the judging is less glamorous than you'd think. Often, it's a mouth-destroying slog, with …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 48 wines that almost made it in August 2022. With this …
We're a little down on celebrations here at Australian Wine Review HQ of late, with illness putting a temporary dampener on festivities. Still, it was my dad's 70th on the weekend, …
Breathe out, it's holiday time. I'm in Noosa this week, for a family holiday that has been postponed twice in the last 18 months (thanks to COVID). It's easy to love this …
While wine industry events are slowly kicking back into life now that the pandemic threat has peaked, it's still far from the old days (i.e., in 2019). Back then, there would …
It's that time again. After a long weekend - and with another one on the way - the Graham wine fridge needs a top up, and I'm looking to you for …
I’m back across the Great Dividing Range again, swapping the cool and dry of Canberra for endless moistness here in Sydney. Before I left our nation’s capital there was a final …
I haven't been opening anywhere near enough fizz lately. Maybe it's because I've taken my eye off the bubbles train. Or maybe it's a lack of celebrations/excuses to open fizz. Maybe …
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
