The bar has been relentlessly high this last couple of months in terms of Australian tasting samples. Lucky me. In April, I...
Tag Archives: Australian Shiraz
Spoiled for choice, Wine Australia’s annual Australia Trade Tasting last month threw up lots of possibilities for this post. And I came...
It’s always a pleasure to receive a sample of Toby and Emmanuelle Bekkers’ ultra-refined wines. This latest sample was particularly keenly received...
Visiting Margaret River last November, I received an intriguing email from David Hohnen AM, subject-matter “slip the leash.” The acclaimed winemaker has...
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote up a thrilling trio of new wave, finely honed, aromatic McLaren Vale Grenaches. Winemaker Emmanuelle...
Last week’s Wine Australia One Day Wine School showcased a couple of excellent 2011 New South Wales’ wines, whose grapes experienced rather...
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...
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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Great wrap-up on one of the most challenging vintages in living memory (for so many reasons). Thanks for sharing the stories and more about the amazing
Hi Sarah, great post, thank you very much! Looking forward to the other announced ones! Hope you are also going to review Pintas VP '18