Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

On the second day, everything came together beautifully for the 2010 Paolo Scavino Barolo. If you cannot wait this long. make sure you deca...

 I normally review wines from my cellar or new releases I chose to taste. But sometimes I receive samples or people bring a bottle. This is ...

  The profile of Malbec is largely formed by the impressions of Argentinian wine; ripe and lush. It is not so well known that there are old ...

The 2014 Craggy Range 'Sophia' is a Bordeaux varieties blend. It is Merlot dominant (61%), with additional components of Cabernet S...

 It is not often you come across a new winery in Australia which is outstanding. It just happened to me. This winery is Swinney. Maybe becau...

 Pinot Gris/Grigio has gone the way of Sauvignon Blanc to some extent: large scale production, not much focus on typicity or special quality...

 How do you photograph a label with writing around almost half the bottle? I tried something a little different. Not very professional, but ...

 I am having laughs about this. Depending on what you read, these four wines rate from 84 to 98 points or so. It is like a boxing match. Som...

 Ruggabellus was one of the first new wineries in the Barossa in the 'post-Parker' world where deliciousness and vitality became the...

 When I (like others) review wine, I look at criteria such as clarity and depth of colour, purity and intensity of fruit, complexity, power,...

 There is now a plethora of wineries in the Adelaide Hills. It is cooler than McLaren Vale or the Barossa and it attracts also some innovati...

 What on earth is happening at SC Pannell ? Apparently, Stephen Pannell is over Shiraz (I did not have a chance to talk to him). A Shiraz vi...