Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

A little while ago, I raved about a 1994 Mt. Edelstone. I would now like to report on a  1994 Rockford Basket Press Shiraz . I had an oppor...

The next stop was Pooley Wines . The focus here is on Pinot Noir. The 2010 Pooley Coal River Pinot Noir has a fresh and vibrant feel, tastin...

The next stop was Derwent Estate . This was a strange experience. The cellar door was open, but you could not taste any wine. "it is no...

On a recent trip to Tasmania, I visited a number of wineries in the Southern part, not far from Hobart. Home Hill is a new winery to me. ...

1998 was a great vintage in South Australia, and this 1998 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon proves it. This wine is full bodied and powe...

I get this question asked quite a lot. First of all, most wine, even Wendouree is made in a way today that you can drink it quite young. Sec...

Many people assume that so called 'Parker' wines are based on Cabernet Sauvignon in the US and Shiraz in Australia. Well, there are ...

I had a comment from the winemaker, Nick Glaetzer. Not surprisingly, he did not like my post, but he only focussed on factual errors I unfor...

The Jimmy Watson Trophy is Australia's most prestigious trophy. Last year, it was won by the 2010 Glaetzer-Dixon Mon Pere Shiraz , from ...

At the Penfolds tasting at Dan Murphy's, I tasted a few other Shirazes. Because of the crowded conditions, I took only a few notes. I wi...

I tasted the Penfolds icon wines at Dan Murphy's this weekend. The ambiance was not entirely conducive to a very focused assessment, but...

The 2010 Ingolby Chardonnay delivers relatively bland citrus/melon fruit flavours. The oak adds some texture, but the wine is not complex. ...