Cullen Wines celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. I cannot believe that a decade has passed since I was in Wilyabrup, Margaret...
Tag Archives: Australian Cabernet Sauvignon
I was due to judge at The Limestone Coast Wine Show in October, so my November Wines of the Month – two...
The bar has been relentlessly high this last couple of months in terms of Australian tasting samples. Lucky me. In April, I...
Cape Mentelle’s Estate Director Cameron Murphy was in town last month and took the opportunity to present a vertical tasting of Cape...
I’ll be judging at the Limestone Coast Show in Coonawarra this October and have been limbering up rather nicely tasting samples of...
The annual London Australia Day Tasting (“ADT”) and satellite tastings which surround it presented no shortage of candidates for this post. Not...
I enjoyed a pretty classy week of tasting samples from Coonawarra last month for a terroir-focused feature on this famous South Australian region with 15...
From the off, Margaret River’s pioneers aimed high, swiftly making their mark on the Australian wine show circuit (read all about it...
The festive period is a great excuse to dig deep in the cellar and pull some vinous Christmas crackers. Take this mini-vertical...
My recent trip to Western Australia uncovered a heap of new talent. Michael Staniford can hardly be described as new to the...
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