During July’s heat spikes, refreshment was at a premium. According to the Met Office, we can expect more of the same in...
Tag Archives: Clare Valley Riesling
My December Wines of the Month are a contrasting pair from Australia – a Clare Valley Riesling and Rutherglen Muscat. What they...
September brimmed with opportunities to taste top notch Australian wine, with many visiting producers. Unsurprisingly, my October Wines of the Month are...
Eight years ago, I enjoyed my first taste of Pewsey Vale Riesling 1982. A marvel, which had been sealed under screwcap with...
I am going single varietal this month. It’s not unusual with Australia – especially having just been at at Riesling Downunder, where I...
Riesling is notoriously beloved by the wine trade, but something of a hard sell among end consumers. So it was reassuring to...
Andrew Mitchell has been making Riesling in the Clare Valley for 40 years. These days he has a helping hand from his...
Jeffery Grosset, Australia’s classic Riesling king, has described the 2014 vintage as “outstanding.” I’m not begging to differ. Rather it’s a case...
Remember the tagline “Australians wouldn’t give a XXXX for anything else,” from the 1980s/90s advertisements for Castlemaine beer? I’m surprised I do because...
It being the season of new growth, perhaps my April Wines of the Month should have been ingénues? However, I cannot help myself...
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