Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

I should preface this post by saying I am not joining the mob which currently and fashionably rubbishes big South Australian Shirazes. I thi...

I was expecting wines from the left bank to shine. They are Cabernet Sauvignon based, and in a warm year, this grape will ripe well, without...

In this post, I will review some of the wines tasted. I start with the right bank. The wines from St. Emilion showed particularly well. C...

Tasting 36 wines is a bit of a daunting task, but when these are Bordeaux wines from one of the best vintages ever, you may be prepared to d...

Domenico Clerico is one of Piedmont's star estates and the Ciabot one of the two celebrated single vineyard wines. I was looking forward...

Head Wines have created quite a buzz since coming onto the scene a few years ago, mainly because of the vibrancy of its fruit. The two major...

There are not many Australian Chardonnays which I would keep for more than three to four years, but I put a couple of bottles of the 2005 Ko...

Lake's Folly is an oxymoron. It produces a highly regarded Cabernet , yet the Hunter is known for Shiraz. It also produces a good Chardo...

I walked down to Balmoral today, and accidentally into the Hunter Valley wine show, where individual companies put up booths for tasting. ...

De Bortoli produced a stunning new Pinot Noir in the Yarra Valley. The 2010 De Bortoli Phi Pinot Noir comes from the Lusatia Park vineyard i...

Oakridge is now a leading Yarra Valley wine producer. If you want to experience the best the Yarra Valley can do with Chardonnay, try the 20...

The top tier of wineries in Margaret River has been the same forever: Cullen, Moss Wood, Leeuwin. A number of wineries are trying to get up ...