Close followers of this site will know how popular Riesling is on this site, even to the point where I've been accused of having a 'Riesling bias'. I'll wear that with …
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 …
I'm late here, but I want to talk about an event from last year worth celebrating. In October, a pack of Clare Valley Riesling producers did a mini-tour of the east coast …
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, …
I feel like a broken record talking up these 2022 Eden Valley Riesling releases. Yes, they're great. Tune out now if you're not on this Rizza bandwagon with me. Anyway, this …
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 …
While Derek Fitzgerald's Paisley reds are typically rich and luscious, this Paisley Cashmere Riesling 2022 is down-the-line classic Eden Valley stuff in a juicy, yet taut mode. Talc and a …
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 …
Nailing the balance in Australian off-dry Riesling is tricky business. To put it bluntly, very few (if any) local Riesling need the sweetness, so often you just end up with …
I don't think everyone here on Australian Wine Review is going to see this Pewsey Vale 1961 Block Riesling 2021 in the same light, but to me, it tastes like …
Outside of the Shiraz Viognier, this Sapling Yard Lake George Riesling 2022 is my favourite release from Canberra newcomer Sapling Yard, and it captures the Canberra Riesling style (that I …
This is the entry-level Riesling from Great Southern Rizza heroes Harewood Estate and it lobs up with a shedload of drinking pleasure for just $20. The Harewood Estate Great Southern Riesling …
Not my favourite Pewsey Vale Contours, but I think that is purely a stage in life - this Pewsey Vale Museum Release The Contours Riesling 2012 will probably climb to …
How is it possible that such deliciousness is still circa $20 a bottle? Between this Heggies Vineyard Riesling 2022 and the Pewsey Vale last week, there is enough evidence to …
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
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