I have to admit that I rarely buy Merlot. I taste many, but this was the first one I can...

If you are ever in McLaren Vale it is always worth dropping into the old Kay Brothers winery, much of...

Beechworth is one of the great wine regions to explore. While the town is only small it seriously over-delivers on...

The question here is, what do we expect from a $22 merlot? The answer has to be, fruit, fruit, fruit....

Merlot – it is the grape variety that Australia struggles to get right. Often the local wines are too big...

The other half of Elderton’s founding duo was Lorraine Ashmead and this is a worthy recognition of her significant contribution....

There are some wines that just deliver from the moment you pop the cork, and this is one of those...

The decision to go with a merlot dominant blend was made based on the quality of the fruit, which was...

A vintage that produced some spellbinding wines and this is right up there with some of the best. This is...

Moss Wood’s Ribbon Vale vineyard is planted close to the original estate in Wilyabrup although always creates more elegant wines...

This is always one of the country’s better Merlots and this latest vintage is no exception. Opens with lovely soft...

Another member of the Coonawarra Trio of wines. This is predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon with a combined contribution of 20% Merlot...

One of the long-standing Lindeman’s Coonawarra Trio, this blend measures in at 80:15:5 respectively according to the label. It’s the...

A very interesting vintage for this wine that, thanks to the cooler year, has taken on a real Bordeaux feel....

Great merlot is all about balance. It is not well suited to bold wine styles – it’s more your comfy...

Cabernet sauvignon and merlot make great friends – the bold Cabernet blackcurrant flavours softened by fleshy, easy to drink Merlot....

Blue Pyrenees has over fifty years of winemaking history in Central Victoria. And in that time it has built a...

This is a very Australian expression of a classic Bordeaux Right Bank blend. It is bold and big – a...

This wine has captured the regional and ripe varietal blackcurrant and blueberry aromas of Margaret River. The medium-bodied flavours are...

A very fine expression of the merlot dominant blend.  The 2017 vintage was cool, long and wet, producing a wine...

This vintage of A.C. Byrne is made by a very well known Margaret River winemaker and it has the fingerprints...