Review: Apogee Alto Pinot Noir 2020
April 4, 2022
What do you think of the label on this new Apogee Alto Pinot Noir 2020? When I first saw it I thought 'golden ticket'. Hard to photograph too (and I'm a …
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The Bubbles Roundup – 10 of Australia’s top sparkling wines this February (and more)
February 28, 2022
I haven't been opening anywhere near enough fizz lately. Maybe it's because I've taken my eye off the bubbles train. Or maybe it's a lack of celebrations/excuses to open fizz. Maybe …
The top 10 wines of 2021 for under $40. I can afford all of them.
January 17, 2022
This needed to happen, really. After last week's list of the Top 4 wines of 2021 was so bluntly biased to unaffordability (would you like the $350 Cab Shiraz of the …
From bargain Burgundy to tired Aussie fizz – the good, bad and indifferent wines of Christmas 2021
January 5, 2022
Welcome to 2022! Taking out the recycling over the past few days reminded me that a) I drink plenty of beer b) there were some seriously fine wines opened over the …
The Best 12 Riesling & Semillon of October 2021
October 25, 2021
Broad vintage generalisations anywhere are fraught with danger. They're so problematic given just how much a harvest can vary from variety to variety and vineyard to vineyard. Like 2011 in …
11 of the best new Australian Chardonnay this September (and a Jura interloper)
September 28, 2021
Chardonnay - aka the king of white wines (which makes Riesling the queen) - gets pride of place in the Graham household, regularly jumping the barrier from 'tasting' to 'drinking' …
Review: Dalrymple Cottage Block Pinot Noir 2019
September 16, 2021
Oh boy. If you like the standard Dalrymple Pinot (which I did), then you need to try this Dalrymple Cottage Block Pinot Noir 2019. The Cottage Block is one of the …
Review: Dalrymple Pinot Noir 2020. The best standard Dalrymple Pinot in years.
September 3, 2021
Mercurial. What a great word. And the quality and personality of Dalrymple's Pinot is best described as mercurial too. In some vintages, it has been surprisingly hulking. In other years, …
No filler, just a dozen quality, ready-to-drink wines for August 2021
August 6, 2021
The name says it all. 12 quality that are ready to go, no need to wait. They're wines of drinking appeal, whether it's luxurious textures or even just simple fruit. …
A fine Tasmanian fizz to celebrate Jansz’s first winery
June 18, 2021
One of the single biggest growth hurdles that Tasmanian wine faces is a lack of wineries. I'm not talking about a shortfall of producers - Tassie has a whole smorgasbord of …
Meerea Park vs the world. A proper wine 30th birthday bash
May 20, 2021
To celebrate 30 years of Meerea Park Wines, Garth & Rhys Eather went out to lunch. Except they spent this milestone meal with about 15 other wine media types, and repeated …
Three classy new 2019 Pinot Noir from Tapanappa, Tokar Estate & Dalrymple
May 13, 2021
Always a pleasure to have more drinkable Pinot Noir pass the desk, and these three have all been delicious. I didn't try them together but would be a fascinating exercise …
