Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

 My Christmas was quite small in scope and the wines were mostly disappointing. A Pipers Brook Late Disgorged Sparkling was fine, but not ve...

 The days around Christmas have been quite cool in Sydney, so I decided to open some Mataro. This variety is found most often blended with S...

 A few days ago, I was given a 2009 Wild Duck Creek Shiraz Reserve . It came with a warning: 17% alcohol. Wild Duck Creek used to be one of ...

 I have been collecting Felton Road Pinot Noir wines for many years. They produce about five single vineyard wines, and then there is the bl...

 It has been a long time between drinks, drinks of Don Melchor that is. My last taste of Chile’s Grange was over 20 years ago, but yesterday...

 When one thinks of Super Tuscans, the first names which come to mind are probably Sassicaia and Ornellaia, which are very expensive. Howeve...

 I am writing this tasting note after this 2020 Paul Hobbs Russian River Pinot Noir has been opened for two days. This is a good thing, as ...

 Following on from the impressive first release Lowestoft Pinot Noir reviewed a few posts below, I am now reporting on the 2019 Lowestoft Be...

 Yangarra grows all Rhône varieties on its estate. No wonder their Rosé is made in the Provence style with a very pale colour. But do not be...

 Piquepoul Blanc is mainly grown in the Southern Rhône and in Languedoc. It is predominantly blended into Châteauneuf-du-Pape, but the perce...

 I often enjoy the mid level wines more than the top wines from wineries which are known to produce late picked, ripe wines. So it is with T...

 The 2018 Lowestoft Pinot Noir is the first wine of this new Tasmanian label, put together by the Fogarty Wine Group, owners of Dalwhinnie,...