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August has been a torrid month weather-wise and in the metaphorical sense for one reason and another, so these vinous tonics went...
I could just as easily have left out the commas, but there is an embargo on publishing reviews of Henschke’s four single...
In Wine Australia’s latest webinar entitled “The many faces of Barossa Shiraz,” Mark Pygott MW focused on the role of the people, as opposed...
I’ve loved Aphelion’s and Bondar’s new wave McLaren Vale Grenaches, so it’s hardly surprising that I’m excited going from A to B...
Tasmanian grapes, especially Tasmanian Chardonnay grapes, are in high demand. The wines too. Fortunately, Wine Tasmania has afforded me three bites at...
Bagging Wine of Show at this year’s Barossa Wine Show (Saltram 2018 No 1 Shiraz) and McLaren Vale Show (Dandelion Vineyard Lion’s...
The first of two webinars I’m moderating for Wines of Western Australia focused on Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. Exchanges with the six...
This month I reported for Decanter on the most expensive wine (at launch) that I’ve tasted. At £1,000/bottle it’s stratospherically beyond mine...
It’s International Grenache Day today and I’ve been building up to it in style. In both senses of the word. Whether you...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
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Hi Sarah, Thanks for this great post! Reading your reviews makes me happy that I have a few bottles of (the regular) Noval from 2015 onwards!! All
Thanks for the suggestion. I know Lance Foyster quite well. However I have just found the Wine Society are now listing an Encruzado for £15.50