The Hunter Valley has some of the oldest Chardonnay vines on the planet (the HVD Vineyard, planted 1908) and a storied history of the country’s best Chardonnay wines. Yet, if I did a show of hands, how many of you […] The post 15 of the very best Hunter Valley Chardonnay tasted blind w/ Liz Silkman & Jerome Scarborough appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review ..read more

You can’t judge a book by the cover, but hot damn, these new Ghostgum Vineyard wines look classy. The whole project oozes promise – it’s backed by the Joval family, better known as national wine distributors but also owners of […] The post The dead serious new Ghostgum Vineyard Mornington wines appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review ..read more

Chapel Hill’s Cabernets actually taste like McLaren Vale Cabernet, which is a very good thing for a region with such a proud Cabernet history. The Chapel Hill Gorge Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is dark, leafy, and black-fruited, too. Bitter, a […] The post Review: Chapel Hill Gorge Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review ..read more

Barossan Grenache and Grenache blends can deliver great drinkability with less artifice. Fruit flavour, generosity, and easy charm – Miss Harry is definitely that. It’s a bright and vibrant jubey red fruited thing, with glossy raspberry and blackberry Grenache fruit […] The post Review: Hewitson Miss Harry GSM 2023 appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review ..read more

Somehow, this got separated from the other two 2022 Curly Flat Pinot releases, and now, six months later, I discovered it in the wine cupboard. Given how much I love everything Curly, it felt like finding $50 in your jacket […] The post Review: Curly Flat Western Pinot Noir 2022. The moody one appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review ..read more

Another day, another mercurial Yarra release from Hirsch Hill. This Shiraz is one of the better releases too – a reserve release Yarra Valley Shiraz that spends 18 months in oak. Dusty, peppery berries are the first flavour, with a […] The post Review: Hirsch Hill Reserve Shiraz 2021 appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review ..read more

Amid a flourish of high-priced McLaren Vale Shiraz on this site in recent weeks, it’s a pleasure to highlight a red that drinks well and is available in retail land for $20-$25. It reads well, too – sourced from the […] The post Review: Penny’s Hill Cracking Black Shiraz 2022 appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review ..read more

Superb Riesling from a Clare Valley hero. That’s it, that’s the takeaway. Limefinger is Neil Pike’s retirement project, papyrus font and all, with the two wines under this label uniformly great. You’ll want to clear a space for this excellent […] The post Review: Limefinger Learnings Watervale Riesling 2024. Just great appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review ..read more

I took one whiff of this Zema Estate Family Selection Shiraz 2018 and thought, ‘Well, that’s large’. Then I spotted the 15% alcohol on the label, which made sense. This is a very lush, diffuse, but not unimpressive dense Coonawarra […] The post Review: Zema Estate Family Selection Shiraz 2018 appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review ..read more

Peter Dillon is doing wonderful things at Handpicked Wines. With all its special feels, Capella is the big-name project, but the real future is the push into buying new vineyards across the country and delivering ever-finer single vineyard wines. This […] The post Review: Handpicked Collection Tasmania Chardonnay 2022. Another tasty Handpicked release appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review ..read more