I wasn’t in the least surprised to read that The Lane Restaurant in Hahndorf, Adelaide Hills has been included in The Australian...
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What’s in a name? In Onannon, three names and a pun (or was my leg being pulled?) As for what’s in the...
While the Hanigan family, 3rd generation growers at Derwent Estate, have put their back into vamping up their winemaking capability since my...
The annual London Australia Day Tasting (“ADT”) and satellite tastings which surround it presented no shortage of candidates for this post. Not...
This year I tasted Eileen Hardy Chardonnay over its entire 30 year life span. A memorable tasting. And not just for me judging...
Eileen Hardy Chardonnay is 30 years old this year. A brilliant excuse for this eye-opening, unrepeatable vertical (old stocks are too depleted),...
Though founded more than a decade after Petaluma in 1989, Shaw + Smith have been one of Adelaide Hills’ modern pioneers. It’s...
I’m dreaming of a white August. These two whites set my pulse running last month. The first, Eileen Hardy Chardonnay 2009,...
If the cool confines of Julian Castagna’s light and airy kitchen provided respite from March’s searing heat, neighbour Rick Kinzbrunner’s underground cellar at...
While the Hunter Valley can take credit for producing Australia’s first commercial release of Chardonnay (Tyrrell’s Vat 47 ‘Pinot Chardonnay’ 1971), it...
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