Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

Gruener Veltiner is becoming a much sought after variety. To date, very little is grown in Australia. The variety is native to Austria, wher...

The first wine was the 2010 Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Chardonnay . Now this is strange, as this soil is really well suited for red wines...

I drank the 2004 Bindi Block 5 Pinot Noir the other night. Was I at peace with myself? I probably was, but so was this Bindi flagship wine....

By chance, I had an opportunity to taste recent releases by Cullen and Moss Wood within three days. As it happened, these wines were a very ...

Barossa Valley Estate, the large co-operative in the Barossa, has gone through ownership changes in the last 10 years, and a number of winem...

I had great hopes for this 2004 Bowen Cabernet Sauvignon . I drank this wine shortly after it was released, and it showed terrific, terra ro...

We like people with character or personality. By this we mean people who stand out a bit, be it with their features, points of view or other...

Shaw + Smith is a classy winery, and if you have not tried any of their wines, I encourage you to do so. I visited the modern winery in the ...

Following the Rockford luncheon (see last post), I went on to the cruise on the Murray on the PS Marion, the Rockford restored paddle steame...

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...