My New Year kicks off with something of a Western Australian focus. I’ll be presenting three Chardonnay and Cabernet-focused 50th Anniversary Margaret...
Tag Archives: Australian wine
The festive period is a little more focused around drinking than tasting, but why not push the boat out and do both? ...
Bellwether Wines need no introduction on these pages. I first encountered them and the brand’s dynamic but super-grounded founder/ winemaker, Sue Bell,...
I was introduced to Eperosa’s Brett Grocke by Grant Dickson, co-owner of Fermentasian, a fabulous Vietnamese restaurant in the Barossa. Dickson presides...
In last Friday’s post I wrote up Garry Crittenden Big Chair Pinot Noir 2016. Crittenden’s son Rollo shares his father’s adventurous spirit...
Great wine is art, craft and, oh yes, graft. All words which well describe Garry Crittenden’s contribution to the genre. So Big...
Arresting impression, abiding memory. My mind (as if still tickled by my taste buds) keeps returning to this White Wine of Show...
Spring had sprung when I visited Australia last month, destination the Limestone Coast. As had some rather spiffing ‘Spring release’ 2017 reds. ...
For the last eight days I’ve been focused on the Limestone Coast, with three days of producer visits in Coonawarra and Wrattonbully,...
First made in 1954, Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon celebrated its 60th release – the 2015 vintage – this year. ...
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