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 …
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 …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here are 30 wines that almost made the silver medal grade in March 2025. From …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collection of x wines that almost made it in December 2023 and …
Just like that, I'm back home, and the lush green hillsides of last week's trip to Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco country are in the rear vision mirror. As promised, I want to …
This is the laste of the 'not Soave' (cough) from Anselmi I've covered in recent months, and this is one of the most premium releases in the range. Like the …
They're pretty serious wines these Anselmi 'Soave that can't be called Soave' . This Anselmi Capitel Croce 2021 is 100% Garganega that spent 8 months in older oak. In a …
Now for something different on the Cabernet front an Italian Cabernet from Veneto. This Anselmi Realda 2019 is something of an unusual red, too - I mean, how much Cab …
Quintarelli Primofiore 2012 Quintarelli's entry level wine (if you can call it that) and includes 50% Corvina, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Cabernet Franc. A portion of free run Amarone juice, …
Clever imports (and more) from Terroir Selections While it's been brutally hard for our export focused winemakers, the record strength of our Aussie dollar has been useful for one thing - …
Quintarelli Rosso del Bepi 1999 (Veneto, Italy)15%, Cork, $270+Source: Dinner companion I tried this wine just weeks after that fateful first encounter with a Quintarelli. As a result, when this …
Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella 2000 (Verona, Italy) 16.5%, Cork, $650 (if you can find some) Source: Kindly fellow wine judge Another wine that had a starring role at the NSW Wine Awards …
