It's interesting to see how golden, peaches-in-juice style Chardonnay is making a comeback, and the Great Southern wines from Apricus Hill are always a bit richer and fuller. This Apricus …
The Harewood Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is the best Harewood red I've had in ages. Historically, the array of single vineyard Riesling from this Great Southern producer float my …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collection of 27 wines that almost made it in May and June …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collection of 15 wines that almost made it in March and April …
Close followers of this site will know how popular Riesling is on this site, even to the point where I've been accused of having a 'Riesling bias'. I'll wear that with …
Sometimes, you just need a wine of volume. Something luscious, indulgent, dense and cosseting. Something like a 14%+ Australian Shiraz. On a thousand per cent humidity Sydney January day, I don't …
Hot on the heels of this month's Almost Club (highlighting wines that didn't make the silver medal standard), here is a selection of ten wines that DID make it (if …
This is the entry-level Riesling from Great Southern Rizza heroes Harewood Estate and it lobs up with a shedload of drinking pleasure for just $20. The Harewood Estate Great Southern Riesling …
Here's another (likely final drop) from my 'out from the paywall' series of unpaid print articles, and today, it's a chat with Rob Diletti from Castle Rock Estate, who is …
Skywalk is named after the tourist attraction perched above the Castle Rock vineyard on the Rock itself. Worth a walk up to the top if you're down the bottom of …
Let's get back into the sample pile, hey? I always feel like Harewood has a split personality - delicate, terroir-focused Riesling on the one hand, ripe, 'are you sure these are …
I love these tastings, The Young Guns of Wine (YGOW) is an annual awards program designed to celebrate new/young wine producers. But YGOW has now expanded beyond the awards to a …
