September brimmed with opportunities to taste top notch Australian wine, with many visiting producers. Unsurprisingly, my October Wines of the Month are...
My Wines of the Month
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Last month was a fertile month for tastings but two wines particularly caught my attention. One for the first time. The other,...
My April Wines of the Month are made by power couples and next gen winemakers – one of whom went into the...
A week in Portugal – two wine fairs, four days in Lisboa – threw up plenty of candidates for my March Wines...
Wine Australia’s annual Australia Trade Tasting, which kicks off my year, is always fertile ground for my Wines of the Month. Seasonally,...
Not all icons cost an arm and a leg. I dub one of my November Wines of the Month Australia’s Grand Cru...
With so many Australian wine tastings last month, it has been exceptionally tough to single out my Wines of the Month. In...
My September Wines of the Month are young but sophisticated, surely with long lives ahead. With terroir in spades, they scream right...
My August Wines of the Month are two sensual beauties, with terrific mouthfeel and complexity. Mouthfeel might suggest weighty but, fresh and...
It’s July, it’s scorching so I know, I know, Vintage Port. But then this post is all about being smitten, not seasonal. ...
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 Paul, thanks for the feedback. I'm not travelling so more limited tasting opportunities than usual - especially for the smaller players/quintas. If
Thanks for the feedback Leiv. You might enjoy this report on a Cape Mentelle vertical, back to 1993 - https://thewinedetective.co.uk/blog/margaret-river-cape-mentelle-cabernet-sauvignon-vertical-1993-2014