If you had to pick a single wine style that is most highly coveted in the Graham household, it is the early drinking red. Pinot, Grenache, Gamay, some Tempranillo, a …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just 'ok drinks', and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 13 wines that almost made it in May 2022. An important …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here is a selection of wine that almost made it in October and November 2021. As …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here is a selection of wines that almost made it in September 2021. Thanks, also, to …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here is a selection of wines that almost made it in July and August 2021. Sometimes …
Rising is an offshoot from the Sticks winery, centred around a vineyard in the Christmas Hills subregion of the Yarra Valley. As an aside, what a great name for an (unofficial) …
Lyons Will Gamay 2017 I was banging on yesterday about some of the new shades in Macedon wine. Here's exhibit A. Lyons Will is the label of Oliver Rapson and Renata Morello, …
You always know when a wine is made in small quantities as there is no barcode in sight. That's certainly the case with David Lloyd's Eldridge Estate wines, most of …
Sassafras Gamay Ancestral 2014 There's much to be said for winemakers emulating their favourite wine style. While it can produce simple copycats, having a wine starting point and evolving from there can …
De Bortoli La Boheme Act Four Syrah Gamay 2011 (Yarra Valley, Vic) 13%, Screwcap, $20Source: Samplewww.debortoli.com.au Sophisticated packaging, careful winemaking and interesting blends - these La Boheme wines are very clever …
A blurry picture of the 07All I've got. Poignant that it's blurry though... Jean Foillard Morgon Cuvee Corcelette 2009 (Beaujolais, France) 13%ish $70ishIt dawned on me recently when scanning through the …
Jean Foillard Morgon Cuvee Corcelette 2007 (Beaujolais, France)$55, Cork, 13.0%Ahh, lovely. Natural wine done good. This is the companion to the Cote du Py tasted earlier this year, this wine …
Jean Foillard 'Cote du Py' 2007 (Morgon, Beaujolais, France)Cork, $60This wine is, without a doubt, as far removed from typical Beaujolais as you are likely to encounter. Instead, consider this …
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
