Head Wines 2010 red duohttp://www.headwines.com.au/ A sexy Head Blonde The Brunette is still my favourite Is it wrong to describe a Barossan red as 'a little bit Rhoney'? I called one of Alex 'Heady' …
Guigal - the agony, the ecstasy, the prices The best in Guigal When I think of Guigal, one of the things that comes to mind is Penfolds. That connection may sounds odd, …
Lark Hill Shiraz Viognier 2010 (Canberra district)13.5%, Screwcap, $40Source: Samplewww.larkhillwine.com.au Lark Hill has hit a new high in recent years, driven by the input (I think) of founding couple Dave and …
Nick O'Leary 2011 Releases Canberra - as a wine region at least - is so-hot-right-now, spearheaded as it is by the rise of spicy mid weight Shiraz and a push into …
Meerea Park Terracotta Shiraz 2009 (Hunter Valley, NSW) ?%, Screwcap, $55 Source: Sample www.meereapark.com.au Now I'm not much of a fan of Shiraz Viognier per se (which you can probably pick up by regularly …
Fire Gully Shiraz Viognier 2008 (Margaret River, WA) $25, Screwcap, 14.5% Source: Sample http://www.pierro.com.au/ Fire Gully is the second label of Pierro, the acclaimed Margaret River producer with one of the smartest Chardonnays in …
Sally's Hill, Petaluma and Climbing Sally's Hill Cabernet Franc 2008 (Pyrenees, Vic) - 14% The (effective) second label of Neil Robb's Sally's Paddock operation, with the wines still produced at the Redbank …
Voyager Estate Masterclass As The Great Man himself noted in an article over the weekend (here), there are few wineries out there that do an annual benchmark tasting as well as Voyager. Sure …
Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2009 $85, Screwcap, 14% Source: Sample http://www.clonakilla.com.au/ Well here it is. One of the most talked about wines of 2010 and also one of Clonakilla's most popular wines of all time (even …
Mitchell Harris Range Mitchell Harris is the project of Pyrenees winemaker John Harris, a participant in this years WFA Future Leaders Program and apparently something of a rising star in Pyrenees winemaking …
Head Wines 'The Blonde ' Shiraz Viognier 2008 (Barossa, SA)$28, Screwcap, 14.8%Source: North Sydney CellarsThe companion wine to The Brunette, this is probably not my my favourite wine style, being …
Held at two hatted wine hotbed Bentley Restaurant & Bar, this dinner pitched Australia's own Rhone inspired superstar Clonakilla against contemporary Northern Rhone wonderkind Yves Cuilleron, in a fittingly modern, …
