Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

I would not attempt to keep an Aussie Pinot Noir for 7 to 8 years from too many producers, but I thought Kooyong's style might deliver a...

I wanted a wine drinking treat last night, and it worked. I had the 1998 Penfolds RWT Shiraz . In contrast to other Penfolds wines, this win...

The St. Hugo is a bit of an unsung hero these days. You certainly would not call a wine St. Hugo today, but my experience yesterday was very...

No doubt, Kalleske owns one of the great vineyard complexes in Australia. The Grenache fruit in this 2009 Kalleske Rosina Rose is pure and ...

Yering Station was one of the first to fashion this blend. This 2003 Yering Station Shiraz/Viognier Reserve should be perfect drinking now....

I have been drinking Felton Road for a number of years. The wines I had over the last couple of days are quite rare, therefore there is not ...

A few weeks ago, I participated in a tasting of a number of Shirazes, which I think is worth reporting on. Two Canberra Shirazes were pitted...

How much does the expectation of drinking a particular wine creep into its evaluation, either as a reinforcement (this cannot be bad) or as ...

The 2005 Kooyong Farrago Chardonnay is an austere wine - and it is brilliant for that. This wine is not about fruit, but texture. Fruit fla...

Coming back to earth, I am going to review the 2005 Rockford Moppa Springs Grenache Mouvedre Shiraz. This wine is different from many other...

This tasting should provide a good insight into the differences of these three iconic wines, and so it turned out to be. Day 1: The wines we...

Today, I am starting a process I have been looking forward to for many, many years: I opened three bottles of the best Shirazes at their 20t...