Amex bill looking ginormous this December? Mine is, and It only got paid off last week. So, rather than whinging about it, here is something to help with the 'where …
Hello, old school McLaren Vale opulence. This Patritti red is a homage wine to the original John Patritti Broughton and is a 'best barrels' selection from the Patritti vineyard in …
Like Oakridge, being taken over by the listed ex-Woolworths liquor arm Endeavour Drinks hasn't hurt Chapel Hill's wine quality. Rock solid McLaren Vale wines, and with little shift in the …
There are now 85 different wines in the d'Arenberg range. Compared to Treasury, Accolade et al. or even Penfolds, that's small biccies. But for a still-family-owned McLaren Vale operation like d'Arenberg, …
Last week, it was a flood of reviews on wines that didn’t make the Australian Wine Review grade (which is a silver medal equivalent) over the past eight weeks. But …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just 'ok drinks', and some are just bad… Here is a collection of 19 wines that almost made it in September and October …
Wes Pearson's McLaren Vale Grenache single vineyard tour continues here, with a wine sourced from the Wait Vineyard at Blewitt Springs, with similar handling to the Smart Vineyard wine - …
The Smart Vineyard in Clarendon is one of THE Grenache blocks in McLaren Vale. You only have to see the proliferation of single vineyard releases from the likes of Thistledown, …
A blend of old vine Grenache from the Smart & Wait Vineyards. While the more expensive single vineyard wines in the range (which will also be reviewed today) are a …
We're on a bit of a Shiraz romp at Australian Wine and Drinks Review this week, so let's keep going with another big dog. The Hickinbotham Brooks Road Shiraz 2021 …
Now this is a bargain, especially when it can be found in retail land for $19.99. The Clandestine Vineyards McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 comes from a vineyard in Blewitt …
I really like the unadorned charisma of the World Apart Wines range. Personality in droves. Here, it's McLaren Vale Shiraz but with nouveau leanings. Fruit comes from the Leask family’s …
