This 2021 Tarrawarra Estate Barbera is the kind of wine that sidles up to you at a dinner party, whispers something naughty and then proceeds to charm the pants off everyone in the room. 

Standing this up against a local Pinot makes for some interesting tasting.

Many of the winemakers I know are deeply thoughtful and intense individuals, committed to their incredible craft, and singularly focused...

It's fair to say that I am a bit of a whore for a Yarra Valley Pinot Noir. Subtlety and complexity abound, and the hallmarks of bright...

Dom Valentine, formerly of the Yarra Valley's Oakridge, Giant Steps, and WA's Xanadu and Leeuwin Estate, developed his skills further in...

Can one Rosé be a winner for everyone? Whenever Rosé is mentioned in my circles, there are conflicting views of what it is - and its...

I have the luxury of hoofing back and forth to the Yarra Valley, in Melbourne's far outer east. Its annoying for Yarra Valley business,...

There is no such thing as perfection in wine. The moment you reach your personal nirvana, a new level has been arrived at elsewhere. In...