Until Tuesday, I’d tasted Head Wines once and once only. Though I’d read much about them, they were not exported to the...
Tag Archives: Barossa
Last week I reported (here) on Thistledown Wine Company’s success at McLaren Vale Wine Show. It bagged three trophies for Thistledown Vagabond...
It’s International Grenache Day today. Attesting to the grape’s growing popularity down under (and over here, with exports up of Australian Grenache up 30%...
I was mighty impressed with Powell & Son’s wines when I first tasted them with Dave Powell in 2016. So it was...
I was introduced to Eperosa’s Brett Grocke by Grant Dickson, co-owner of Fermentasian, a fabulous Vietnamese restaurant in the Barossa. Dickson presides...
This week Decanter online published the results of a Value (sub-£20) Australian Shiraz panel tasting, just as I come to write up...
Hyperbole? Not at all. I am all too aware that it is a great privilege to taste rare and iconic Barossa museum...
Double barrel no longer extends just to the name Jacob’s Creek, but also to the winemaking process for a recently introduced Shiraz...
Inevitably, fortified wines played a role during December’s festivities. I must admit I feel like I’ve been hankering for more of Blandy’s...
How do I love thee Australian Semillon? Let me count the ways. For dry, firm long lived styles, the Hunter Valley is,...
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 Billie, the style is dry, but given your medical condition and vintages vary & sometimes producers change the style, I'd recommend you check with […]
Hello Sarah, […]