Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

This had to be a tough position: a few hours after the Bordeaux tasting, I tried the new releases of the Penfolds mid range. Surprisingly to...

My first taste from the already legendary 2005 vintage. Naturally, I have high expectations and I was not disappointed. I am tasting three w...

This is a weekend of tastings. First up: the wines of Willi Schaefer from the Moselle. Moselle Rieslings have become very fashionable in the...

I haven't reviewed any wines for a while, because I have been drinking wines I had already reviewed, but tonight I am treating myself to...

I got given this new wine toy by Nuance and I tried it out today. It looks like a long stopper, and it has many little holes to aerate the w...

I have been following young Kym Teusner from the beginning . I remember attending a wine dinner with his wines a few years ago when he reall...

To produce a 'reserve' wine is appealing to wineries. The key characteristics are more fruit intensity and scarcity of product. Base...

I am not much of a bargain hunter when it comes to wine, but clearly this is a good time to buy. I was offered this 2007 loose end Rose by ...

About 2300 wines were submitted and while you have no chance to sample anywhere near all of them, there was hardly any I would consider drin...

Every time I plan to open a bottle of Barolo, I have high expectations: the complexity of flavours, the elegance, the length of the finish. ...

Over the last couple of days, I drank three different Shirazes from the 2003 vintage. Initially, this vintage was supposed to be quite close...

This 2008 Shaw & Smith Sauvignon Blanc is a delicious wine. It tastes of ripe gooseberry and pear, tropical flavours, too. The wine is ...