Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

2007 was hailed as an outstanding vintage in Margaret River. The vintage was hot, the fruit riped beautifully, and the harvest was early.As ...

I was pleased with my drinks over Christmas: 2005 Ulithorne Sparkling Shiraz 2003 Voyager Cabernet Merlot 2006 Piper-Heidsieck Vintage C...

Brunello, a wine with long maturation, is unquestionably the best expression of the Sangiovese grape. There has been a lot of excitement abo...

Many wine regions have developed as the result of the success of one winery. The imitators flog in and try to emulate the success of the pio...

If you are looking for something different, this wine could be for you. Grenache Gris is an obscure grape, a derivative of Grenache, grown a...

The Calvert vineyard is a relatively late addition to Felton Road. It was planted in 2001, and has now entered middle age. The soils consist...

The two leading wineries these days in Coonawarra are Balnarves and the much larger Wynns. Wynns owns at least 25% of the vineyards on the f...

No other noble grape splits the world as much as Nebbiolo. As it is far off centre, many in the wine drinking world do not get it, or even h...

Riesling has never really taken off in Australia, although it is popular with wine lovers, and good with Asian food, which we eat a lot. A f...

It can be enlightening to drink wines from non classical wine regions. I loved to discover Assyrtiko from Santorini. The wines I tried from ...

For quite a while now, there has been a trend of smaller growers to develop and promote their own labels in Champagne. And as champagne dr...

You know you are getting cherry flavours and plenty of acidity from Chianti Classico. But then, the mouthfeel is often dusty, as the fruit d...