Last month, Mitchell Taylor, MD of Wakefield Wines, presented a comprehensive low down about the challenges and opportunities of the 2020 vintage...
Tag Archives: Clare Valley
September brimmed with opportunities to taste top notch Australian wine, with many visiting producers. Unsurprisingly, my October Wines of the Month are...
Clare Valley is best known for its Rieslings but I’m a fan of the region’s Semillons too. Like the Rieslings, vibrant acidity...
Andrew Mitchell has been making Riesling in the Clare Valley for 40 years. These days he has a helping hand from his...
Cloud. Rain. Not quite the weather we expected to encounter on day 1 of Arblaster & Clarke’s vintage tour of South Australia...
When I visited Grosset back in 2008, there was talk of Fiano. This year, he has released the first fruits of his...
It took me a while to realise that my chauffeur from Ochota Barrels in Adelaide Hills to Clare Valley was my host...
Last month I presented a Grenache masterclass for Wine Australia. The variety may only represent around 1% of Australia’s crush, however premium...
Handwritten notes seem to be the preferred method of communication of Clare Valley winemakers these days. Wakefield loses points for no chocolate...
In pursuit of Grenache I discovered one of my Wines of the Month, Adelina Grenache 2012 (Clare Valley) at the recent Australia Day...
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, great post, thank you very much! Looking forward to the other announced ones! Hope you are also going to review Pintas VP '18
Hi Wilfried, thanks for your comment - I couldn't agree more about Riesling and, like you, I'm a big Steingarten and Grosset fan. I'm […]