The impressively high number and diversity of premium wines featured in this report speaks directly to the indisputable fact that Australian wine quality is trending upward....
Read MoreI found more than a few wines in this tasting that were timeless, and truly, they were a pleasure. Long live Cabernet Sauvignon....
Read MoreThe 2022 season in the Barossa was a lovely one, and Dan Standish turned out some spectacular wines. I also tasted a few excellent older vintages....
Read MoreThe Tom Cullity Cabernet Sauvignon is the flagship wine of Vasse Felix, the fruit for which is grown on the same vines that were planted in 1967....
Read MoreThis is a fiercely stirring group of wines, with producers showing masterful control of and sympathy to tannin, structure, balance and fruit freshness....
Read MoreThis is the Australian wine book we didn’t know we needed, until now. It provides us with relevant, modern context to the places and personalities....
Read MoreThe 2023 Penfolds Collection spans 27 wines across Australia, North America and Europe. The highlight this year is undoubtedly the Chardonnays....
Read MoreIn an abbreviated version of the Tahbilk 75th Anniversary Tasting, I tasted 26 wines, from the 2004 vintage through to the current 2018....
Read MoreThis is a Great Wine by any standard globally. I am proud to give it a perfectly rounded score of 100 points....
Read MoreThis is a mini but mighty expose on Cabernet Sauvignon from the state of Victoria, which has produced a lot of high-scoring wines for this report....
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