Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

Elderton is known for its classic Barossa Shiraz. It seems it has fallen on harder times. Volume has halved in the last ten years despite h...

This is my first interstate trip in a year. It is brief: three South Australian wine regions in three days. Day 1: Barossa Valley    On the ...

 Buying an upper range value Bordeaux from the generous 2009 vintage; what can go wrong? Drinking the 2009 Chateau Lagrange , I find out. Th...

Not much of a label, the Ata Rangi, yet it is iconic by now. I have written about Ata Rangi a fair bit, so let us go straight to the wine. T...

 The folly was to focus on Chardonnay and Cabernet in a region known for Semillon and Shiraz. It has worked well for Lake's Folly. The w...

 When three winemakers with experience from Penfolds, Barossa Valley Estate, Hentley Farm, and Murray Street get together to make wine, when...

I remain interested in exploring the cru Beaujolais, in particular from Morgon. This is where wine is made for ageing and where one may be a...

 The Kilikanoon business has a strong commercial orientation, and while there is nothing wrong with it, in fact it is necessary to an extent...

The 2014 Tyrrell’s Belford Semillon was the perfect wine  on a 38 degree Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) day. This Semillon comes from an ...

How refreshing is this 2012 Grosset Polish Hill . For those who are used to German Riesling, this is quite different. The style of this wine...

 For a special occasion, I opened a bottle of the oldest Barolo in my cellar from the legendary Giacomo Conterno. The 1997 Giacomo Conterno ...

 In a recent tasting of examples of 8 different white wine varieties, three wines stood out. The move in Germany to designate some sites wit...