Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

Kooyong has been more serious than most in identifying the specifics of its vineyards and developing distinctive profiles for its single vin...

I started day 2 at Rippon . I have always felt that Rippon is a bit like this waterfront restaurant with a beautiful location, where they do...

The highlight of day 2 was a visit to the beautiful Mt. Maude vineyard, tucked away in the Maungawera Valley outside of Wanaka, planted in 1...

The irrepressible Rudi Bauer started Quartz Reef 18 years ago, after having been the winemaker for Rippon. It is always very educational to ...

There are two big trends happening in Central Otago: a move to biodynamics and earlier picking. In a way, Central Otago is starting to suffe...

I was looking forward to tasting the unusual 2014 Cullen Amber wine. I have sometimes lamented the fact that wines do not have enough per...

It is astonishing that Australia, possibly the world's most enthusiastic barbecue nation, has very little Zinfandel or Primitivo wines...

Kooyong is my number two winery from the Mornington Peninsula, with the highly respected Sandro Mosele at the helm. The 2010 Kooyong Estate ...

Magnum bottles are priced more than twice the price of regular bottles in Australia. Is this justified? In the old days, when wine was bot...

I am not the world's greatest expert on Spanish wines, but generally there are three things I don't like about them 1)  Lack of vit...

Massolino is a more than 100 year old winery in the subregion of Serralunga in Piedmont. It owns seven vineyards there with quite different...

Staying with the village theme. Marchand & Burch is a high quality brand, based on the partnership of successful wine producers, bringin...