Australian Wines Archives

The 2023 Bekkers Cabernet Sauvignon, the first from their Clarendon Vineyard Estate is a fine and ethereal expression of the...

Bekkers Mclaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

All Clarendon fruit and a cheeky 10% Cabernet Franc inclusion. This is all manner of blackberries, huckleberry, prune and plums....

Yelland & Papps Single Vineyard Roussanne 2024

The Barossa Valley is marvellously well suited to Rhône red varieties – we all know that – and now we...

Yelland and Papps Single Vineyard Roussanne 2024

I’ve always liked the way these guys treat this Rhône-style variety. It’s a wine that offers complexity and intensity with...

Yelland and Papps Cinsault Mourvèdre Rosé 2024

This is a dry as chips modern style Rosé, but one which retains freshness and vibrancy throughout. There’s been almost...

Penfolds Grange Bin 95 2021

There will be higher than usual expectations associated with the 2021 Grange. It was undoubtedly a stellar vintage across South...

Krondorf 121 Settlers Shiraz 2021

The reincarnation of a winery on which many of today’s wine lovers cut their teeth, this is their prestige release...

Krondorf 121 Settlers Old Vine Shiraz 2021

An exceptional vintage expressed well which, after all, is all a wine drinker can ask for. It’s here in one...

Mount Pleasant SV Mothervine Pinot Noir 2024

What can you expect from Australia’s oldest planted (1921) Pinot Noir vineyard, well firstly if you want it, you need...

Mount Pleasant Mount Henry Shiraz Pinot Noir 2024

Red Wine - Pinot Noir - Shiraz

I have called this wine the gateway drug to Mount Pleasant’s wine before, but it is also the wine I...

Riposte The Scimitar Riesling 2025

White Wine - Riesling

Riposte is the wine branding for Tim Knappstein and son Nick, the former with a lifetime of intimate family and...

Riposte The Stiletto Pinot Gris 2025

Pinot Gris or Grigio – it used to be the debate with this versatile variety, about naming conventions and style,...

Riposte The Katana Chardonnay 2024

White Wine - Chardonnay

From Tim Knappstein and son Nick, who have this fruit from a selected grower in the Kenton Valley district. 50%...

Riposte The Cutlass Shiraz 2023

Shiraz can be expressed in so many ways depending on all its elements of source, site, regional and specific climatic...

Grant Burge Nebu 2023

Within the Grant Burge “Wines of Distinction” range, this is their Great Australian Red blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz,...

Grant Burge Meshach 2021

The Grant Burge brand flagship red, set deeply with impressive Shiraz fruit, dark, powerful though extremely well-behaved from end to...

Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz 2023

Welcoming from the outset, with a faintly smoky, charry sense to the nose, a suggestion of crumbled earth and forest...

Grant Burge Shadrach Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Sourced from two prized vineyards in the Barossa and Eden Valleys, hence the overarching “Barossa” zone labelling. The 2021 vintage...

Handpicked Collection Tasmania Pinot Noir 2022

Aromatics are abundant with charred sour cherry, juicy red berries, savoury sweet woodsy spice, a whiff of game, still a...

Handpicked Collection Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2022

These different regional expressions of the grape, with the same vintage and winemaker, are insightful. On the nose, deeper brambly...

Handpicked Single Vineyard Capella Pinot Noir 2022

Give it a good swirl to release a whiff of vanilla cherry tart, cherry compote, toasty oak, sweet baking spice...

Handpicked Single Vineyard Highbow Hill Pinot Noir 2022

A little more of that black dirt, autumn decay on the nose at first, yet give this a moment, and...

Riddoch Coonawarra The Federator Cabernet Sauvignon 2022