I’m a big fan of Craig Hawkins’ Testalonga wines. They’re very brave and distinctive. He works pretty naturally, so the big question: how do they evolve? This one had evolved…
Kutch-Dury: the inaugural Chardonnay from Jamie Kutch is a stunner
I’m quite a fan of the wines of Jamie Kutch. This is the first release of his Chardonnay and he has completely nailed it. It will be hard to find,…
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…
Does organic wine taste better? A study whose findings have been widely misinterpreted
Are organic wines better than conventional ones? An interesting study from researchers at the University of California Los Angeles suggests that they might well be. However, the difference in point…
Stability of olfactory ability over time
This is a question that I think is really interesting, and it would be quite easy to answer. How stable is our olfactory ability over time? We each differ in…
Sometimes we don’t taste the same wine often enough
Sometimes we don’t taste the same wine often enough. That seems like a strange statement, I know, but let me explain what I mean by this by using music as…
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…
The social licence of wine
I’ve been at the excellent Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference this week, where I presented on two topics. The first was on whether or not we make too much of…