Henschke: Celebrating 60 Years of Hill of Grace & 2018 Single Vineyard Releases
On February 28, an arousing, heady mix of scents, flavours, emotions, words – lots of them – and, above all, history, flowed freely at the
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On February 28, an arousing, heady mix of scents, flavours, emotions, words – lots of them – and, above all, history, flowed freely at the
Patch Wines is the joint venture of Kirilly Gordon and Matt Talbot, who met and worked together in a Yarra Valley vineyard in those days
Two old friends, Pascal Marchard from France and Jeff Burch from Western Australian, founder of Howard Park, combined to produce and release some very fine
For those concerned that the NRA might be setting up branches in McLaren Vale, fear not. The name comes from the vineyard which is located
Coonawarra. The name evokes images of swaying gum trees, ancient terra rossa soils and, of course, rich and age-worthy Cabernet. The area is incredibly isolated
Heartland Wines new super premium offering is a late release single vineyard Shiraz – a heady example with flamboyant personality. On opening, it presents aromas
A warmer year in the Hunter but one which gave us many wonderful wines. We won’t know for a few years, but the early mail
Celebrity wines are always popular, even if the wine itself does not always live up to the hype. Not so here with this delicious red.
A fine current example of the old Classic Dry White that was once so popular (blame the Kiwi sauvalanche for its slow descent towards obscurity).
Lee Flourentzou remembers clearly the first two cases of wine he bought more than 20 years ago, and the impact they had on him. Those
The Concilio range from John Duval, and son Tim, offer amazing value for cracking Barossa reds, drinkable at earlier stages than some of their more
After a tough 2020, the Hunter enjoyed better conditions in ’21, and some very fine wines are on offer, not least some cracking Semillons. This
Grenache was brought to Australia in the 1830s as part of the Busby collection and quickly became the workhorse grape for the country’s fortified and
One of the more interesting projects currently afloat in Aussie wine at the moment, especially appropriate given the skyrocketing interest in top flight Grenache from
A confession. The ‘natural wine for the sake of it’ movement never did much at all for me. Too often, it seemed a good excuse
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, along comes something to blow all your preconceptions out of the water. We have seen a handful
Another very fine Grenache, this one from ancient dry grown bush vines which are around 125 years old. Good luck finding that in the Rhône!
This fine single vineyard Shiraz, which spent 34 months maturing in a mix of new and seasoned French oak hogsheads, is my pick of the
No doubt the Rhône keeps a close eye on what goes on over here, especially in the Barossa and McLaren Vale. Now, they better start
Adelaide Hills gets all manner of accolades for a number of the varieties grown there, but far too many winelovers ignore their glorious Shiraz (or
A squat bottle, curious name and terrific label ensure that this wine is bound to catch the eye. The name comes from the fact that
‘I am woman, hear me roarIn numbers too big to ignore’ . . . The words, from the 1972 Helen Reddy song, are synonymous with
It modern times, negotiants have increasingly been seen as imposters in Burgundy. As small famous estate names have increasingly taken all the kudos, the negotiants,
It is not everyday you get to sit down with one of Australia’s Barolo experts and taste through a bunch of Barolo from a single
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