You can't judge a book by the cover, but hot damn, these new Ghostgum Vineyard wines look classy. The whole project oozes promise - it's backed by the Joval family, …
Peter Dillon is doing wonderful things at Handpicked Wines. With all its special feels, Capella is the big-name project, but the real future is the push into buying new vineyards …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here are 30 wines that almost made the silver medal grade in September 2024. From …
It's a mad old world when basic AC Chablis is $80 a bottle. You can get two bottles of grand Aussie Chardonnay for that money (view a few here). Anyway, …
Much like the Pinot, this is a slightly lesser release for what is a go-to brand for Yarra wines. A little custard powder and vanilla over a delicate, light touch, …
Give me honest winemakers every day of the week. Clive Jones, the Nautilus winemaker for a generation, calls the 2022 Marlborough vintage 'one of the toughest of the last 30 …
Ringbolt is the Margaret River brand for the Hill Smith family empire, and the Cabernet always bags lots of gold medals. It's a bargain, and consistently so. This is the …
The Heggies Chardonnay wines have gained some weight (again) in recent vintages, which isn't such a bad thing. Are we over the aneamic Chardonnay hump? I dunno, hopefully. This standard …
Probably not my favourite vintage of Hazeldene Chardonnay, although time will be kind as all the bits come together. It's a warmer, more opulent iteration of this upper Yarra white, …
Nothing in this life can be certain except death, taxes, and the quality of M3 Chardonnay. Or at least that's how it feels with this blue-chip modern Aussie Chard, which …
We've officially reached the critical 'boxes of wine in the loungeroom' level of wine capacity here at Australian Wine and Drinks Review HQ, which means I'm in 'open everything mode' …
This is part 2 of my wrap up of the 2024 Negociants Working With Wine seminar series. The attention drifts from Piedmont to Champagne and sparkling wine now (and you …
