Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

 Niepoort, a family business in its 6th generation, is an important winery in Portugal. When I visited here 6-7 years ago, I was impressed w...

 Conventional wisdom has it that hot vintages lead to wines with high alcohol, and cool vintages deliver more moderate alcohol. A couple of ...

 My final stop in Europe is the Douro Valley. I have very fond memories of this region from a visit 6-7 years ago. This time, I will only vi...

 Back in Barbaresco, my final Piedmont post will cover the tasting at Albino Rocca.   Albino Rocca produces about 100,000 bottles in total p...

  You only get a sense of what is going to happen in a wine region when you visit there. And what is clearly going to happen in Piedmont is ...

 Today, two Barolo heavyweights join the reviews. The first stop is at Vietti. The business is now owned by American investors for a number ...

 One has to be sceptical when the latest vintage is hailed as one of the greatest, as this happens so often. However, after tasting many Bar...

 Now tasting wines in Piemonte. I last tried the wines of Cascina delle Rose about ten years ago. At that time, the small wine operation was...

 Today’s visit is at Pheasant’s Tears , an artisan organic winery with a production of only 3000 cases. All are fermented in qvevri.  The na...

 As I pass through the region, I see a lot of young vineyards, a sign of strong growth. The vineyards look healthy. Many are quite closely p...

 I am in Kakheti, Georgia’s largest wine subregion with 70% of the country’s production. Georgia is of course the cradle of winemaking, assu...

This vertical was designed to show off the just released 2020 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon and compare it with the arguably two best wines ...