I'm on a mission to get the sample pile down to a manageable level over the next four weeks, and sometimes that entails opening things earlier than they should really …
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 …
Last month, the Endeavour Group (owner of Dan Murphys, BWS, several wineries and lots of pubs) dropped off a huge set of retail wine industry insights for zero dollars. Nudda. …
And we're back. After a month where life and other projects filled up every other waking hour, I've finally got a few quieter nights to devote to this website. It’s probably …
Curiously enough, as a wine reviewer, you don't really get to regularly taste many 'value' wines. Yes, some producers send the whole range in for review, but on the whole, …
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. …
Australian Shiraz is a much more diverse world than it gets credit for. Globally, there is still this shortsighted assumption that Barossa Shiraz is what our entire continent makes, as if …
I call this the anti-Almost Club. Monday's monthly dive into the 'Almost Club' wines can seem negative, so today it's about wines that actually did make it, with an emphasis on …
To continue today's International Riesling Day (I hate grape days, but here we are) review flourish, we're moving onto the entry-level wine Harewood's rather large range. This Harewood Great Southern …
It's a pleasure to be talking up a tasty $25 Australian wine. Something right and good. Derek from Paisley Wines has a whole host of underpriced reds in his portfolio, …
There is zero subtlety about Derek 'DJ Deadly' Fitzgerald's Barossan wines. That's a very good thing. We need light and shade in our wine diet - boldness, delicacy, power, fragrance, and …
What a great story. In 2022, an Adelaide Plains grape contract fell through when a big company pulled the pin at the last moment. In steps, ex-punk hero Rawley Power, …
