I’m back across the Great Dividing Range again, swapping the cool and dry of Canberra for endless moistness here in Sydney. Before I left our nation’s capital there was a final …
I haven't been opening anywhere near enough fizz lately. Maybe it's because I've taken my eye off the bubbles train. Or maybe it's a lack of celebrations/excuses to open fizz. Maybe …
We don't get out much anymore (small child + COVID), so when a birthday/excuse to celebrate comes up, it's an opportunity to drink and eat well. On Saturday, I turned 41, …
Welcome to 2022! Taking out the recycling over the past few days reminded me that a) I drink plenty of beer b) there were some seriously fine wines opened over the …
It's been a little quiet here at Australian Wine Review over the past week and a bit, as I've been head down judging this year's Australian Wine List of the …
I'd rather drink beer than most cheap Australian sparkling wines. Or Riesling. But there's a small cohort of bubbles worth consideration. This Taltarni Brut 2015 is one of them. In fact, …
This Clover Hill Cuvée Exceptonelle Brut Rosé 2015 is really well done Australian fizz. Not as glorious as the non rosé bubbles, perhaps, but still very good. Importantly, it's tight and …
Right, birthday over, we're back to normal programming, and straight into a dead serious Tasmanian sparkling that spent over 10 years on lees. This Moorilla Estate Cloth Label Late Disgorged 2007 …
Q: You have $50 to spend on sparkling wine. Do you: a) Buy a bottle of discounted, ‘big house’ NV Champagne? b) Spend the dollars on a premium, likely vintage Australian sparkling? It’s …
Louis Pommery England Brut NV You want a good news story from climate change? The warmer summers are helping make English wine much more viable. Of course that's not going to help …
Leclerc Briant Millesime 2007 Here's a prime example of a good Champagne that could be sublime, but just lacks some vitality. Disgorged in December 2015 and I wonder if sitting around …
Welcome to tranche 2 of the #MonthofAndrew wines. I probably haven't hit the cellar as hard this birthday with the imminent baby arrival (just over two weeks until due date), but …
