G’day, I’m the Plonk Punter, just a Neville Nobody with an internet connection and  enough wine knowledge to be dangerous. 

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I’m not a winemaker and I'm certainly not a sommelier. I don’t have any qualifications hanging on the wall and my authority and industry-cred sits somewhere between nada and eff-all. In fact, my friends and family describe me as an absolute peanut with too much time on my hands.

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Plonk Punter is just an amateur Dad n' Dave show run by a guy who genuinely loves wine. Over time I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of discovering what makes wine interesting - the regions, the producers, the stories behind the bottles, and the thrill of decoding those 'too good to miss' 98 point online mystery boxes.

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Plonk Punter is about enjoying wine without all the bullshit. It's about experiencing new drops of deliciousness and taking a punt on some interesting old and new world vino.

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I’ll hunt down rare gems, dive into mystery cases, try the wines everyone’s talking about (and plenty they’re not), and give you my completely honest opinion.

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No pretending I’m some kind of wine conniseur. No telling you a wine tastes like “a damp forest floor after a spring shower”. or the "warm sweat from a leather Vespa seat" You'll not find any pencil shavings or graphite here.

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Crack a vino, pour a glass and have a read. Feel free to drop me a line to have a yarn.

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Cheers!