The Parker Estate Abbey vineyard, sub-section 95 block, lies in the south of the Coonawarra wine region and is planted...

What a great wine title: G.A.R. It’s reason enough to get almost teary-eyed about Australia’s truly indigenous red blend of cabernet...

A little slice of history here. This McLaren Vale shiraz was fermented in an old, open slate fermenter in the...

I’ve always been enamoured with Parker’s First Growth. I’ve seen it featured on Australian’s best wine lists since I can...

The inaugural release of Kidman Block Shiraz made from 50 year old vines. Sappy red cherry aromas with black plum...

This is a good example of why it is a mistake to tar all regions with the same vintage brush....

A viognier tale of two vineyards in two regions: 86% Margaret River and 14% off the Whicher Ridge vineyard in...

Fun Wine Fact: Une Rangée refers to the fact that in 2016 Whicher Ridge had just one row of petit...

Creamy Spaghetti Seafood Marinara was on the menu. I enjoy cooking this  meal as it is easy to make, yet...

For me, wine needs to be consumed with food for the full expression of gastronomy. When choosing a wine I like to...

Soft liquorice and late picked blackberries, dried red currants, black olive and thyme. This block was planted in 1995 from...

Dave Phinney, the winemaker/creator behind Orin Swift sounds like a fun guy who doesn’t mind shaking things up. Just take...

It’s refreshing to see an Australian sparkling wine labelled varietally rather than using French terms. Hence, for its new sparkling...

A sweet-hearted Margaret River chardonnay if ever there was one. By which I mean there is a core of ripe,...

A couple of interesting points to this wine. While the 2016 Elevation was 100% cabernet, the 2018 is blended with...

The producer makes a point of presenting this wine – by grape variety and region – as its flagship. It’s...

That label! What is that? Well, it’s a photo of a mummified priest taken in a 16th Century catacomb in Palermo,...

A grower Vintage Champagne, made from 100% Chardonnay, and the flagship of the Larmandier-Bernier family. The grapes come from two...

Lovely to see the Karridale area spotlighted in this Higher Plane Vineyard. Bright Gingin fruit of cut ripe pineapple and wild...

I do love a chardonnay, so was really excited to look at the new vintage of the Juniper Karridale. 2019...

This is a wine lover’s sauvignon blanc, it’s delicious, with so much going on in the glass. The aromas of...

Deep garnet. A quiet start – builds slowly – black plum, preserved fig, blackberry, briar, earth, leather, cola. Classic seamless...

So fragrant and lively at five-years-old, it pulsates with life. Is it the power of suggestion but are there dark...

Dense, bright purple. An arresting dried herb/nori savouriness to the fore on this wine backed up beautifully by black fruits,...