Vickery The Reserve Watervale Riesling 2019
For their 2019 ‘Reserve’ Watervale, the team has sourced two parcels of fruit from the Koerner vineyard, Blocks G1 and G4. They were kept separate
For their 2019 ‘Reserve’ Watervale, the team has sourced two parcels of fruit from the Koerner vineyard, Blocks G1 and G4. They were kept separate
Terrific to see both the Mount Edelstone and the Hill of Grace finally released from the same vintage. For too long, Hill of Grace has
XO Wine Co is an Adelaide Hills based boutique winery that specialize in small batch wines in Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale, established by Greg
History may show that the Swinney Farvie Frankland River Grenache 2020 was the wine that redefined this variety in WA. And who would have thought
This is one of the top wines from Ulithorne and it tastes like it with everything but the kitchen sink thrown at it. Bright deep
The Director’s Cut series shows just how good red wines from Langhorne Creek can be. This is a wonderful Shiraz and amazing value. The fruit
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Many winemakers are finally realising that not only is basic Savvy a touch boring, it is tough to compete with the Kiwis. The answer? Making
This wine offers compelling evidence as to why I would not want to be a small boutique winemaker. Unless you are able to price your
We looked at the 2019 not so long ago, and loved it. Could the 2020 match it? Absolutely. These guys make some of the top
This Margaret River estate, first established in 1987, has changed hands a number of times but now forms part of the Fogarty Wine Group (Lakes
These days, it seems every winery has tribute wines to anyone who has ever worked at the winery, family dogs and goldfish, people who have
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The Ribbon Vale wines always raise the dreaded debate about ‘2nd labels’. I know that they are not 2nd wines at all, but I am
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My immediate thought with this Shiraz was that if these guys are making wines this good from 2020, I can’t wait to see their 2021s.
Adam Smith and Marty O’Flaherty are what one might term wine industry veterans, working as viticulturist and winemaker respectively, across numerous regions for a number
This wine is named in honour of Ron Thorn. The big, heavy bottle and grand labelling might bring certain expectations, but this wine has other
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Hentley Farm Barossa Valley Viognier 2021 The prettiest of enticing aromatics invite with the Hentley Farm Viognier: nectarines, gardenias and the freshness of creamy apricot yoghurt.
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Put aside the fascination and the success which Corrina and her team have had with all manner of varieties, new, quirky and wonderfully weird, it
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