Some wine regions feel special. Places where lush vines should thrive naturally (like the rolling hills of Burgundy) or where it's ridiculous that vines grow there at all, let alone …
January 30th. We're now about to hit February, with my small child back at school and a few weeks of holidays fading in the rear-view mirror. Instead, that laid-back vibe …
As I mentioned last week, the theme for November is to open as many things as possible. And part of that journey involves a plethora of wines that are all …
'Sauvignon Blanc is a B tier white grape' I love Reddit. It's a misinformation gold mine, but also excellent for tracking real opinions (however shitty). That quote above is from a …
I have too much wine. This sounds like the most first-world plea for help in history (please, someone crack out the micro violin), but at the moment I have too much …
It's a wine tasting format that I wish more Australian winemakers would embrace. Winemaker A, usually from the New World (or a less fancied producer/appellation), puts their wines up against global …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here are 11 wines that almost made the silver medal, Australian Wine and Drinks Review …
New Zealand wine is booming. Besides a small dip in 2024 (when volumes went backwards by 12%), export volumes of Kiwi wines have increased by over 50% over the past …
Last week, it was the gold medal-winning Aldi Riesling uber-bargain. This week, another absolute stalwart of the Riesling firmament in seriously good form. It's a good time to be drinking Riesling. …
Forget scores, my favourite way to classify a wine is how many glasses I could drink. Faulty junk? Tip it down the sink. An overly sweet, but fascinating, fortified? A …
Let's get stuck into the sample pile this week, hey? From Forcett in Tassie comes a crisp, if slightly too firm, Sauvignon Blanc made by the Hill Smith Family's Tasmanian …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here are 11 wines that almost made the silver medal, Australian Wine and Drinks Review …
