Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

It is not often that one can compare a number of Nebbiolo based wines on one night; largely a function of the price. But a few days ago I ha...

Shiraz is the most adaptable red wine grape to different climatic and soil conditions.This was very obvious in this tasting of seven Shiraz...

It is Bastille day, reason enough to open a bottle of the quintessential French wine - Bordeaux. I decide on a 2009 Chateau Prieuré-Lichine...

There has been quite a tradition by now to fashion GSMs in Australia. The winemakers have managed to understand the contribution of each gr...

Yangarra is one of Australia's leading Grenache producers, from sandy vineyards in the northern and hilly parts of McLaren Vale. . Here...

By accident I tasted another wine from Andrew Thomas from 2009. Semillon is the best ageing white wine in Australia, and the 2009 Thomas Wi...

I am not quite sure what to think of the 2009 Thomas Wines Kiss Shiraz from the Hunter Valley, at eleven years of age. There are elements o...

Most of the times, wine reviewers converge, and while there are differences in scores, praise or otherwise is similar. But then there are e...

Some time ago, I praised the Woodlands 'Margaret' as a great second tier wine. Today, I will follow this up by the 2010 Henschke Ke...

During a blind tasting, I encountered three wines, two wines, one Champagne, actually, which delivered an unusual and very exciting flavour...

The wineries of the Southern Highlands are the closest to Sydney. Yet I must admit I had not visited there before. I am sure the same is tr...

I do not review many Sauvignon Blancs here, but then, this is a New Zealand one with a cork closure. This is making a statement. Let us inv...