Buckle your harness, the biggest, most exuberant Bin 28 of the modern era is about to hurtle you straight through the sound barrier. Its sheer power of all manner of black fruits, integrated dark chocolate and liquorice is beautifully framed by a fine mesh of intricately textured tannins. Sit back and watch the crowd gasp […]
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Savoury and beetroot-flavoured, this young, edgy style will appreciate a couple of years in confinement for its pronounced, spicy oak to integrate and its red berry and mixed spice flavours to unravel.
readNo token giveaway, and no looming blockbuster, either, this is a proper, serious take on the great Australian red blend – my kind of wine! Coonawarra shiraz takes a confident lead here (more than three-quarters of the blend), in all of its peppery, plummy, crunchy, tangy glory, gliding into those finely honed, firmly structured, textural […]
readBless the Oxford Landing team! They work so hard at growing grapes and making wine so you can snaffle this mind-blowing, zesty grapefruit and lemon blossom thing at Dan Murphy’s for $6! Don’t be caught dead or alive with anything else at this miserly price.
readSalmon-pink is the new white but don’t you dare let anything into your glass that resembles a Barbie outfit! Pale, bone dry rosé is the epitome of cool right now and this sophisticated, textural thing blows every other rosé at this price straight back into the toy box. Pour yourself a big glass of R&R.
readWine Taste takes care of your weekly sweet wine fix! This half bot is filled with a concentrated concoction of peach, lemon, honey and glacé fig. There’s no need to fret, the cool Heggies vineyard injects spades of acid, the crucial ingredient to keep sweet wines under control.
readLook at that price, check out the score, ponder the drinking window and marvel! Introducing one of the finest vintages ever of Australia’s bargain cult red wine sensation. This cool, high, Adelaide Hills single vineyard makes cabernet that’s calm and dignified. It’s the epitome of exact.
readAhhh Bolly! With unrivalled complexity and richness, this is a triumph of barrel-fermented champagne. If James Bond’s fave bubbles have never been your style, it’s time for a retaste because things are changing fast at this legendary house. Bolly has been spotted under half price recently, so keep your eyes peeled. 1st Choice has a […]
readA call to winemakers to join me in support of East Africa famine crisis victims through a donation for every case of wine sold in end of year newsletters and cellar door Christmas offers.
readIn its fourth year, The Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification highlights New Zealand’s finest 100 Pinot Noir producers and the first ever promotion to five stars!
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