Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

When a group grows as prolificly as Kilikanoon, you may be worried that quality gets left behind. However, I was very impressed with their c...

The poll for your favorite summer wine is now closed, and Riesling won convincingly. I have to oblige and talk about Riesling then. Well, I ...

Time to give the liver something to do again. What could be better on a cool and miserable day like today than a 12 year old Cullen? The 199...

I have not been well for a little while. Therefore I have had no desire for wine, therefore no reviews lately. Hopefully, this will change s...

You guys are all Riesling fans, it seems to me. I wondered what I could impress you with. So I came up with this 8% alcohol wine from the Mo...

When I looked for something hedonistic last night, I came across this 2000 Elio Altare Barolo Brunate . I am putting a picture on (it is onl...

When I opened my first bottle of the 2005 Carrick Pinot Noir , shortly after its release, I got hit with this wall of fruit. It was just too...

The other day I read an editorial in the Wine Spectator , where James Laube made an extraordinary recommendation. He suggested we have all b...

Australian winemakers, without doubt, have made more progress with Pinot Noir in the last couple of years than with any other variety. So I ...

In reviewing the Craggy Range Sophia in July, I argued that Craggy Range is now the number one red wine winery in New Zealand. A couple of d...

What is your favorite wine variety for the upcoming summer? Please vote, and I will see what I can review.

The Yarra Valley is probably the place in Australia (as a region) which can produce the best copies of Burgundian wine. Giant Steps is an in...