If given the choice, I'd likely drink white wines over red. That's essentially a refreshment thing because I'm treating what's in my glass as a drink. But also a reminder …
Verticals are fascinating things. For some wines, they show vineyard or winery progressions, as styles and seasons shape how the fermented grape juice tastes. But the story behind the Howard …
There are now, by my count, four different single vineyard Harewood Estate Riesling from 2022. Four! I can't think of many other producers (maybe John Hughes' Riesling Rieslingfreak) with that …
I have a small mountain of rosé to open at casa di Graham because everyone is making pink stuff now (and so much of it is somewhere between gross and …
The Burch family at Howard Park are dead serious about sparkling wine, with this the latest output from their fizz journey. Fascinating. Making premium sparkling in Australia seems like a thankless gig …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just 'ok drinks', and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 13 wines that almost made it in May 2022. An important …
From the wide wide expanses of WA's Great Southern comes a quartet of sub-regional Riesling expressions that I'm always glad to see. These Harewood Riesling releases are more than just good …
We are incredibly spoilt for great Chardonnay in Australia. Sure, old mate Chardie is an early ripening weed of a grape variety that flourishes everywhere, but so often the 'Australian Chardonnay …
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 …
(This is a version of a print article on Western Australian wine published earlier in the year. The world has changed since, but there are some stories in here worth …
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 …
