Last month, Mitchell Taylor, MD of Wakefield Wines, presented a comprehensive low down about the challenges and opportunities of the 2020 vintage...
Tag Archives: Australian wine
Henschke Hill of Grace 2015 launches on 6th May. Expressive, very complete, I had a sneak preview of this stunning 54th release...
Just as the Western Australia Government announced the temporary closure of the Western Australian border, from midnight this Sunday, cheering news came...
Spoiled for choice, Wine Australia’s annual Australia Trade Tasting last month threw up lots of possibilities for this post. And I came...
Last week I reported (here) on Thistledown Wine Company’s success at McLaren Vale Wine Show. It bagged three trophies for Thistledown Vagabond...
Vinously speaking (how else?!?), I had my Large Hadron Collider experience this last fortnight – the perfect intersection of interests, as Australia,...
My last fortnight was most productively spent in McLaren Vale, judging at the McLaren Vale Wine Show 2019 then visiting with producers. ...
September brimmed with opportunities to taste top notch Australian wine, with many visiting producers. Unsurprisingly, my October Wines of the Month are...
It was good to catch up with Vanya Cullen yesterday. Surfing a wave of success, she flew into London from New York,...
It’s always a pleasure to receive a sample of Toby and Emmanuelle Bekkers’ ultra-refined wines. This latest sample was particularly keenly received...
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, great post, thank you very much! Looking forward to the other announced ones! Hope you are also going to review Pintas VP '18
Hi Wilfried, thanks for your comment - I couldn't agree more about Riesling and, like you, I'm a big Steingarten and Grosset fan. I'm […]