James Bond had “DB III.” This is “WD III” – The Wine Detective website Mark III! Bond’s DB III was the Aston...
Tag Archives: Australian wine
The Australia Day Tasting (ADT) in London presented an opportunity to taste the latest top notch Art Series releases from leading Margaret...
It has been even more Portugal-focused than usual this last week or so. I’m back in Portugal for the second time in...
My mad March Wines of the Month hail from Australia. Why mad? Well I reckon The Wine Society have some mad as...
Last year I spoke at the Savour Australia conference in Adelaide on the topic of “Re-booting the UK, a mature market.” Beforehand...
Catching up with Geelong winemaker Ray Nadeson was a highlight of the Australia Day Tasting though, with his dazzling shirt (pictured), I...
After tasting through Yabby Lake’s range at the Australia Day Tasting it was the junior Red Claw Pinot Noir that made the...
The so-called Old World has always made much of the food-friendliness of its wines and its culture of drinking wines with food....
On Monday I wrote up the outstanding 2013 vintage of Mount Horrocks Cordon Cut Riesling – a stand out of last week’s...
It has been a while since I visited Western Australia’s Frankland Estate in Great Southern, so it was great to catch up...
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