What is already on this site?
• Thousands of independent wine reviews from across Australia and New Zealand
• Background on most wine regions in Australia and New Zealand
• Photos from our cellar door and wine show visits
• Guide to Australasian Wine Varieties and Styles (even the obscure ones)
• Tips on Matching Food and Wine, Serving Wine and Wine Tasting
• Up to date calendar of national and regional wine shows open to ordinary punters
Finding wineries and wine reviews on this site
If you're looking for a winery, a wine region or wine review in Australia or New Zealand, go to the regions section. If you want to learn about wine...then go to that section....getting the picture yet? If you don't know in which region a winery is located then go the Search section and it will take you to our A-Z winery listing that will tell you where it is located.
86 new reviews from 44 wineries - April 2012 tastings (plus a few older ones I got around to writing up after last months blockbuster)
Adelaide Hills (SA) Penfolds, Petaluma, Shaw and Smith
Barossa Valley (SA) Dandelion Vineyards, Peter Lehmann
Bendigo (Vic) Avonmore, Balgownie Estate, Belvoir Park, Bullock Creek, Burnt Acre, Harcourt Valley, Leamon Estate, Mandurang Valley, Newbridge, Passing Clouds, Rivergate, Waterwheel
Central Otago (NZ) Peregrine
Eden Valley (SA) Dandelion Vineyards, Mountadam, Peter Lehmann
Geelong (Vic) Scotchman's Hill
Glenrowan (Vic) Auldstone
Great Southern (WA) Frankland Estate, Howard Park
King Valley (Vic) John Gehrig
Macedon Ranges (Vic) Curly Flat
Margaret River (WA) Devil's Lair, Howard Park, Pierro, Vasse Felix
Marlborough (NZ) Dog Point
Mornington Peninsula (Vic) Kooyong Estate, Stonier, Yabby Lake
North Otago (NZ) Ostler, Pasquale
Orange (NSW) Printhie
Pemberton (WA) Picardy
Port Phillip Zone (Vic) Shadowfax
Rutherglen (Vic) All Saints, Morris, Rutherglen Estates
Upper Goulburn (Vic) Kinloch
Wellington (NZ) Murdoch James
Yarra Valley (Vic) Balgownie Estate, Boat O'Craigo
What is GenXYwines?
Welcome to the GenXY Wines website and feel free to browse the thousands of wine reviews already loaded (click on the regions section and follow the drop bar menu).
What we are building is one of Australasia's (Australia and New Zealand) largest free to access, independent wine review and education sites.
It is written by ordinary (albeit passionate) wine consumers to provide frank hype-free advice to other wine consumers - and we aren't trying to flog you any particular brands.
We are also getting around to all the wine regions across Australasia to visit and photograph the winery cellar doors and regional highlights to help punters decide for themselves which are the best to visit.
The site also contains educational tips on the 100 or so varieties used in Australasia, serving wine, matching food and wine, wine tasting, and the history and main features of Australasia's wine regions.
We hope that you find this site useful. Additional features and wineries are on their way.
Note: As mentioned above we dont sell wine - our business is talking about wine. We have had recent issues with hackers trying to get into our e-mail accounts. Do not forward your money or credit card details to anyone claiming to be from this site as it is probably some fraud.
Explanation of GenXY Wine Review Rankings
(*****) National or regional benchmark for variety, gold medal standard, a prima donna that demands worship
(****1/2) Outstanding quality and style, silver medal standard
(****) Stands out from the pack, bronze medal standard
(***1/2) Better than average, good varietal expression or interesting innovation
(***) The Pack, solid boutique wine making level showing consistent varietal expression and free of faults, generally will complement rather than dominate food
(**1/2) Competent winemaking at the bulk commercial wine level, price is important, late night drinking after you have drunk the more expensive stuff
(** and less) Showing technical faults or nasty edges, only buy to give to people you really don’t like
New Feature: Our Most Highly Rated Wines From 2011
I have gone through the notes on the 2150 wines I have tried in the 2011 review cycle (technically from late 2010 to Nov 2011) and have provided a full listing of all the four star and above rated wines according to varietal or style categories. To see the 2011 listing click here: GenXY Recommended Wines From 2011
Our Wine of the Week
Penfolds Grange 2007 (South Australia, see Penfolds entry under Adelaide Super-Zone), the new release is sourced from Barossa, McLaren Vale and Magill Estate, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon input, the drought conditions across the state led to severe frosts at flowering and extreme heat during vintage so this was never going to be a classic, however, careful fruit selection and multi-region blending has ensured that it still has plenty of brambly Grange character and tightness, deep set blueberry, prune and blackberry pastille with complex cola, liquorice, leather, bay leaf and moroccan spice notes, vibrant acidity, the American oak brings rich roast coffee/bitter chocolate/malt aspects alongside the firm, grainy tea-like tannins (****1/2) $A$479 although have seen it cheaper in some places Drink: 2025+
Our Winery Tour Photos: You can click on the pictures below to go straight to winery page and additional photos
The Adelaide Cellar Door Festival in late Feb 2012. The weekend festival features over 150 SA wineries in the Adelaide Convention Centre
Patrick Carmody at Craiglee which hosted the 2011 Sunbury Region Wine Show (Vic)
Our visit to the Jasper Hill new release open weekend (Heathcote, Vic)