Ahh, a proper golden Chardonnay. This Balgownie Estate Bendigo Chardonnay 2020 really taps into the golden peach vibe too. It’s not necessarily a complex wine, but it's hard not to …
Here I am working through the 2021 single vineyard range for Ten Minutes By Tractor, and it turns out the 2022 wines have already been released! If you can jag …
The new top dog Chardonnay from Colmar Estate in Orange. It's a best barrels blend from across the blocks. I rather prefer the more refined and taut Block 2 myself. …
Orange is a sleeping giant of Australian Chardonnay regions. Like Tumbarumba, really, though Orange has a few wineries (rather than just largely growers). The regional style is defined by crystalline …
The top Chardonnay for Golding, this single vineyard release was named after Darren & Lucy Golding's firstborn Rosie May. I wonder what it would be like to have a wine …
The 'Estate' Chardonnay is effectively the best Chardonnay beyond the heralded single vineyard releases from Ten Minutes By Tractor. It's such a pleasure to see these wines with more weight …
Just like that, I'm back home, and the lush green hillsides of last week's trip to Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco country are in the rear vision mirror. As promised, I want to …
It’s that time again. Time to inspire me to spend more money on drinks, even though the WineArk cabinet can't be closed properly and the Amex is maxed out. So what …
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 …
Martin Siebert's First Foot Forward wines are often awesome value, and service resumes here. I love labels like this, as you're not paying for anything beyond a winemaker sourcing juice …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collection of 37 wines that almost made it in July and August …
Anderson Hill is a new label for me and another from the #ChardoMay assortment that we're just cracking into now. The Anderson Hill O Series Chardonnay 2022 needs more time …
