I love this wine and I was most disappointed to learn from parent company Accolade that it will not be released, and no longer be made as a museum release because it was too hard to sell at $32. Hence my delight to discover that you can still partake in its joys, as a cleanskin […]

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This wine is an enigma. I have followed this label avidly for more than six years, tasted every vintage ever made multiple times, and enjoyed long discussions with its talented team of makers, yet it still eludes me that a wine of such mineral structure, finesse, and sheer longevity can be assembled from Barossa floor […]

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This wine hasn’t yet hit the ground, but as soon as it appears on the web site, jump on it (cellar door only). It’s a new day at Oakridge, honing in on a new level of detail by segregating its revered estate chardonnay into four stunning single vineyard wines – impressive both philosophically and in […]

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The 20th release of Grosset Gaia encapsulates tremendous concentration of flavour within an exactingly medium bodied demeanour. A piercing bouquet of redcurrants, blackcurrants, green capsicum and peppermint leaf introduces a monumentally focused and concentrated palate with incredible purity, energy and drive of perfectly ripe redcurrants, blackcurrants and capsicum. It has an inherent generosity and calm […]

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Wines like this are the reason you don’t read about spirallingly, ear-splittingly exorbitant First Growth Bordeaux offerings in Wine Taste Weekly. 2008 Parker is a cabernet blend of true First Growth endurance. Such is its wall of tannin that it must not, under any circumstances, be approached shy of twenty years in the cellar. Incredible […]

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Wine taste regulars are well familiar with my adoration of the spectacular Dom Pérignon 2002, which you can still pick up under $200. The recent release of the 2003 has been greeted with much scepticism, particularly as one of the latest releases for this aberrant heatwave vintage, recording Champagne’s hottest summer on record. Even Moët […]

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An accurate and enticing Grampians shiraz under $15 doesn’t exist. Or does it? Plush plums conspire with ripe blueberry and generous black cherry fruit, with an undercurrent of warm earth (erth?) and hints of exotic spice. A vibrant and balanced shiraz with well-defined fruit and supple tannins, ready to slurp right away. Exclusively at Dan’s […]

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If you’re chasing concentration on a budget, this wine is of superhero proportions. Thump it on the table and you’ll scare the wildlife! These dimensions are hitherto unknown in the Barossa at this price, and wines at three times the price will cower in its presence. From 6th generation Barossa growers, this is an immense, […]

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More than one-sixth of Australia’s vineyards are unprofitable and supply exceeds demand by more than twenty percent, according to a frank new report from the nation’s leading peak bodies.

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Plans for a highway bypass that would threaten vineyards in South Australia’s Coonawarra region have been delayed indefinitely.

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