Prosecco Pandemonium
The Prosecco train shows no sign of stopping as it simply slows down to allow more passengers before picking up more steam. The Italians are well onto it though: Technically […]
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Goodman Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Kate Goodman’s eponymous range includes this unfiltered little number. Goodman, Cabernet Sauvignon, Yarra Valley, 2014 A light garnet colour. Lovely aromas of earthy dark chocolate, black fruits: currants and berries. […]
George The Unbound Shiraz 2016
Part of the new I Am George range which celebrates the stories of George Wyndham. George The Unbound, Shiraz, Barossa, Padthaway, 2016 Bright bruise purple core and an electric rim. Pulpy, […]
Berton Vineyards Foundstone Unoaked Chardonnay 2017
Must be one of the few wines left in Australia to be labelled as “unoaked,” though we don’t have to go back very far to remember when it was all […]
Berton Vineyards Metal Range Vermentino 2017
Nothing like evoking the sea when you’re a few hundred kilometres from the nearest beach. Silver at the Australian Alternative Varieties wine show for this year too. Berton Vineyards, Metal Range, […]
Berton Vineyards Winemaker’s Reserve Fiano 2017
This little number picked up a bronze at the Australian Alternative Wine Show this year. Good to be recognised. Berton Vineyards, Winemaker’s Reserve, Fiano, Riverina, 2017 An attractive, dull gold […]
Longview Fresco Nebbiolo 2017
I like nearly everything about this wine. Style, flavour, packaging; pretty much everything except the price. If only it was available for a few dollars less, it’d be one of […]
Bremerton Bâtonnage Shiraz/Malbec 2015
16 months in French oak barriques with regular lees stirring (bâtonnage). Bremerton, Bâtonnage, Shiraz, Malbec, Langhorne Creek 2015 Opens as a wine of the land: earthy, crushed ants, white pepper, […]
Rymill Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Former winemaker Sandrine Gimon says that vintage 2014 in Coonawarra was “described by most as one of the longest on record, starting mid-February and finishing for us in the first […]
Yangarra Estate Old Vine Grenache 2015
From biodynamically grown fruit in the Kangarilla region of McLaren Vale. Wild yeast fermented with 8 months maturation in 100% old French oak. The wine was filtration, with no fining. […]
