Orange Mountain ‘1397’ Shiraz Viognier 2012
Terry Dolle isn’t your average winemaker. An incredibly nice bloke (Julie, his wife and the kids are also lovely and welcoming), he was a grape grower first that decided to […]
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Deakin Estate Shiraz 2015
Nothing over the top here, just well made quaffing wine. Deakin Estate, Shiraz, Murray Darling 2015 Meaty, blue plum fruit, paté, camphor smoke, marshmallow squares/Rocky Road and some pine forest. […]
Tahbilk 1860 Vines Shiraz Retrospective
A slightly grey Melbourne spring day saw a collection of most of Australia’s top wine writers, sommeliers, key retail and some very bloody lucky wine club members at the eyrie-like […]
Huntington Estate Shiraz 2011
Mudgee is well known for its “gutsy reds” yet this, whilst still earthy, doesn’t dig too far into the subsoil. Huntington Estate, Shiraz, Mudgee 2011 Stalky, sappy, woody with brown […]
Pig In The House by Windowrie Shiraz 2014
Certified Organic and that means plenty to a lot of people these days. The ‘natural’ wine debate bear has roused from hibernation for another growl and teeth baring, but throw […]
Bremerton Selkirk Shiraz 2013
It probably doesn’t mean much to the average wine buyer to see a winemaker’s signature on the label, but on this packaging, I’m pretty sure that Rebecca is more than […]
Bremerton Tamblyn Cab/Shiraz/Malbec/Merlot 2013
Langhorne Creek has long produced fruit for blends and certainly the big boys such as Penfolds and Wolf Blass are no strangers to the vines. Probably slightly undervalued but no […]
Quartz Hill of the Pyrenees
One of the best things about wine writing, is that every now and then, a little nugget shines that little more brighter than the others, and those fresh discoveries are […]
McHenry Hohnen Amigos Red 2012
“We are the Threeeeeeeeeeeeeee…Amigos!” So sang Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short in the 1980’s goofy comedy. In this case however, we see the 3 Amigos being Shiraz, Grenache […]
d’Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier 2011
The nomenclature not quite so self explanatory here as with other d’Arenberg wines. “The Kookaburra is a native Australian bird famous for its distinctive laughing call, Chester’s young daughters named […]
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