May/June is one of the peak periods for samples arriving at Casa Graham, with new-release reds and barrel-aged whites from the previous harvest (ie 2022) all landing on the doorstep. …
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 …
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 …
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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