Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

A blog of new and mature wine reviews for the discerning wine consumer

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Margaret River - Cabernet and Blends

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A number of newer wineries were showing their Cabernets, some of which collected a fair bit of acclaim for their 2007 wines, including the J...
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Margaret River - Chardonnay

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I attended a tasting of a number of Margaret River wineries. I tasted Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. The Chardonnays left me somewhat u...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz

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Regular readers may have noticed that I have posted less often lately and on other matters than tasting wine. Well, I am doing a detox now, ...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Wine-shopping Online

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Many wine enthusiasts get frustrated that they cannot find the desired wine in the shops they go to or they are not sure how competitive the...
Friday, October 8, 2010

Langton's Classification, Mark V

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A number of reviewers have commented on the latest Langton's Classification, however, based on statistical analysis, a number of points ...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Henschke Mt. Edelstone

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I reviewed the 2002 Mt. Edelstone a few posts ago and one of my readers suggested a comparison with the 2004. As I have it in my cellar, her...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

John Duval Entity Shiraz

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When John Duval branched out on his own after his long reign at Penfolds, there was a lot of interest what kind of wine he would produce. Fo...

Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay

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I read with interest yesterday that the 2008 Heytesbury Chardonnay had won a trophy in the Tri Nations challenge with New Zealand and South ...
Saturday, September 18, 2010

Napa/Sonoma Valley, part 3

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The third day became the highlight, not so much because of the visit to the Robert Mondavi winery, but for the other heavyweights. The tour...

Napa/Sonoma Valley, part 2

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The Sonoma Wine Festival was on for my second day. I thought this would be a good opportunity to capture a lot of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir,...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Napa/Sonoma Valley, part 1

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Pride Mountain Vineyards American wines were virtually non existent in Australia until recently - simply too expensive. As the Australian do...

Poll Results

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The Toolangi Chardonnay is probably not well known outside Victoria, but in my opinion a good value proposition. Very comfortable with the w...
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I am a very interested amateur wine taster and drinker. I have collected wine since 1983 and hold a 1500 bottle wine collection of mainly red Australian wine, but also some wine from France, Italy and other countries. You can contact me on tgirgens@bigpond.net.au.
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