Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

  Here is another terrific value wine made from the seldom seen in Australia Grenache Gris grape. The 2024 Larnook Grenache Gris combines l...

  In Asia, I enjoyed the Miraval Côtes de Provence Rosé , as did many others. The domaine and winery has a glamorous history. There is a rec...

 It is not a secret that the quality of moderately priced Australian Chardonnays has gone up dramatically in the last few years. They are no...

  It was difficult to come to generalized conclusions in a recent comparison tasting of Cabernet's from Margaret River and Hawke's B...

 The 'Margaret' Cabernet Blend comes from the estate block where these vines were planted in 1990. A couple of days ago I tasted the...

 The afternoon of day three was a mix of tastings, with some absolute highlights. It started with some wines from Argentina. First I tasted ...

 On the final day, I am starting with some Grüner Veltliner from Austria. I compared the wines from Bründlmayer, Nigl, and Pichler Krutzler....

 The few other Italian wines I tasted could not match the Barolos from earlier on. The 2021 Cepparello by Isole e Olena had beautiful kirsch...

 Today started with a tasting of a few selected German Rieslings, followed by Piedmont reds. The first stop was at Schloß Johannisberg, perh...

 The afternoon involved tastings of Portuguese and US wines.  I started with my favourite Portuguese winery, Quinta do Crasto from the Dour...

 I am sorry about the delay in posting. There was a period when I did not taste any interesting wines, and then I tasted at ProWein, the lar...

 Gamay used to be the most planted red variety in Burgundy. Now it is Pinot Noir, of course. And the success of Beaujolais Nouveau made Beau...