Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

I wanted to test this Shiraz expression issue from the Hunter a bit more, but I must admit I do not have many examples in my cellar. But I f...

Hunter Valley Shiraz used to be a unique wine: relatively low in alcohol (12.5-13%), very soft with velvety tannins. Then along came Robert ...

It takes a long time to build up to an iconic wine brand status. It seems it takes an equally long time to lose it. I have not been familiar...

I recently drank two excellent Pinot Noirs side by side, grown about 200km apart, but they could not have been more different. The 2012 Oa...

Over the years, or decades rather, Leeuwin Estate has oscillated in its Art Series Chardonnay between a rich and exotic fruit spectrum and a...

The other night I was fortunate to taste - actually, drink - three different vintages of Grange. They showed quite a lot of variation, but t...

Central Otago has been in a bit of a quandary with its latest vintages. 2012 was cool, and many wines do not deliver the generosity of fruit...

Bass Phillip is perhaps the best, certainly the most unpredictable Pinot Noir producer in Australia with often exciting results. Phillip Jon...

As luck will have it, I am likely to interview the two most highly regarded  Pinot Noir winemakers in the Southern Hemisphere on subsequent ...

I store a tiny amount of American wine in the Napa Valley. Fortunately, my bottles were not affected by the latest earthquake. Some wineries...

I am always worried if I got the spelling right when I write about this wine. When Mount Langi is good, it is very good, but the vintages ar...

1) Sydney Rootstock, part 2  - you are with the trend: this is an organic wines showing 2) Penfolds St Henri - understandable: probably the...