Bandicoot Run Pinot Noir 2023 Review
This wine is from tiny producer Bandicoot Run in Longwarry in west Gippsland, Australia. While dairy country and a vast […]
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Bass Phillip Estate Pinot Noir 2021 Review
This is an interesting Bass Phillip pinot noir from the 2021 vintage. Bass Phillip, the leading Gippsland producer, is now
William Downie Gippsland Pinot Noir 2013
This is a high quality pinot noir from William Downie and the (very large) Gippsland wine region in Victoria. Gippsland
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Lucinda Estate Circa 1990 South Gippsland Pinot Noir 2015
A first wine for me from this producer, and a good one. Lucinda Estate in South Gippsland have fashioned a
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An old book and a few Gippsland wines from Nicholson River Winery, Sarsfield Estate and Cannibal Creek
Wineries in Gippsland? I asked with incredulity. Yes indeed, came the response, although no one appeared to have more than
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Domaine de Bellene Maison Dieu Bourgogne 2014; blind tasting and label thoughts
This is a delicious Bourgogne from Domaine de Bellene. Before I get to the wine, I took away a few
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A couple of Victorian pinot noirs
There are so many interesting styles of pinot noir coming out of Victoria at the moment. I would be curious
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A set of older chardonnays compared and contrasted
I recently tasted a set of older chardonnays upstairs at Cumulus in Melbourne. The same grape from three different very
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The McAlister 2006
Fresh from my glowing review of the 2010 vintage of The McAlister reviewed here (see also the 2005 reviewed here),