O’Leary Walker’s real reserve shirazes
‘Reserve’ wines should be exactly that: wines of superior quality that are reserved for release only in the best vintages.
Tag Archives: clare valley
Lemons and limes
Petaluma Hanlin Hill Riesling 2025, Clare Valley, AUD $38
Taylors reds score plenty of goals
Taylors Wines are among the most successful to come out of Australia. Taylors are big exporters and they are big wine show exhibitors.
Grenache spreads its wings
Where does grenache grow in Australia? Not many years ago you could answer this by listing the warmer climatic regions.
A cabernet form guide
Australia has many regions producing excellent cabernet sauvignon and cabernet blends. Here is Huon Hooke’s ‘form guide’ to cabernet in Australia.
One-Merit wines out-performing their price tags
This year, 354 wines hold One Merit status, 46 of them new entrants. It’s the One Merit tier Melissa Moore is going to dig into here, because that’s where a seriously good cellar gets built.
Greece’s native grapes explored in Sydney
Melissa Moore received an invitation to a Greek wine tasting hosted by Louella Mathews of Sommeliers Australia with Deja Vu Wine Co., under the title ‘Ancient Vines, Enduring Legacy—At the Heart of Indigenous Greece’.
Gold Ribbon Top Value riesling: the best $29 you’ll ever spend
There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when riesling meets the elevated glens of the Clare and Eden Valleys.
Juicy and bright
Jim Barry Watervale Riesling 2025, Clare Valley, AUD $23
Sweet Wine of the Year Australia: Rieslingfreak No. 8 Polish Hill River Schatzkammer Riesling 2025
Owners and winemakers John and Belinda Hughes are riesling obsessives, the name of their winery a testament to their single-minded infatuation with riesling.