Last month I presented a Grenache masterclass for Wine Australia. The variety may only represent around 1% of Australia’s crush, however premium...
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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...
When I taste Jeffrey Grosset’s Rieslings, though I’m sure their tremendous purity and vigour is the perfect cobweb cleaner, I like to feel grounded,...
In the second of this week’s video interviews with Australian winemakers about the 2011 vintage, I speak with Stephanie Toole of Mount...
I fully expected to be bowled over by the highly accomplished Rieslings for which this region is famous, even the Shiraz, for...
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