Casual Drinks

Off-Dry Rieslings have become the popular style in Central Otago as that little bit of sweetness is needed to tame the acidity found in wines

The Adelaide Hills is regarded as one of the leading regions for pinot gris in the country, vying with Mornington Peninsula for the national crown.

You don’t often see grenache from Watervale, especially from vines over 100 years old. The cool Watervale climate has certainly turned out a slightly unusual

I am a big fan of comfort food when it’s prepared with care. Meatballs with pasta is a bit of speciality at home. As always,

A wine not necessarily for this week . . . or perhaps even this year. What we have here is a muscular, structured red that

The 2021 Wolf Blass Luxury Collection launched this month contains a lone white wine, a chardonnay that hails from the Adelaide Hills. Once upon a

Wolf Blass fans will no doubt be very happy to see this wine pop up on the shelves at ALDI. Wolf Blass was a master

The last five or ten years have seen the range of Australian grenache styles explode in every possible direction, from delicate, perfumed almost pinot noir

From Ballandean Estates signature collection comes their award-winning single vineyard “Strange Bird” 2018 Saperavi.   A variety native to the country Georgia, with its dark

Too often we think that all good Aussie Riesling must be either from the Clare Valley or the Eden Valley in South Australia, with some

From the Orange region, with vineyards on Mt Canobolas at an altitude of 900 metres. At the moment, the oak is a touch more prevalent

The 2020 Clare Valley vintage was a bit unusual and it has crafted rieslings that aren’t going to need years in a cellar to soften

We are back in ‘every wine gets a name’ territory. At least this time the wines have a story. The Brand family is one of

Baker’s Run is a lovely tribute to Eric Brand, who was a baker before he was involved with wine, his profession after returning from War.

A pretty good example of why Blass – the man – turned to Langhorne Creek all those years ago in the pursuit of supple, approachable,

A typically generous and rich shiraz from McLaren Vale with dark, vibrant fruits dominating. The nose shows an intensity of blackberry and spicy liquorice and