When I joined Oddbins, if there was a name on everyone’s lips, it was d’Arenberg. Flagship Shiraz The Dead Arm was referred to in...
Tag Archives: Australian wine
Not heard of Mudgee? Though I had (it’s a wine region in New South Wales, Australia), I’d never tasted the wines. So...
Yesterday was as convivial a Monday as they come. A tasting followed by lunch with Penfolds’ urbane Chief Winemaker-cum-globetrotting ambassador, Peter Gago...
Spread across three sub-regions (Murrumbateman/Yass, Hall and the ACT and Bungendore/Lake George), Canberra District may have 140 vineyards and over 30 wineries but, in...
In recent years, Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays from Mornington Peninsula have really excited not just me, but also consumers to whom I’ve...
It’s day two of Brokenwood’s 40th birthday celebrations here in the Hunter Valley today and pretty much every wine they ever showed...
These last 2 days in Orange, New South Wales has really brought home the impact of elevation on vineyards. This cutting edge cool...
Not the usual picture (it’s the tasting room at London HQ), though I have visited Jacobs Creek Down Under twice. The first time, in...
Back from last week’s holidays in beautiful Teeside and I realise I’m becoming a twitcher. So much so, that I’m posting this...
My interest in wine really took off when I attended a wine tasting course with The Wine Education Service in the late 90s. ...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
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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
Hi Geoff, The Wine Soc do one offs. Maybe try contacting Clarke Foyster, Carlos Lucas' importer? V best Sarah