Wine Blogs & Reviews

Organic wines – Pig in the House

Right up there on the list of discredited old wives’ tales (is that a politically incorrect term these days?) is…

4 years ago

Capel Vale

It’s been more than a few years since I’ve made the sojourn across our continent to visit the wineries of…

4 years ago

Golden Grove Wines

When I heard that Golden Grove’s 2018 Barbera won champion wine, and their 2019 Vermentino a gold medal, at the…

4 years ago

Altolandon Mil Historias Garnacha 2017

Ask any sommelier what styles and varietals of wines are seeing sales growth, and you’ll normally be told that it’s…

4 years ago

Gwyn Olsen: Art or Oenology?

Head winemaker at Peppertree wines in the Hunter Valley produces a drop arguably more art than oenology..... There’s a place…

4 years ago

Aeration of Wines

Those of us who have a tendency to “lose” wines in the cellar would be well familiar with the happy…

4 years ago

Roussanne Shiraz – Torbreck

I’ve always found the wines of the Rhone region fascinating, if not charming. And particularly those of the Southern Rhone…

5 years ago

Napa Cellars

The Australian wine industry is increasingly focusing its attention on overseas markets, and for good reason. A low Aussie dollar,…

5 years ago

Duperrey Champagne

Australians love their fizz; so much so that according to the 2018 data, we are the seventh-largest market for Champagne…

5 years ago

Wild Earth Pinot

As the days lengthen and Spring takes grip, red wine drinkers often find themselves shelving the heavy cabernet and shiraz…

5 years ago