Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

 There are some wineries with exceptional wines which manage to deliver high quality at reasonable prices as well (think Penfolds Bin 28, fo...

 Of the many so called alternative or new varieties, not all are equally appealing to the Australian market. Do we really need to promote Pr...

 Growing grapes and making wine is obviously a challenging business and developments can be quite dynamic. Part of this dynamic is the '...

 Mini Verticals are great to see the impact of vintages, as well as identifying a winery's style. In the last couple of days, I experien...

 Spinifex has now entered its third phase. Let me explain. When Peter Schell came to the Barossa Valley, he embarked on a very clever strate...

 The man behind Place of Changing Winds is Robert Walters, who for decades has imported fine wine from around the world (Bibendum, Internati...

 Tyrrell''s produce four single vineyard wines from vines over 100 years old. The 8 Acres is probably the most accessible early in i...

 I have never been able to taste Penfolds' original Bin 60A from the 1962 vintage. The wine was never commercially released, but won man...

 Bekkers is a boutique producer with a focus on the northern, hilly parts of McLaren Vale, and a meticulous focus on Shiraz and Grenache. To...

 I think of O'Leary Walker in a similar way in which Bin 389 is described as baby Grange. To me, O'Leary Walker is the baby Riesling...

 Every now and then, I try a new Italian variety from the hundreds on offer. This 2022 Bisci Verdicchio from the Marche region turns out to...

 It has been a long while since I had a Petaluma bottle. This is strange, given it is such an iconic label. And I never had an Evans Vineyar...