What a difference a day makes. After a quick swirl and a sip I was ready to tip this down the sink. There was a graphite and metallic type...

This is a good little wine, the only thing scaring me a little was the price. Certainly tasty and the winemakers have achieved their goal ...

This Chardonnay is part of a new range of wines released by Rosemount to highlight the McLaren Vale region. White peach flanked by some ...

4BC's Ben Davis flicked over to the BIG 4 0 earlier in the week. Happy birthday Ben! This got me thinking about birth year wines. Tune i...

A sweeter type of Grenache but certainly not a confected sweetness which can be the enemy with this variety. Fresh raspberries and sweet...

This is like tearing into a punnet of raspberries under the shade of a tree by a dusty country road. Great value for a blend of Grenache...

The Hungry Horse story is an interesting one. Let's just say it involves a bludging relief teacher and a problem solving task set to k...

Despite only being 13.5% alcohol, this wine delivers a lot more punch than you bargain for. A big boy ready to match your bigger foods. Be...

From one of the highest vineyards in South Australia at 550m above, the fruit was hand picked and wild fermented in French oak for twelve ...

This is a new range of wines focusing on the blending of two premium regions. Hunter Valley and Adelaide Hills fruit was used here, and I ...

This is a wine I'd love to go toe to toe with time and time again. A ripping bargain for twenty bucks, you'd happily pay more for ...

Some good aspects to this wine but I did find it hard to warm to. Damp earth - the sodden garden type and dark cherry. Dried herbs hover, s...

Classy stuff. A wine you wish you had on tap. Black fruits and baked plums, but just think buckets of blackberries and lots of them! A...

There's not too much happening here aromatically, but gee wizz, this is a very decent wine to sit back with. Red earth, black fruits...

This week is Queensland Week so it's the perfect opportunity to have a look at a couple of Queensland Wines. Listen in here Wines to...

From the Sunbury region in Victoria which is only half an hour's drive from Melbourne's CBD, this Chardonnay was a very pleasant s...

The Hilltops region is south of Young in New South Wales. Red fruits to lick the lips with here. This wine has more kick than the Canber...

The Signature series represent the best wines in the Bimbadgen range. So much so, this Chardonnay 2012 is the first to fall under this l...

A superb easy drinking wine for the money.  You can often find this wine on special around $10 which makes it a great buy.  Dark c...

I'm not sure of the Viognier percentage in this, but the florally lift and apricot characters immediately jump from the glass. Not ove...

Not too much happening here aromatically. There's a good whiff of chocolatey oak which is noticeable but it certainly isn't over t...

I liked the way this looked and smelt but it stopped there. The wine was tasted blind along with three other Cabernets. Red fruits, a lick...

This is almost a case of old meets new. By this I mean 30% of the wine has spent time in oak whilst the remaining 70% sat in stainless...

Shiraz was the topic of conversation today... Listen in here. My bargain picks this week: Shottesbrooke  Estate Shiraz 2011 $18 I di...

Quite a simple wine and nothing rocking my world too much here. The fat, plush characters of the Semillon make their presence felt. Ther...

An wonderful expression of a medium bodied cool climate Cabernet. But when I say Cabernet this is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabe...

Smooth, soft and light. There's some Cabernet greenness and leafy characters. Quite stemmy too I thought. Some black and blue frui...

This is bloody good for what you pay. I picked up a six pack of wines from Mike de Iuliis recently and had two of these thrown in. To ...

A very good cool climate Shiraz from Orange in NSW. There's black fruit characters aplenty here. The fruit delicately dances across th...

Mother's Day was the focus of last Friday's chat. A few white blends and a neat fizz were the tips: Listen in here Wines to look...