Following my great Grenache round up last October Giles Cooke MW dropped me a line to suggest I take a look...
Tag Archives: Barossa
Wolf Blass (the man) used to be known as “the master blender” but, as the brand’s Chief Winemaker points out, “when...
Back in my Oddbins’ days Elderton Command Shiraz lived up to its name. It commanded terrific respect among Oddbinites, staff and customers...
It has been even more Portugal-focused than usual this last week or so. I’m back in Portugal for the second time in...
This month’s Imbibe magazine will feature my in depth look at Barossa Shiraz following up on my visit last July to this...
Torbreck’s Dave Powell is renowned for not pulling his punches and, though the photo suggests otherwise, I enjoyed his directness! It was...
This week I’ll be posting more video interviews with Australian winemakers about the 2011 vintage, focused on the Barossa, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley...
In synch with Hugh Fearnley’-Whittingstall’s revelation he now eats little or no meat and fish (see here), Fiona Beckett focused on vegetarian...
This week in the Barossa one of my areas of focus has been food and wine matching. So how thrilled was I...
I’m back in Adelaide tonight after three days in the Barossa. My last appointment today was with Ian Hongell at Peter Lehmann...
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