Another lovely Merle: Pikes The Merle Riesling 2024
There's a fine balance in the Pikes Riesling wines that really works, and it's all about imperceptible sweetness. So often Clare (and Eden) Valley Riesling is 'dry' as physically possible …
There's a fine balance in the Pikes Riesling wines that really works, and it's all about imperceptible sweetness. So often Clare (and Eden) Valley Riesling is 'dry' as physically possible …
Christmas is the best time of the year (to drink wine). Compared to the rest of the year, the festive season is an excuse to dive into the Graham cellar …
It'd be rude to open this Taylors St Andrews Riesling 2024 now. That's because this is Clare Valley wine for not-now. It's chewy, pithy, tangy, and brooding, with limey fruit intensity …
The Lake George Vineyards look so innocuous from the road. How can this storied part of the Canberra wine world feel like it's just a forgotten toilet stop off the …
After Friday's post about $100+ Champagne, today I want to highlight how much wine you can get for $35 or more. This collection has a simple motive - purely flavoursome …
From deep in WA's south-west, Frankland Estate flies the flag for the dual glories of Frankland River wine and Riesling. These are great things to champion. Frankland Estate has been …
Shaw & Smith Shiraz has such a rich legacy now that I'd probably be more intrigued if it wasn't great. This 2022 iteration is different, though. It's an Adelaide Hills …
It's just a bit too forward and toasty, but this has a solid core of limey fruit - it's a serious Eden Valley Riesling with length and width. The dry, …
Superb Riesling from a Clare Valley hero. That's it, that's the takeaway. Limefinger is Neil Pike's retirement project, papyrus font and all, with the two wines under this label uniformly …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here are 30 wines that almost made the silver medal grade in September 2024. From …
Perennially, I ask why aged Riesling isn't a treasured good in this country, and perennially, we all navel gaze and move on. Or at least I do. This Harewood Estate …
Arguably, some of the best wines from the Taylor family's myriad of labels are the Riesling releases, followed by the Cabernets, which is the correct order for the Clare Valley …
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