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Giaconda and reflections on its place amidst a new vanguard of Chardonnay

By Fri, Jun 17, 2011 8:49AM UTC View Comments

Tasting a number of cool-climate Australian Chardonnays for a panel tasting allowed for reflection on the style of what is arguably the country’s most famous Chardonnay, Giaconda, celebrated soon after at a wine dinner. As I have said before, Australia is producing magnificent Chardonnays and it seemed appropriate to consider what appears a stylistic diversion...

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Wine of the Week: Curly Flat Pinot Noir 2007

By Fri, Feb 25, 2011 10:11AM UTC View Comments Wine of the Week: Curly Flat Pinot Noir 2007

Winemaker Phil Moraghan described his latest Pinot Noir as a manifest of extremes, meaning that ’07 saw severe cold (it snowed in the vineyard in November, late Spring in the southern hemisphere) punctuated by bursts of savage heat, unusual given that Macedon is the coldest grape-growing region on mainland Australia. Nevertheless, Phil believes that an...

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