Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

This is the Wendouree label. No mention of alcohol level. There is no back label nor information around the cork seal. Other bottles look si...

Some people would love this 2002 Wendouree Shiraz/Mataro . I think it has enormous potential, but could have been better. Wendouree is one o...

The Easter weekend was a very hedonistic affair, I must admit. We experienced some wonderful wine and food combinations. I did not want to g...

I like to drink mature wines because of their added complexity, but often in Australia, the experience is not so good, as maturing wines get...

A number of the larger companies in the Barossa are putting the toe in the water in relation to wines expressing terroir . There is the terr...

I cannot say that I am too familiar with the differences and intricacies of the different single vinyeard wines of Kooyong, but I like to dr...

I like Gewuerztraminer with Thai food. My choice normally is a Pipers Brook or a Delatite. Choices are very limited. Tonight I ended up with...

It has probably been more than ten years since I have tried a Chardonnay from McLarenVale. They used to be big and buttery, the climate simp...

2003 was a great year for Hunter Valley Shiraz, although the recently reviewed Alexander Munro did not live up to that reputation. This 2003...

This wine creates quite a bit of interest, because the 2008 version won the Jimmy Watson Trophy last year - in the first vintage of Eden Roa...

Hmm. The tasting of the 2008 Art Series Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay was interesting. The wine generally impresses with complexity and purity ...

Mataro is not bottled often as a straight grape variety, mostly because of its quite earthy flavours and strong tannins. It is interesting t...