Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collection of 37 wines that almost made it in July and August …
Merlot, the forgotten Australian mainstream grape, now relegated to a blending component. This Hickinbotham The Revivalist Merlot 2021 is full-bodied, ripe, open and dense reminder note too, with this ocean …
'Chandon Étoile realises a 25-year dream: to create a sparkling cuvée of unrivalled quality, and to placeAustralia firmly at the international table of super-prestige sparkling wine'. The Chandon press release doesn't …
Why doesn’t De Bortoli get the love for Yarra Pinot? The wines are uniformly great; why do they slip below the radar? This De Bortoli Riorret The Abbey Pinot Noir 2020 …
There's a certain lightness to the Soumah Yarra Valley Pinot range that sometimes I love and other times, it just makes the wines seems a bit simple. This Soumah Single …
Orange always promises to be a great Pinot Noir region, but it doesn't seem to be the regional red wine hero. And let's not get started on how much Bordeaux …
While the focus here at Australian Wine and Drinks Review is getting on top of the sample pile before I head off to Italy to taste Prosecco (more on that …
It's been a full day of modern Australian Chardonnay here on Australian Wine and Drinks Review (and a big year for Chardonnay on the site). Why not lob up a …
Theoretically, this is the second-tier wine behind the Masters Series I just reviewed, but gee there isn't much in it at all. Maybe a smidgen less detail here but it's …
Saint & Scholar is the 'passion project' from Stephen Dew & Reid Bosward (of Kaesler fame) based around 49ha of vineyards in the Adelaide Hills. There's lots of whimsy in …
Named after a Japanese sword, but nothing cutting about this approachable and well-priced Riposte The Katana Chardonnay 2022. Plenty of golden sunshine is the game here, with vanilla icing sugar …
Right, let’s get stuck into the sample pile backlog, hey? After a few weeks off, it's more like a sample mountain too... First up is the Boat O’Craigo Black Spur Chardonnay …
