7 Top Bagged Cabs

7 Top Bagged Cabs

Seven Sensational Cabernets   From 30 cabernets from predominantly Western Australia (17 from Margaret River, 12 from the Great Southern, 1 from Barossa Valley) I’ve narrowed this list down to a top 7 only.  A wide variation of styes, these are all...
Hentley Highlights with Andrew Quin

Hentley Highlights with Andrew Quin

Hentley Farm, Barossa Valley   Last week I spent nearly two hours on Zoom with Hentley Farm winemaker Andrew Quin.  He is relaxed, focused and passionate about what he is doing – it made chatting very easy indeed.  Now – we looked at 11 wines...
Marco Lubiana Lucille Chardonnay + Pinot

Marco Lubiana Lucille Chardonnay + Pinot

Marco Lubiana 2018 Marco Lubiana is the second generation of Lubiana’s – his father Steve before him – in Tasmania to make their mark via great wine.  These wines, his debut release, spark fire in the imagination, and show us the effortless...
Grange in Context

Grange in Context

The Biggest Kahunas in Australian Shiraz   How Good Are They? I’m here to state the obvious.  They’re good. VERY GOOD. In my pursuit of context, and made possible by the 2016 Grange release sample bottle, we put together of five of Australia’s most...
Penfolds Collection 2020

Penfolds Collection 2020

Penfolds Collection Release 2020 Penfolds Release 2020 Collection   Each year, the Penfolds collection is released to a selection of media from across the country. It’s usually in Melbourne, sometimes at Magill. It is an eagerly anticipated day on most people’s...