My February visit with Yarra Valley Wine Women provided an opportunity for an extensive tasting with Sarah Crowe at Yarra Yering in...
Tag Archives: Australian wine
In my last McLaren Vale post I focused on the South Australian region’s new wave Grenache. Thrilling stuff. But an old timer...
Ten years apart, poles apart stylistically and, indeed, some 17,000km apart, my April Wines of the Month are a contrasting pair. But...
On Tuesday, I presented a McLaren Vale ‘Grenache Greats’ Masterclass at Prowein in Dusseldorf on behalf of McLaren Vale Grape Wine & Tourism...
I was mighty impressed with Powell & Son’s wines when I first tasted them with Dave Powell in 2016. So it was...
In honour of International Women’s Day, I give you portraits of two ladies – Yarra Valley Wine Women, Caroline Mooney and Kate Goodman. You...
I am going single varietal this month. It’s not unusual with Australia – especially having just been at at Riesling Downunder, where I...
I hadn’t appreciated quite how lucky I was to visit Wantirna Estate until (a) I saw the tiny barrel cellar and (b)...
It has been a hectic but rewarding last week attending all three Australia Day Tastings in London, Edinburgh and Dublin to present...
With Australia Day Tastings x three for me (I was presenting Margaret River Masterclasses in London, Edinburgh & Dublin), I had plenty...
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 Donna - lucky you, living in Sintra and close to Bairrada. So much going on. And thanks for your feedback too -
Hi Sarah, I so enjoyed finding this, what great wine writing! I had all but given up reading wine blogs, laden as they are with […]