I've always been a fan of what Neil Prentice has set out to do. Is he a little unorthodox? Yes, and that's what I love about him....

And so the obsession with skin contact wine continues. It seems I can't leave the house these days without finding myself back home with...

Australian sparklings have never really lifted my skirt. Too many bottles of French fizz, down the old screech, has spoiled me a bit and...

Ten years ago, Chez Dre was at the top of its game, and you couldn't get a table for love or money on a Saturday morning. Stephen Sam and...

Like sand through the hourglass, the days of our lives continue, and our love for skin contact and minimal intervention wines is ever...

Not enough of us are talking Pinot Blanc. It makes creamy white wines, but it also makes crisp, delicious spring drinking wines and a few...

Fair to say, there is a hell of a lot of excitement in the Scoffer team about the emergence from what has been a very long winter. ...

There are some wines, immediately when you open them, you know were a passion project for the winemaker. Sure, you will argue, all wines...

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...

Geelong is often referred to as an emerging wine region, lesser known perhaps than its better known Victorian cousins. The Surf Coast...

Hand on heart, I don't get rum. I'm not a rum drinker thanks to an over exuberant indulgence at a B&S ball in my late teens. Drinking...

There is a lot of wine I like. A lot. And my taste wanders from finding quirky alternative varietals, to wandering back to robust and...

As my lockdown coping mechanisms dictate, this week I googled one of my favourite local breweries and purchased a selection of limited...

Tucked in a side street off Punt Road in Richmond, is the Rowena Corner Store. Some refer to it as a hipster heaven, but for me, it's...

We have written elsewhere on this site about the impact two generations of the Chalmers family have had on the entire alternative wine...

Do you have those days where you want to have a drink but haven't a clue what to drink? Beer seems wrong because it's only Tuesday and...

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...