Yangarra just makes great Grenache, but the Shiraz can be equally grand - just like the Kings Yangarra King’s Wood Shiraz 2021. It's the winemaking that makes the difference here. …
The essential appeal of this Serafino Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is the hearty, rough-edged charm. It's a woodsman of wine with raw hands, an arm-wrenching handshake and a love of ice-cold …
As promised, today is the kick-off for a smorgasbord of reviews for wines that did pass muster in recent weeks (after teeing off with 27 wines that didn't). I'm also …
It's been quieter here at Australian Wine and Drinks Review over the past week, with a continued sprinkling of chaos introduced into the daytime projects to make my life fun/entertaining/shithouse. That …
You know what irks me about the modern rosé boom? How many of the wines end up with frustratingly harsh acidity. Sure, such is life when you're early picking red wine …
On Monday, it was a flood of reviews on wines that didn't make the Australian Wine Review grade (which is a silver medal equivalent). But today, we have less snark, …
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 …
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 …
This Chapel Hill The MV Shiraz 2021 is exactly what most McLaren Vale Shiraz drinkers want. A huge expanse of purple fruit, in a silken wave of chunky ripeness. Gleefully …
They're always such hearty wines from Chapel Hill. Sometimes too warm/firm/dense, but you'll never die wondering. This Chapel Hill The MV Mourvedre 2021 is more vibrant and less chewy than …
What a great word archetypal is. Although it's one of those words that annoying wine writers like me use, but most normal humans would never put in a sentence. 'Yeah, Matt …
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 …
