Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

SC Pannell currently sits in the sweetspot of many wine reviewers. I tried the 2006 SC Pannell Grenache to find out for myself. This wine ...

Today is spent in the village of Barolo, where I visit three cellar doors, very close to each other. The first is an appointment with the ir...

On my second day of touring Piedmont, it was time to get to the Barolo area. Barolo can be quite confusing, initially, but at a basic level,...

It would have been an option to review an icon wine to celebrate the 50,000 views milestone, but I decided to have a look into the future, o...

In the next couple of days, this blog will receive its 50,000th page view. To mark the occasion, I would like to taste and review a special ...

And this is of special interest to my US readers. The Pahlmeyer Red is the flagship wine of this highly regarded Napa Valley winery. It is...

Just breaking the Italian reviews up a bit... As the new William Downie Pinot Noirs have just been released, I thought it might be interes...

I did not take any notes on this day, which I now regret, but I just wasn't quite ready for it. The wineries I visited in the Barbaresco...

I am sorry for the long period of silence. It had nothing to do with dry July, but I was not able to taste wine for a few weeks. Then I to...

2009 and 2010 are the years, when it is really worth while to try cheaper Bordeaux wines. The 2009 Chateau Labarde is such an example. I hav...

This 2012 Yealands Estate Gruener Veltiner is a curious wine. Yes, there are some pear flavours, but they are dominated by the grassy flavou...

This GSM is always a good value wine. The 2009 Kalleske Clarry's is of high quality. This blend is dominated by Grenache (55%) and Shir...