We're now at the halfway mark of Chardonnay May, and I can confirm I'm not tired of the noble grape yet. Instead, despite the roughest weeks in yonks outside of this …
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, …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collection of 15 wines that almost made it in March and April …
We don't go out sans child anywhere near enough here at Australian Wine Review HQ, so when my lovely, long suffering partner and I get out together - and my …
Happy New Year! Now that the weather here in Sydney has gone from 'glorious' to 'typically wet January shit', it's time for the first look at the laptop in 2023. Yeah, …
It goes ok, thanks very much. The first-ever Mumm Tasmania release is pretty good really, even if I want a bit more flavour. Made as part of the Mumm terroir …
More and more I think of Matt Burton, of Gundog Estate, as a sort of winemaking mad professor. Hunched over a barrel, cackling wildly as he makes his latest wine …
It's pretty good. The Veuve Monsigny Premier Cru Brut NV is Aldi Australia's fancier NV Champagne, and as the name suggests it's premier cru fruit. Not bad for $34.99 eh? It's a …
There's a fascinating challenge that exists with Italian Prosecco. Quite simply, it's not viewed as a premium wine. Despite being produced in astounding volumes - 627 million bottles in 2021, almost …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 22 wines that almost made it in September 2022. As ever, …
This McWilliam’s Hanwood Estate Classic Tawny NV is the five-year-old, entry-level wine the Hanwood Tawny range, and it's a relative bargain. Rich and sweet and mouthfillin in that rich tawny …
The last time I was in Valdobbiadene was in 2015, I ended up staying in the Villa Barberina, which is run by the Franco family. I didn't even connect the …
I was chatting with Andrew Calabria after the Fontanafredda Barolo vertical, and he mentioned how amazed his family were at the trove of ancient McWilliams fortifieds they'd uncovered in the …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 48 wines that almost made it in August 2022. With this …
At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. But then, I fell in love with wine and craft beer, and it took over my life.
Twenty three years later and I spend my days wearing many beverage hats and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more
