September brimmed with opportunities to taste top notch Australian wine, with many visiting producers. Unsurprisingly, my October Wines of the Month are...
Tag Archives: Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
First made in 1954, Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon celebrated its 60th release – the 2015 vintage – this year. ...
Last month Bellwether’s Sue Bell was in town to show her wines at her UK importer, Red Squirrel’s portfolio tasting. I knew...
Double barrel no longer extends just to the name Jacob’s Creek, but also to the winemaking process for a recently introduced Shiraz...
As they say, good wine is made in the vineyard. The success of Coonawarra with late ripener Cabernet Sauvignon is down to...
Yesterday, wine-searcher.com published my Q&A interview with Margaret River’s Cabernet queen, Vanya Cullen (here), to coincide with Cabernet Day. Caught me on...
Last year I was thrilled that The Great Wine Estates of Western Australia agreed to show their wines at The Circle of...
Winemaker Sue Hodder was over for the Australia Day tastings and presented a cross section of great vintages of Wynns Black Label...
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