This month’s Imbibe magazine will feature my in depth look at Barossa Shiraz following up on my visit last July to this...
Tag Archives: Australian wine
They say that life’s too short to drink bad wine and, in my case, it’s most certainly too short to taste bad...
This year, I’ve shown Leeuwin Estate’s Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 twice. It was a big hit at a London International Wine...
Former St Hallett boys Matt Gant (winemaker) and John Retsas (marketeer, pictured) are “the players” behind First Drop wines. With a Shiraz...
Les Caves de Pyrene shows no signs of changing its name though the portfolio has long since extended beyond France. This tasting showed off its...
At the end of last month I caught up, at last, with David and Wendy Lloyd of Eldridge Estate, Red Hill, Mornington...
Torbreck’s Dave Powell is renowned for not pulling his punches and, though the photo suggests otherwise, I enjoyed his directness! It was...
Over the last two weeks I’ve posted links to my video interviews with several Australian producers about the 2011 vintage, assessing its...
So far, this week’s 2011 vintage reports have focused on New South Wales (Clonakilla) and Victoria ( with reports from William Downie,...
In my fourth video interview this week focused on Australia’s 2011 vintage, I talk to Steve Flamsteed of Innocent Bystander/Giant Steps about the...
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