Mitchelton Estate Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Okay, okay, I know that we here in Victoria may not have as much street cred compared to McLaren, Margie and Coonawarra when it comes
Author: Morgan Dunn
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Morgan Dunn is a Melbourne based sommelier with over 10 years of experience. He wrote a regular wine column for The Australian and has contributed to various publications including Noble Rot. In 2017 he was named ‘Emerging Wine Writer of the Year’ at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards as well as receiving the Wine Communicators of Australia award for ‘Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column’. He speaks Japanese and is planning to write a book on Tokyo wine bars and wine culture in Japan when travel resumes. In his spare time Morgan plays piano, snowboards and goes to Escape Rooms with his twin brother.
Craggy Range Te Muna Road Vineyard Pinot Noir 2018
Pretty and proud. Ripe berry and fragrant purple and pink flowers swirl up from the bowl of the glass mingled with some earthy ginger, turned soil
Rhone renaissance at Tahbilk
Some years ago, in a time when I couldn’t even pronounce the word ‘sommelier’, I trained as a high school history teacher. The vinous tendrils
Refreshingly Light by Brown Brothers
There may have been a time when serious wine drinkers said: ‘Low alcohol wine!? Stuff and nonsense! Under 15%? That’s a soft drink! Tip it
Two Hands on Fire
The same year that Heath Ledger was making a name for himself with Australian cult classic ‘Two Hands’, Michael Twelftree was laying down plans to
Yum Cha – Shaw + Smith style
Where’s the best Chinese restaurant in Melbourne? Serious question. I’m hankering for dumplings, mapo tofu, hot and sour soup and coral trout; everything steamy and
Last Drinks in Tassie
I’m going to let you in on a little secret known only to the doctor who prescribes me valium and anyone who’s ever sat within
Beauty and the Beast
I tried to watch Beauty and the Beast again this week. The live action remake from 2017, I mean – the one with Hermione and
Treasure Hunt
Talk about misfortune – this one must have come from on high. A friend of mine from Kobe, a Ms. Tomomi Adachi, arrived in Melbourne
Mum’s the word
I’m tasting with a special guest today – My mum. Don’t laugh. Or if you do, just a little bit – it is kind of
Date Night
I remember when I first began to appreciate wine. It was while on a date. I was twenty, still in the gin and tonic phase.
Ricky who?
Some eighty odd years ago, my grandfather, armed with only his cricket bat, snuck into the change-rooms at the Adelaide oval at the close of
Lockdown aint all bad….
Lockdown number two in Victoria and finding silver linings is, admittedly, a bit of a struggle. But they are there. I’ve certainly got a lot
Coming home to the Barossa
Frequent trips to the United States as a child meant that friends were always asking me to bring back candy. Kool-Aid, Jolly Rancher, Dr.Pepper, Starburst;
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