Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

Peter Schell, a New Zealand wine maker working in the Barossa, hasn't put a foot wrong with the Spinifex label. The wines are formed in ...

It is time to get off the high plane of Margaret River Cabernets. The best accompanying wine to pasta is Sangiovese=Chianti. This is because...

While you are on a good thing, I thought why not open another major Western Australian Cabernet. It is the 1998 Jack Mann . Now I was really...

The 2004 Yarra Yarra Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon is different from the usual examples of this variety, e.g. from Western Australia. It is less...

While I am on a good thing, I thought I open another Cabernet from Margaret River for comparison purposes. This was the 1997 Cullen Cabernet...

I was down to my last 3 bottles of the 1991 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon . After last night, I have now two left. When I started to pour the...

Last night I had a bottle of the 2006 Felton Road Pinot Noir . What an outstanding wine this is! It was quite different from what I expected...

Following the great Astralis experience from the other day, it was time to taste Clarendon Hills' other flagship, the Grenache from the ...

Ah Chablis! What a difference to the Cloudy Bay: Fresh lime and citrus flavours, bone dry, flinty, mineral, not so much alcohol, good length...

Cloudy Bay has built its reputation on its Sauvignon Blanc and deservedly so. Over the last couple of days I drank its 2005 Chardonnay. I w...

Last night we had pasta. Usually I open a bottle of Chianti/Sangiovese with it, because its acidity cuts so well through the meal, but yeste...

A couple of nights ago, I opened a bottle of the 1999 Voyager Estate Cabernet/Merlot . I always resolve to drink more Cabernet from Margaret...