Each time I taste another well made 'alternative' variety from the King Valley I thank phylloxera. That's because, when everyone's nightmare grape louse swept through the region between 1991 and 1995, …
Love the new packaging on all the new Pizzini wines. Character and class. This Pizzini La Volpe Nebbiolo 2019 is, as ever, good drinking Nebbiolo at a very fair price. …
Is there is any Xmas cake on your horizon this festive season? I can remember a warm Christmas cake with coins stuck inside as a family Christmas tradition. We haven't done …
Few Australian Nebbiolo producers have invested as much effort, for as long, as Pizzini. Indeed, that history now spans three decades - there's a great yarn about Pizzini's first Nebbiolo, from …
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 …
Broad vintage generalisations anywhere are fraught with danger. They're so problematic given just how much a harvest can vary from variety to variety and vineyard to vineyard. Like 2011 in …
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 …
Autentico Sangiovese. This Pizzini Forza di Ferro Sangiovese 2016 has red fruit and leather, the palate just medium-bodied, slightly ferrous with the fruit very much downplayed for savouriness. Every time I …
Energetic nouveau style King Valley red. This Pizzini La Volpe Nebbiolo 2018 has bright raspberry fruit and light tannins, the delivery unadulterated by oak, the overall effect so energetic. Even …
Straight Canaiolo, in Australia? Tuscany has a new address, and it's in the King Valley. Canaiolo is normally a blending grape that adds a bit of fruit weight to Chianti, and …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here then is a selection of wines that almost made it over the past few …
It feels a little dirty to be writing about wine right now. Or maybe it's a sense of futility - I'm that guy talking about wine while sitting on one …
