It’s that time again. Time to inspire me to spend more money on drinks, even though the WineArk cabinet can’t be closed properly, and the Amex is maxed out. So, what …
After three days of wine show judging (and three days of wine dinners) in Canberra for the 2024 Winewise Championships, my tongue is black, my teeth are sore, and my …
While the focus here at Australian Wine and Drinks Review is getting on top of the sample pile before I head off to Italy to taste Prosecco (more on that …
Yves Cuilleron La Petite Cote Condrieu 2012 (Condrieu, Northern Rhone) 13%, Cork, $90 There is Viognier and then there is Cuilleron Condrieu... This may as well be a different variety from your typical …
Jamet Cote-Rotie 2010 (Cote Rotie, Northern Rhone, France) Cork, $180ish Do know what the best thing about this wine is? It's genuinely not that expensive. I mean, $200 odd is hardly cheap, but …
'The World's Greatest Wines that aren't...' When I first started this blog, almost four years ago now, I did so with purpose - I wanted somewhere accessible (online) where I could …
Guigal - the agony, the ecstasy, the prices The best in Guigal When I think of Guigal, one of the things that comes to mind is Penfolds. That connection may sounds odd, …
2011 Winestate World's Greatest Shiraz Challenge Tasting This year marked the sixth iteration of an event known as the 'World's Greatest Shiraz Challenge', a tasting which is effectively an expanded Winestate …
Dard & Ribo Note the hand written labels in the background there. Dard & Ribo Hermitage Blanc and Rouge 2009 René-Jean Dard and François Ribo first established their domaine in 1984 and now …
Premium Shiraz Night June 2010 63 Wyns Hermitage. Amazing. As ever I'm playing catchup at the moment, discovering random forgotten tasting notes in equally random places. These notes have been sitting in …
The joy of Clape It doesn't happen all that often - although I wish it did - but when it does, it serves as a reminder of exactly how mindblowing the …
Voyager Estate Masterclass As The Great Man himself noted in an article over the weekend (here), there are few wineries out there that do an annual benchmark tasting as well as Voyager. Sure …
