You’ve got to give Mitchell Wines some credit for going their own way. Putting wines down in the cellar for...

At the top of its game and looking good. Nine years old and the citrus blossom that was so evident...

A quality winemaker, a classic year and a regional speciality grape. What else could you want? Absolutely nothing. A top...

Seems that the Clare Valley can do no wrong in this much-hyped, and deservedly so, vintage. Another fine Riesling, this...

The chance to pick up a mature Clare Valley Riesling for this sort of money is one that no one...

It’s a fascinating experiment to lineup the Pikes Traditionale and Merle rieslings side by side. One is the young bull...

Winemakers around South Australia cheered when the 2021 vintage came along after the challenges of 2020, with the Clare Valley...

Merle Pike is the mother of founders, Andrew and Neil Pike, matriarch of the family, and she would be bursting...

Olga Emmie is the name of the founder’s, Andrew and Neil Pike, maternal grandmother. Neil left the business several years...

Pikes Wines from the Clare Valley (and Adelaide Hills) are inevitably some of the most reliable in the country. They...

The Merle’s number one rule is: don’t open The Merle too young. Put The Merle under the bed, at the...

A delicate, off-dry feel to this little charmer. A gentle sweetness fits the riesling grape so well, and here it’s...

“Deep and meaningful.” Not too often you get to write that down as a first impression of a wine, let...

Riesling fans – back up the truck as this is a gorgeous expression of Watervale and the 2021 vintage which...

After the diabolical difficulties of 2020, winemakers licked their lips when the fruit from the Adelaide Hills and Eden Valley...

Eden Valley is a celebrated region for riesling. The high, cool hills deliver a particularly individual style. It’s like a...

The 2021 Eden Valley vintage rolls on and it is fantastic to see a return to form to the finer...

This will be remembered as one of the great Clare Valley vintages. Aromas of lime and lemon with a slightly...

A classic and fresh Clare riesling: it’s bright and pretty, with lifted lime and Seville orange nose and a whiff...

A fascinating expression of Australian Riesling here – very different from the South Australian norm and shares plenty with its...

I’ve been tasting a lot of Australian Riesling lately. It’s spring now but there is no doubt sommeliers (including myself)...

Dean Hewitson’s mantra for many years now has been to avoid preservatives until bottling, which is unusual for white wine...

Another of the trio of wines from the Mount Crawford vineyard, this is Hentley Farm’s Off Dry riesling, with alcohol...

The first of three new wines from the Mount Crawford vineyard, set high in the cool hills at the southern...