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 …
This Jose Gil Rioja Vino de Pueblo San Vicente 2021 is a wonderful wine, but also one to remind that Rioja is a strange region. Here's a famed Spanish area, with …
Now that we've got yesterday's dive into a few wines that didn't float my boat this February, let's look at some good drinks. The pleasure zone. In particular, for this …
Amex bill looking ginormous this December? Mine is, and It only got paid off last week. So, rather than whinging about it, here is something to help with the 'where …
Rioja is a fascinating treasure trove for aged wines. All around the region, there are these huge cellars overflowing with multiple vintages of wine in barrel or bottle, almost like …
Within the first eight minutes out on the streets of Canberra, I saw a dude on an e-scooter almost cleanup a pedestrian on the footpath. Welcome back to Australia's capital city! These …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collectin of 15 wines that almost made it in November 2022. Notably, many …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 48 wines that almost made it in August 2022. With this …
I never miss this tasting. Every year, the Sydney Royal Wine Show throws open the doors for a trade/exhibitor tasting of all everything entered into what is one of Australia's famous, …
There is so much promise in the Hilltops that I'm always surprised we don't see more focus on the region. Plenty of mature alternative plantings in the ground too, as …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just 'ok drinks', and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 13 wines that almost made it in May 2022. An important …
It's starting to feel cold and shitty here in Sydney town this week, which is a huge contrast from the humid 26C humid glory of Noosa I had last week. …
