Margaret River, WA, Australia RRP$50 I really enjoyed the Blanc de Blanc of Idee Fixe, so the expectations were high for the Brut Rose....

RRP: €8.00 (approx AUD$12.00) Nemea, Greece Greek wine, to me, is incredibly evocative. Every single bottle of I've ever had just screams...

RRP$40 Eden Valley, SA, Australia Okay, before I start this I want to get a few caveats out of the way. First of all, I expect a lot from...

USD$20 (roughly AUD$25) Palisade, CO, USA Desert wine. Excellent. Don't ask me why, but wine made in the desert just appeals to me. Same...

You'll often hear people speak about 'old vines' in the wine world. Depending on where you are, old vines mean something different, but...

I have a few pet peeves. Subtitles not syncing to audio. Co-workers using all the cups and not washing them. Anti-maskers. As far as wine...

RRP$27 Swartland, South Africa This was something of an impulse buy. I saw this on the shelf of an indie wine retailer and thought 'it's...

There is one beer release I look forward to every year. Around late November/early December, Batch Brewing Co releases their Chapeau!...

RRP$50 Tasmania, AUS Chardonnay. Love it or hate it, it is definitely here to stay and, when you see wines like this, it is easy to see...

King Valley, VIC, Australia RRP$20 Okay, in the interest of declaring bias - I unashamedly love this wine. I drink a lot of it and it...

Mudgee, NSW, Australia RRP$33 This is definitely a wine which needs some background information. After ferment, the wines were left on...

Riverina, NSW, Australia RRP$16 On a recent road trip through regional NSW, my wife and I stopped by Berton Vineyards in Griffith. Just...

Beechworth, VIC, Australia RRP$36 These guys are a small operation based in Beechworth, but they do make a few wines from the King Valley...

Margaret River, WA, Australia RRP$50 Rightly or wrongly, I hold big name producers to a higher standard. I have my reasons, which I won't...

Cote du Rhone, France $70 I was going to call this a cheeky wine, but it is $70. I wonder at what price point wines stop being 'cheeky...

Okay, so you know how there are things which make you think how is this not more famous? Like having beers in the shower or that weird...

For all my years in the industry, I always put Mudgee in the second rate category. Even the Hunter Valley, which is far more famous and...

Planning a trip to the Hunter Valley? Because it is Sydney's closest major wine region, it certainly gets more than its fair share of...

Multi-Regional, VIC RRP$35 First of all, how is this the first time I have seen this pun on a wine label? Maybe it's a bit too on the...

Barossa Valley, SA RRP$22 Trincadeira is a Portuguese grape variety, also called Tinta Amarela, most commonly used in Oporto. Apparently...