Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

The William Downie wines have, like many, paintings on the label.What is unusual is that there is no associated information. It is all on ...

Some very good wines here as well. 2012 Reserve Chardonnay : pure stone fruit and citrus, a linear wine, well balanced, showing minerality...

The Pinot Noirs were of very high quality, too. 2013 Coldstream Hills Pinot Noir : this is a surprisingly complex Pinot Noir for a 'st...

Recently I spent a couple of days in the Yarra Valley, something I have not done for a number of years. Overall, I was very impressed with t...

Please let me know your Christmas drinking plans, and if from Northern or Southern Hemisphere. I am not very organized this year, but I wi...

The remaining five wines in this tasting were Shiraz or Shiraz based from Victoria and South Australia, as you would expect. 2013 Best...

Philip Rich, co-owner of the Prince Wine Store, publishes a list of his top 20 wines annually in the Financial Review. They are not necessar...

Pouilly-Fuisse, at the southern end of Burgundy, with its warmer climate, produces riper Chardonnay. In the right hands, these can be high q...

Malbec is rising in popularity, as it is a variety which - while serious and ageing well - can be drunk early with a lot of enjoyment. The p...

Yes, the 2013 Robert Oatley  Margaret River Chardonnay is a dry white wine. It probably (by elimination) tastes like a Chardonnay, but it la...

There are a handful of wineries in the Canberra district who are getting closer in quality to the stellar Clonakilla. One such winery is Ler...

Tonight I am going to report on a unique Australian wine. In 1998, 90% of Bannockburn's Shiraz grapes got wiped out by hail. Close to 40...