What a famous Scottish fabric has to do with a delicious Italian variety grown in Australia’s Barossa Valley, I am...

I am advised by friends that corduroy trousers is apparently an appalling fashion faux pas, although it might have helped...

Doing what Australia does best, a blend of regions and a blend of varieties for this cracking Barossa red from...

On completion of my first sip, I leant back, crossed my arms, tilted my head, and let out a wry...

As usual, Cabernet Franc takes the lead role in Olmo’s Reward, but at 90%, it remains one of the highest...

Between the 15% whole bunch and the garnish of 2% Viognier, the aromatics are stoooooon’n! This wine is confident in...

There is something about the kind of lively spiciness that Isolation Ridge Vineyard always brings to its wines. It’s a...

Rarely does such a youthful Riesling come to the glass with this high level of class and complexity. A lovely...

There are just one hundred dozen bottles of this extremely impressive Cab Franc made, surely one of the best examples...

Something of a unicorn as it is apparently the only Arneis made in Tasmania. After pressing and settling, the juice...

Three clones and two discrete blocks are used here. The juice underwent a wild ferment in barrel, 30% new French...

Good value Pinot from Tassie here. Fermentation was on skins over ten days, followed by a period in tank before...

This wine underwent a natural fermentation in small open top fermenters, hand plunged several times a day and then went...

If you have not seen this Holm Oak Pinot before, fear not. This is the inaugural release. They have avoided...

Most consumers think of white wines when they think Anselmi but this fine Cabernet Sauvignon proves that they have more...

A youthful Temp from Rioja, with a touch of Graciano and Mazuelo, which will provide some thoroughly delicious drinking in...

From Puglia, this is what we would call Zinfandel, and it is done well. One slightly jarring note – synthetic...

Valpolicella, made in their famous Ripasso style, should be on everyone’s radar. If it is not, this is a fine...

This is the big gun from the Veneto region – based near Verona, so think Romeo and Juliet, but would...

Valpolicella seems to be enjoying a bump in interest, deservedly so, as some producers of Amarone look to move to...

Whites with texture. You love them or you don’t – theoretically, there is no wrong answer to that question, but...

Based on the region’s famous Garganega grape, this wine has almost a third of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc incorporated. This...

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

Criminally underpriced, this is a ripe, delicious and ever-so-generous Tempranillo. A deep blood red hue, the nose weaves through roast...