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 …
Welcome back. After almost three weeks drinking very little wine (but still preoccupied with deliciousness), I'm now back at the tasting desk and straight into a lineup of Champagne reviews that …
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 …
'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 …
New Zealand wine is booming. Besides a small dip in 2024 (when volumes went backwards by 12%), export volumes of Kiwi wines have increased by over 50% over the past …
I'm calling it now, the 2016 vintage of the Mumm Millésimé Champagne will be divisive. That's because this release, from an ultra-low-yielding and challenging vintage (punctuated by early frosts and late …
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 …
Forget scores, my favourite way to classify a wine is how many glasses I could drink. Faulty junk? Tip it down the sink. An overly sweet, but fascinating, fortified? A …
There are few more satisfying things in a wine show than finding out the wine you judged blind and liked enough to give a trophy is a shit-hot wine. It's …
Today is #ChardonnayDay, which joins the ranks of the other made-up 'grape days' created by wine marketers (like me, on occasion) looking for any leverage to drive more wine sales …
There’s an excellent viral video floating around at the moment that shows how a single drop of whisky can kill millions of bacteria. My body is typically fuelled by wine and …
It felt like an old mate returning home when a few bottles of Holm Oak wines lob up on the Australian Wine and Drinks Review doorstep. It's been a few …
