I caught up with Pinot Noir specialist Bill Downie in the week who reckons it’s high time Australian wines were not referenced...
Tag Archives: Australian Chardonnay
At the end of last month I caught up, at last, with David and Wendy Lloyd of Eldridge Estate, Red Hill, Mornington...
Gary and Nick Farr (pictured) are the father and son team behind By Farr in Geelong, Victoria. At last year’s Landmark tutorial Michael Hill-Smith...
Last night Penfolds Reserve Bin 09A 2009 from the Adelaide Hills, South Australia was crowned Champion White wine of the International Wine Challenge (click...
My white August Wine of the Month is a Margaret River Chardonnay and here’s another beaut, also from the Wilyabrup region, plus...
I’ve just posted my notes (here) of last week’s vertical tasting of Ten Minutes By Tractor’s Pinot Noir presented by owner, Martin Spedding, which...
Decanter’s March edition features an Australian Chardonnay panel tasting in which I participated and, to whet your appetite, you’ll find a taster...
Today and tomorrow I’ll be judging Australian Chardonnays for a Decanter panel tasting. It’s a variety that still suffers from outmoded prejudices...
In recent years, Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays from Mornington Peninsula have really excited not just me, but also consumers to whom I’ve...
Back from last week’s holidays in beautiful Teeside and I realise I’m becoming a twitcher. So much so, that I’m posting this...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
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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
Hi Geoff, The Wine Soc do one offs. Maybe try contacting Clarke Foyster, Carlos Lucas' importer? V best Sarah