A fab sparkling from Blue Pyrenees. The dash of red apple at the death a highlight.

  From Western Australia's Great Southern, this is a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir (86/14).

Pure Hunter Valley Chardonnay. Complex and balanced, this is an absolute beauty. An excellent way to bring up my 600th wine review for 2020.

  A superb Cabernet. Not a hair out of place.

  Summer seafood lunches are done easy with this beauty. A cracker!

  Charcuterie in a glass. 

Made from the Q45 Merlot clone which I'm finding is where the Merlot party is at, the TarraWarra K Block is a low yielding, north-west f...

A fab Pinot Grigio from Soumah.

  What a superb Shiraz this is! This 2018 release is the 50th vintage off this Gobell site which is grown on red loam soils at Stonewell on ...

  Gundog Estate rarely misses a beat. Here's another terrific example of a medium bodied Hunter Valley Shiraz.

  Section One was the first planted site at Blue Pyrenees back in the 1970s. Here's a great example of Shiraz from the region.

  Granite Belt Verdelho from the hands of Mark Ravens Croft.

 Tasmanian Pinot Noir takes the mind to places of elegance.

  A Bordeaux blend named in honour of Mark Ravenscroft's father who would beam with delight and say, "Waagee, now that is a great w...

  From the Great Southern region, this Flint Rock is aptly named to represent the minerally structure of this Chardonnay.

  A wicked new wine from the ever creative and curious Brad Hickey. Whole bunch Cabernet flooded with Nero d'Avola juice for carbonic ma...

  Such an easy slurp. Lunch time done easy.

  The brief was to produce a classic Provencal style Rosé and that box has been ticked with ease. Check this new release from Chateau Yaldar...

  A super Margaret River Chardonnay. Charismatic and sophisticated. 

  From a cooler 2017 vintage, this is a great fizz for the money.

  A tidy fizz to kick off your night. 

  Normally sourced from the Canberra district, the bushfires of 2020 put an end to that. The fruit for this release comes from the Yarra Val...

  Super fresh Preservative Free Shiraz coming at you. 

  A big sturdy Grenache in a big sturdy bottle. It reminds me of a fleet footed rugby centre spending the off-season at the buffet. 

  Curiosity got the better of me with this one. After reading headlines such as, "Best red wine in Australia," I had to see for my...

  "2019 was an exciting year for Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay," Simon Black says with spring in his step. He goes on, "Jus...

  I love the tension that you get with these Seville Estate Chardonnays. You tug at the rip chord in the hope of release but there's no ...

  Delicate rays of an afternoon sunset glow in the glass. So pretty on the eye. A great Chardonnay buy for the money.

  Flirtatious. Clever stuff from the Granite Belt Chardonnay Maestro that is Peter McGlashan.

  Ravens Croft's debut Nero d'Avola release made in the Joven style.