Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

It is not easy to sell American wine in Australia. To start with, in many ways, the flavour profiles and structural characteristics are sim...

I have now published over 1400 blog posts, and would today like to discuss some aspects of this blog. As I have reviewed so many wines he...

After the tastings at the winery, it is off to the Muse restaurant to taste the four Shiraz wines from single vineyards more than 100 year...

Before I continue this review, let us briefly reflect on how many icon wines leading wineries produce: Cullen - 2; Leeuwin - 1-2; Mount Mar...

As part of the Wine Media Conference in the Hunter Valley, a group of 20 participated in an extensive Masterclass with Chris Tyrrell. It st...

Quite a few films with wine as a main topic have been made over the last ten years or so. It is a difficult proposition. If the film gets t...

 You can now find my WSET Sake Award in the right column of my blog. Level 1 is not hard, but this knowledge will allow me to drink sake be...

This mini vertical of Sassicaia was one of my most unusual and perplexing vertical tasting experiences. We tasted three wines: 2014, 2011 ...

There will be another review from the Wine Media conference, but right now, it is a review of the 2014 Maude Mt. Maude Vineyard Pinot Noir....

This was the topic of my ‘Lightning Talk’ at the conference. These are five minute talks, which are supported by 20 slides. They get moved ...

I was at the Wine Media Conference in the Hunter Valley for the last three days. This conference used to be called wine bloggers conference...

I conducted a  blind tasting of Pinot Noirs to establish the winner between Australia, France, New Zealand, USA . Who makes the best? ...