Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

John Duval, the former chief winemaker at Penfolds, knows a thing or two about how to create wines which will age well. The 2005 John Duval ...

I have not done any polls for a while. Recent tastings of Cabernet have intrigued me. So here is the question: Which is your favorite Cabern...

It is quite interesting to drink another of the iconic Australian Cabernet blends not from Margaret River after the Lake's Folly. The di...

This wine caused quite a stir when it came onto the market. This is a serious Nebbiolo at about a third of the price of the Italian producer...

Today, I had the good fortune of being shown two wines from Lake's Folly from the great 2014 vintage, which are yet to be released. Th...

Best's Shiraz is known for its longevity. Its premium Shiraz produced every year is the Bin O. I was not worried about age, when I opene...

A special event provided the opportunity to pull out my best (and in some cases last) bottles from 1990. They were a Penfolds Grange, ...

The current Wine Spectator magazine reviews Australian wines. It starts off by saying there is not much vintage variation. Wow! Yesterday I ...

The Taureau is quite a rare wine and has been abandoned by Peter Schell in 2010. He found the Tempranillo grape 'uninteresting'. T...

The Composition wines are the entry level wines of Bindi, but they are far more than the usual entry levels. The Chardonnay comes from the l...

A little while ago, I had the opportunity to taste premium wines from the different brands of Treasury Wine Estate in Australia and New Zeal...

The Esprit, fashioned like a Chateauneuf red wine, put Spinifex firmly on the map. I still had one bottle from 2005 left and was interested ...