Tim Smith's wines are typically well-received at Graham HQ, with his generously textured reds a particular highlight. I'm here to report that his new Tim Smith Wines Mataro 2022 & Tim …
Maybe it was the idyllic, lily-topped pond glimmering to the left. Maybe it was the proudly untidy grass sprawling out underneath the grapevines. Or maybe it was just how green …
Hello, and welcome back. It's been quiet here over the last fortnight, with holidays and birthdays taking over proceedings. Plenty of these (an excellent Range release. Probably my favourite Range Brewing beer …
December through to February are the big drinking months here at Australian Wine Review HQ. Peak drinking season. Sure, there is something open every day on the tasting bench, but …
Let's get 2023 kicked off properly, hey? Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collection of 23 wines that …
The Other Wine Co. was first established as an arm of the Shaw & Smith empire that went beyond the S & S Adelaide Hills regulars, with an aim to …
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 …
There so many wines out there that I hear about/keep meaning to try but never get there. Like the Phase Three Dero wines, as an example. Brendan Hilferty's Sparrow & …
Old Plains is part of Dom Torzi's stable of brands, in this case celebrating the old vines of the Adelaide Plains. The 'Plains' are very much a forgotten region in …
Full, ripe and bold Grenache that still retains red fruit vibrancy. That's the gist of this Chapel Hill The MV Bush Vine Grenache 2021, which is in a pretty good …
I loved Alex Head's top dog Ancestor Vine Grenache a month ago, and this isn't far behind (for a smidgen of the price). From 35-160yr old Barossan vines. Foot trod, all …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collectin of 15 wines that almost made it in October 2022. As ever, …
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 …
Alex Head dropped this, and a pack of other Grenache, around in person a few weeks back, purely to get into the Grenache Day vibe (which started back here). I'm …
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
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