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Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select: California’s Finest Cabernet...
Wine critic James Suckling recalls a very special tasting he attended in Florence in 2006. The 1997 and 2001 vintages of top Californian cult wines, drawn from the cellar of Bordeaux Chateau owner and...
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The Joy of Drinking Aged Wines
Before I boarded the bus to Orange, I enjoyed some terrific aged wines over lunch at the Wine and Food Society of NSW. One of my favourites was the Leasingham Classic Clare Cabernet Sauvignon 1992....
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Harlan Estate Proprietary Red Wine – Close to Immortality in a Glass!
“Close to Immortality in a glass” was how the Wine Advocate’s critic Robert Parker characterised the critically acclaimed 1994 vintage of the Harlan Estate Proprietary Red Wine. 1994 is one of five...
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Mollydooker Carnival of Love Shiraz 2005: ‘Surprisingly’ good drinking Seven...
The reasons for America’s fading love affair with Australian wines in recent years have been much discussed. At the bottom end, the predominance of the so-called ‘critter’ brands unfairly created an...
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Reviews for Penfolds Grange 2007
Reviews for the Penfolds Grange 2007 are starting to trickle in. As you may recall, the 2006 Grange was a stellar vintage. Andrew Caillard MW of Langton’s gave the wine a perfect score of 100 points,...
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Mount Mary Quintet: The Quintessential Cabernet Blend
When I was reading Jay McInerney’s article on Paso Robles blends, I couldn’t help thinking about Australia’s most renowned blended wine, the Mount Mary Vineyard Quintet Cabernets. Justin Smith of...
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Can you guess how many Australian wines have been awarded 100 ‘Parker Points’?
Wine Scores: What they’re all About? Before I reveal the magic number, a few observations about wine scores. British wine critic Jancis Robinson MW, who uses a 20 point scale, has commented that she’s...
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The 20 Australian Wines with a Perfect 100 point Robert Parker score
After writing my last post, Can you guess how many wines have received a 100 ‘Parker Points’, I was thinking a lot about the usefulness of wine scores. I came across a really interesting quote from...
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Decoding the Language of Wine: A Few Terms Explained!
In my previous post, The 20 Wines with a Perfect 100 Point Robert Parker Score, I suggested that wine scores were useful because, as the Decanter wine critic Andrew Jefford explained, “the language of...
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50 Wines to Try in 2013: No. 3 Chateau Pontet-Canet – A Brilliant Biodynamic...
You wouldn’t normally think that Château Pontet-Canet, a fifth-growth chateaux in Bordeaux, would be one of the leading examples of what the Wine Advocate’s Robert Parker describes as “profound...
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