In these sobering, belt-tightening times forget “wine women and song,” the phrase du jour is “women or wine, monogamy and alcohol!” At least...
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The Jordan Restaurant at Jordan Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, may have only been in business for a year, but it has already been...
It’s day two of Brokenwood’s 40th birthday celebrations here in the Hunter Valley today and pretty much every wine they ever showed...
After this morning’s vertical of flagship ILR Semillon we returned to the corrugated steel roofed barrel room after a bite of lunch...
Wow, I’m going to be buying some Hunter Semillons when I get back home! Of latest vintages, 2009 and 2005 are crackers,...
These last 2 days in Orange, New South Wales has really brought home the impact of elevation on vineyards. This cutting edge cool...
Last week at the Landmark Tutorial, Yalumba’s Director of Winemaking, Brian Walsh presented a session entitled “Single vineyards and sacred sites versus...
Today should be Australian Fine Wine Day! Wine Australia’s week long Landmark Tutorial, of which I have been a priviliged participant (the week’s...
The eyes may be on the footie here tomorrow (The AFL Grand Final), but South Australia scored a hatrick tonight at The...
So it’s the final day of Landmark. Yesterday’s sessions on Riesling, Pinot Noir and “Single Vineyards & Sacred Sites -v- Blending” were...
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