There isn’t a lot of Gamay in Australia, but there are two or three examples that get written up very highly by the critics. This is one of them: the…
Rootstock (Sydney), a natural wine fair, focuses more on the vineyard in 2016
Late last year I had a lovely time attending Rootsock Sydney. It’s a lovely not-for-profit wine fair focusing on natural wines. One of the very best. I really enjoyed it,…
Wolf Blass Black Label Vertical, 1974-2012
This is the 50th year of Wolf Blass as a wine company, and it’s also the 40th vintage of the Wolf Blass Black Label. So winemaker Chris Hatcher was in…
Fall From Grace: natural wines from McLaren Vale
Gill Gordon Smith is an ex Quantas flight attendant, who fell in love with wine. Now she has her own wine label, Fall From Grace, which she cells from a…
Dodgy Brothers wines, McLaren Vale, Australia
Wes Pearson, an ex-pat Canadian is by day a sensory scientist working at the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI). He’s also the winemaker behind wine label Dodgy Brothers. He has…
New Releases from BK Wines in the Adelaide Hills
It was nice to be able to drink these new releases from Brendon and Kirstyn Keys of BK Wines. I’m really impressed by them, and they’re gaining quite a reputation…
An evening in Adelaide: Mothervine, Osteria Oggi and The Exeter
Had a lovely evening in Adelaide on Wednesday. We began at Mothervine, which is a really good wine bar. There’s just such a good list here, which spans Australian and…
Egon Müller Kanta Riesling, Adelaide Hills, Australia
The Adelaide Hills isn’t so well known for Riesling. Tonight I tried this pair of wines from Kanta, which is a collaboration between Egon Müller and Michael Andrewartha of East…
Mac Forbes EB18 ‘P3’ Pinot Gris/Pinot Noir/Pinot Meunier 2015
Mac Forbes is a bit of a legend. He’s been a pioneer of lighter, lower alcohol, naturally made wines from the Yarra Valley. As well as his regular wines, he…