I was due to judge at The Limestone Coast Wine Show in October, so my November Wines of the Month – two...
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September brimmed with opportunities to taste top notch Australian wine, with many visiting producers. Unsurprisingly, my October Wines of the Month are...
Bellwether Wines need no introduction on these pages. I first encountered them and the brand’s dynamic but super-grounded founder/ winemaker, Sue Bell,...
Spring had sprung when I visited Australia last month, destination the Limestone Coast. As had some rather spiffing ‘Spring release’ 2017 reds. ...
For the last eight days I’ve been focused on the Limestone Coast, with three days of producer visits in Coonawarra and Wrattonbully,...
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...
I’ll be judging at the Limestone Coast Show in Coonawarra this October and have been limbering up rather nicely tasting samples of...
I enjoyed a pretty classy week of tasting samples from Coonawarra last month for a terroir-focused feature on this famous South Australian region with 15...
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