Last week’s Wine Australia One Day Wine School showcased a couple of excellent 2011 New South Wales’ wines, whose grapes experienced rather...
Tag Archives: Australian Shiraz
I really cannot recall the last time a waiter asked that question. Black pepper is an everyday condiment these days and I...
I was mighty impressed with Powell & Son’s wines when I first tasted them with Dave Powell in 2016. So it was...
This week Decanter online published the results of a Value (sub-£20) Australian Shiraz panel tasting, just as I come to write up...
I kicked off my last (2009) report of a vertical of Clonakilla’s flagship wine with a question: ‘Shiraz Viognier blends – fine...
Next month I’ll be presenting a masterclass for Wine Australia looking at cool climate wines which, though from high altitude, fly under...
The Blackwell name is associated with St Hallett. Stuart Blackwell has been Senior Winemaker for decades. St Hallett’s Reserve Shiraz is even...
Of the classic top French grapes, for my taste/pocket, Syrah/Shiraz delivers bang for buck most consistently. (And I’m defining “bang” as perfume, flavour...
Wednesday’s post looked at Alex Head’s thrilling single vineyard ‘Blonde’ & ‘Brunette’ Barossa Shiraz. Sticking with the theme, today’s retro-post looks at...
Did anyone else experience lashings of shed envy watching Channel 4’s Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year? Well multiply that by...
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 Thomas - hoping, should the opportunity arise! Best Sarah
Dear Sarah Ahmed Are you planning or hoping to retaste/evaluate/update your view on 2011 Vintage Port at some stage ? Kind regards Thomas Stilling Denmark