The birth of a second child a couple of months ago has meant that my reviews have been non-existent of late. A state of semi organised chao...

Two 21 year old Cabernet blends, courtesy of my aunty’s cellar. The first, the Leoville Poyferre, is a Second Growth from the Saint-...

I've long wanted to taste an Domaine Epis Pinot Noir, but for some reason only just got around to it the other day. The Pinot Noir that...

I had these wines late last year, then lost my tasting notes, only to find them again the other day! I sometimes wonder if the past 5-10 ...

  Murdoch Hill is a relatively new name to me, but it’s a winery with a bit of history, a good family story, and importantly some excitin...

There is great value to be had here. Gerald Norton-Knight tends a small but quite unique vineyard in Mudgee. I have written about it pr...

  A quality addition to the Lark Hill Gruner stable, albeit that it doesn’t quite reach the heights of the superb 2013 . Given the challe...

  This is possibly the best Shiraz I have had this year. It takes a day or so to really open up at this stage of its life, but once it d...

  Simon Black is starting to produce some pretty smart wine at Montalto. Brown and I had the chance to visit him last year at the winery a...

One of my gradual learnings over the years is that most premium, age worthy wine doesn't actually get discernibly better with age. Sur...

I consumed this as part of my birthday lunch along with a 2008 PHI Pinot Noir from the Yarra Valley. The Pinot won wine of the day (see o...

The Mount Langi Cliff Edge is generally a great value Grampians Shiraz, which won’ t set you back the big bucks of the flagship Mount Lang...

This is great Pinot. Not cheap, but worth every dollar. I had most of the bottle over two nights, and while on night one it didn’t quite ...

This is not one of the truly great Vat 1’s, but it registers very high on the scale of drinkability and joy. As a wine it is in ...

  This is one of my favourite Chardonnays but given the quality of the 2012 vintage this perhaps didn’t quite meet my lofty expectation...

Coriole’s Sangiovese is one of those wines where the grape variety and region are both evident, and the synergy between the two is typi...

This is a good shout if you want to try a Pomerol from the much lauded 2009 vintage, and yet don’t want to shell out the silly money tha...

    T his was an unexpected treat at a family lunch on Australia day. The 4 Acres Shiraz is one of the jewels in the Tyrrell’s crown,...

      Hamilton Russell have long been on my list of must try wines, and I was lucky enough to find a bottle of this a few weeks ba...

In the past few years I have tried a number of promising, even exciting Australian Gruner Veltliners, but none that I would necessarily un...