Nicole Bilson

VineDriedCab

Oliver’s Taranga Vine Dried Cabernet 2021

This sure does pack a punch. Cabernet Sauvignon is hand-picked, dried on racks and then added to freshly picked Cabernet...
Corrinas

Oliver’s Taranga Corrina’s Shiraz Cabernet 2021

Cabernet shiraz blends are iconically Australian and I think perhaps, it’s time to see them as a trend worthy of...
Shiraz

Oliver’s Taranga Shiraz 2021

South Australian Shiraz has a reputation for being big and bold – blockbuster wines. There’s definitely a place for that...
Brionis

Oliver’s Taranga Brioni’s Blend 2022

What a quirky blend this is. You might be more familiar with Mataro being called Mourvèdre, a structured, earthy variety...
Tempranillo

Oliver’s Taranga Tempranillo 2022

Is it a bad thing when a wine smells like your childhood? Hear me out – there’s aromas of strawberries...
Grenache

Oliver’s Taranga Small Batch Grenache 2022

McLaren Vale Grenache continues to shine and this is a textbook example of everything there is to love about it....
Mencia

Oliver’s Taranga Mencia 2022

Mencìa is a variety that comes from north west Spain and the Wright family of Oliver’s Tauranga are proving it...

Querceto Di Castellina Chianti Classico L’Aura  D.O.C.G 2020

This is everything you want Chianti to be – bright cherries, ripe yellow plums, savoury herbs and a delicate earthy...

Tenuta Corte Giacobbe Pinot Grigio 2021

This wine absolutely leaps from the glass with the enthusiasm of a Labrador puppy. There’s lemon, lime, and juicy white...

Vinea Marson Shiraz Viognier 2017

Inky and dense with blackberries, cassis, brooding violets and dark, bittersweet flourless chocolate cake. There’s an earthy, slatey minerality. Just...

Oliver’s Taranga RW Grenache 2021

Grenache has shown itself to be a champion variety of McLaren Vale and this beauty is a prime example. It...

Oliver’s Taranga Chica Mencía Rosé 2022

Mencía is a Spanish variety hailing from the northwest that shows juicy fruit with a lovely savoury, spicy, herbal undertone....

Oliver’s Taranga Fiano 2022

This is what summer smells like: fleshy fresh chunks of honeydew and rockmelon, juicy mandarin and pink grapefruit segments, lemon...

Oliver’s Taranga Vermentino 2022

Vermentino is emerging as one of the white Italian varieties perfectly suited to the tastes of Australian wine lovers –...

Vinea Marson Nebbiolo 2016

Glistening garnet highlights in the glass hint at the age but there’s still so much freshness – red plums, macerated...

Vinea Marson Sangiovese 2017

At first swirl, I was taken to an elegant drawing room and the feeling and aromas of sinking into a...

Quilty & Gransden Chardonnay 2019

Purity and elegance on the nose with lemon zest and a flinty minerality. There is some subtle oak contributing just...

Quilty & Gransden Merlot 2018

This wine is proof that merlot can be nuanced and interesting. There are bright red plums, blackberries and blueberries –...

Quilty & Gransden Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

What a charmer! Star anise and dense blackberry bushes – both the lush green foliage and the plump juicy berries....

Quilty & Gransden Shiraz 2018

Dense dark blackberry coulis and licorice erupt from the glass. There’s dark, cocoa-rich Black Forest cake and freshly picked Provençal...

Quilty & Gransden Sauvignon Blanc 2020

This is a beautifully restrained example of Sauvignon Blanc, showing more in common with Sancerre than Marlborough. There’s plenty of...

Yering Station Reserve Shiraz Viognier 2020

What a beauty! Black cherries, pressed violets, strawberries and cream – the aromas erupt from the glass as you pour....

Yering Station Reserve Chardonnay 2020

Pristine fruit with elegance and restraint. I could stop there but I won’t because I have so much more to...

Devil’s Corner Mt Dove Pinot Syrah 2020

With 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Syrah (Shiraz), this quirky blend is starting to show up more often; balancing the...

Stories

Back to Nature

Natural, minimal intervention, orange, lo-fi; no matter what you call them, the wines dismissed as a hipster trend a few years ago are here to stay. A movement that

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Riesling Rumours

There’s a nasty little rumour that has been circulating for a while, damaging the reputation of a great drink, and worse, discouraging people from trying

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