Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

The 2003 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon drinks beautifully now, but has many years ahead of it (screw capped). It opens up with beautiful dar...

Today, I wanted to taste from some of the small and relatively new wineries. Kalleske is not really new and not so small anymore, but it ...

A new star: Torbreck Visiting the Torbreck tasting room is always exciting, because the Torbreck policy is to open pretty much all wines, ...

Following on from a trip to Adelaide, I decided to spend a couple of days in the Barossa and do some quite selective tastings. The following...

The 2010 Domaine Huet 'Le Mont Sec' Vouvrey is a racy number. It is a dry Chenin Blanc with pear and figs flavours dominant. A beau...

The 2010 Pizzini Arneis , is nothing like a Piedmont Arneis. It lacks its spritzig character, but it is a pleasant summer drink nonetheless....

Tonight's 2002 Kalleske Greenock Shiraz was CORKED. Screw cap is an option, but another one, favoured by me for red wine, is to develop...

I find it interesting I now get slightly more hits from the US than from Australia and the third block of countries are the larger Western E...

From the rising star of the Hunter comes the DJV (some say deja vu) Shiraz. It is an entry style Thomas wine, a blend from a number of viney...

The 2007 Kumeu River Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay is a full-bodied wine with quite a big mouthfeel for a Chardonnay. It tastes of peach f...

Phillip Jones, winemaker and owner of Bass Phillip, is a former management consultant. So how difficult can it be to produce world class Pin...

The 2005 Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon is quite a departure from its Cabernets I used to know: they had rich chocolaty flavours, in some...