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Wine TwinsCurated by Nicolas

Journal

Longer notes on the wines I keep coming back to, the regions worth knowing, and the questions I get asked most.

Rows of dormant winter vines at Sandhurst Ridge running towards the red-roofed winery buildings, with a dirt track and an olive grove along the right-hand side

Still a Dark Horse at Sandhurst Ridge

A Bendigo winery selling nine-year-old Shiraz for thirty dollars, which changed hands last year and appears not to have changed at all.

Five Whistling Eagle bottles lined up on a table before the tasting, from the 2021 Eagles Blood Shiraz through to the 2024 GSM

A Second Look at Whistling Eagle

A $10 Wednesday tasting in a Bendigo bank building, five wines from a Heathcote family winery, and the Sangiovese I scored too low two years ago.

The main room at Prince Wine Store during the tasting, rows of bottles in the foreground and a crowd gathered at the far end beneath a chandelier made of wine glasses

Not the Usual Suspects at Prince Wine Store

A walk-around tasting of lesser known grapes at Prince Wine Store, and why the cheaper bottles told the better story.

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