Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

  Our Christmas drinking was fairly measured, but of good quality. For the red wines, I opted for lighter options, given the warm weather. T...

 Torbreck offers a remarkable line of wines, priced from the $20s/bottle to the $700s or so. For drinkability, I have always enjoyed the mid...

 I will start with a cheap shot: If your name is Brunelli you would want to make Brunello, wouldn't you. But to be clear, the 2012 Giann...

 This is the first time I have encountered this producer and the Karaoglan grape variety from East Anatolia in Turkey. The 2020 Diren Karaog...

 Many of you will be familiar with the Farrside or Sangreal Pinot Noirs of By Farr. These are quite distinctive from each other, with Farrsi...

 This wine, from Craggy Range's home block, is a blend of five Bordeaux varieties, with Merlot taking the lead at 63% for the 2016 Cragg...

 Howard Park uses the best fruit from its holdings in Margaret River and Great Southern to produce the flagship Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvign...

 Rosé does not make it often on lists of serious high quality wines, but the 2020 Thibaud Boudignon Rosé de Loire should be there. It stood...

 When Ruggabellus arrived on the scene, it created quite a stir. Abel Gibson picked the Rhone varieties much earlier than anybody else and u...

 Cristom is a well regarded producer from the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Its vineyards grow on the volcanic soils of the Eola Hills, in the ...

 Many of the great wine regions are densely planted, for example Burgundy, Barossa, Marlborough. But then, there are wineries which produce ...

 The Ovitelli Grenache is the mid-level Grenache of Yangarra, planted right next to the High Sands vineyard. The 75 year old vines are also ...