Primitivo – Zinfandel as we know it – which is dubbed ‘di Manduria’, means it hails from southern Puglia. Under...

An utterly delicious sweetie made from ripe Garganega, in the Passito style. The grapes will have been infected with noble...

The first thing consumers will notice when they look to open a bottle of this very fine Prosecco is that...

This is simply one of the most serious bottles of Prosecco I have ever encountered and it shows that the...

Anselmi is one of the great names of Italian wine and for many of us, the leading producer of Soave...

From the Puglia region of Italy and under Diam, this is a powerfully structured, and flavoured, style of white. Some...

Lively mix of red fruits release initially on the nose and then through to the medium bodied palate. Blackberry and...

A non-vintage from a reserve bank spanning 10 vintages is remarkable, given its accessible price. A fine chain of bubbles,...

The royal treatment for the best parcels of fruit, maturing in Italian amphorae for 15 months on lees. This invokes...

Kalamata olive, black cherries and Assam tea leaf. Dried Ancho chiles and sumac spice. Like a deep well, this wine...

A blend of Touriga, Grenache and Mencia. This is the best of both worlds, robust, crunchy and high drinkability. Some...

Blue ink turned earth and blackcurrants. Fig heart and rhubarb. The angular shape pushes at the front palate with some...

Yellow peaches, pineapple core and guava skin. Wattle, frangipani blooms and nutmeg spice. A wine on the weekly rotation for...

A Campania queen, it’s exciting to see this in the hands of Corrina Wright who has managed to capture a...

An intriguing King Valley offering of Merlot, supported by dollops of Dolcetto and Sangiovese, the finished blend is matured in...

Okay, so if you’re looking for a soft and supple, easy-drinking red wine with just a little aged complexity, then...

This Fiano from the King Valley shows how good this variety can be when you get a couple of years...

The King Valley seems a good place to dabble with this Italian variety. It’s a generous and flavoursome wine with...

One can almost envisage Yul Brynner sitting on his throne, enjoying a glass of this fine Fiano from the King...

An aged King Valley Dolcetto is not everyday fare, at least not for me. Dolcetto is usually drunk fairly young,...

A Barossa blend of Grenache (44%), Shiraz (38%) and Mourvèdre (18%), the wine spent six months maturing in a mixed...

This Rosé from the Yarra winery Hirsch Hill, made following kosher guidelines—bright strawberry notes on the nose with a little...

This is the first release of a kosher wine from the team, a thoroughly enjoyable Rosé, based on Yarra Shiraz....

As the village name—Fleurie, from the French floral—implies, the nose is dominated by fragrant red flowers, poppy seeds, red cherries,...