Sarah Ahmed – The Wine Detective

At last year’s Australia Day tasting, varietal tables for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay reinforced how a new generation of winemakers are really starting to get under the skin of these Burgundian varieties (you can find my notes here).

This year, I made a bee-line for Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley producers who are leading the charge  – click here for tasting notes of all my favourite wines.  The name of the first producer  – Ten Minutes by Tractor – tells something of the story.  It’s about detail, working with individual parcels or vineyards, rather than adopting a melting pot approach.