Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

The 2006 Poggerino Chianti Classico is the perfect wine for pizza. It is serious enough to be enjoyed, but not a stellar wine which would r...

For those who are looking for a big Barossa Shiraz at an affordable price, the 2007 Schubert Gosling Shiraz might be the ticket. The flavou...

It is not easy to find very good Merlot, which is lush, profound and gripping, outside of Pomerol. Contenders in Australia, such as Yarra Ye...

The 2005 John Duval Plexus is an excellent wine. It is a GSM wine from the Barossa which is much more serious than most. The wine has great...

These are terms I use quite often in my descriptions. What do I mean by them?  Mouthfee l is really what it says. Does the wine fill the mo...

I love vertical tastings. As a wine collector, it is difficult to do more than a few, and mostly only over 5 vintages or so. Otherwise, ther...

The last few posts reviewed wines with vastly different alcohol content. What level is your preference in red wine? Please vote.

In this miserable weather, it is best to keep the Shiraz thing going. As I was sorting a few bottles in my cellar, I came across this 2002 S...

I cannot go back as far with the RunRig as I could with the Mt. Mary Quintet, partly because the wine did not exist in 91, partly because I ...

Now it is time for a new iconic wine to show its wares. Boy, how different can two red wines be? But to start with the conclusion, this 2001...

Tonight I look at the question of what happens when the Mt. Mary Quintet has aged another nine years.  I have opened the 1991 Mt. Mary Quint...

Tonight, finally the first review of the promised Mt. Mary. I opened a bottle of the 2000 Mt. Mary Quintet. The   first thing to notice is i...