When I joined Oddbins, if there was a name on everyone’s lips, it was d’Arenberg. Flagship Shiraz The Dead Arm was referred to in...
Tag Archives: Australian fine wine
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...
Yesterday’s Landmark session culminated in a rarified line up of 21 Australian groundbreaking wines from the 1950s to the present day. Andrew Caillard MW of...
Cousins Michael Hill-Smith MW and Martin Shaw started making wine together in the Adelaide Hills under their Shaw & Smith label in 1989. The...
Although it was formed in 1996, it was only following my third visit to Western Australia in 2008 that I learned of...
Langtons is the leading wine auction house in Australia and produces a classification of top Aussie kit based on auction performance over...
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