Cape Mentelle’s Estate Director Cameron Murphy was in town last month and took the opportunity to present a vertical tasting of Cape...
Tag Archives: Australian wine
Lower key and more intimate than usual, The Penfolds Collection 2018 UK press preview with Peter Gago took the form of a...
With so many Australian wine tastings last month, it has been exceptionally tough to single out my Wines of the Month. In...
Changes are afoot at McHenry Hohnen. David Hohnen has officially retired from winemaking for the Margaret River label he co-founded. Taking on...
My September Wines of the Month are young but sophisticated, surely with long lives ahead. With terroir in spades, they scream right...
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote up a thrilling trio of new wave, finely honed, aromatic McLaren Vale Grenaches. Winemaker Emmanuelle...
Having tasted barrel samples, it’s always fascinating to taste the finished article. This month, I got re-acquainted with 2016 Pinot Noirs and...
Friday, 21st September is International Grenache Day, so why not raise a toast to this variety’s exciting turn around in Australia? Here...
With this prolonged hot spell of weather, I’m drawn to wines with a lightness and energy about them. As I waited for...
In September, Mornington Peninsula winemakers will be visiting London again to showcase signature varieties Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Burgundy’s grapes perform extremely...
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 Geoffrey, Vale da Capucha are imported by Les Caves de Pyrene and Indigo. Susana Esteban is imported by Raymond Reynolds.
Sorry for the slow reply Robin- if I'm not too late, Prova wine bar is very good - https://prova.com.pt/