One of “Australia’s Best Kept Secrets” shot to prominence last week. If you’d been wondering where the first British woman to reach a...
Tag Archives: Coonawarra
Having just visited prime Australian Cabernet country (Coonawarra and Margaret River) I felt no little embarrassment when I realised I’d overlooked International...
During my visit to the Limestone Coast in September I made lots of new discoveries. I reckon Sue Bell’s Bellwether Cabernets from Coonawarra...
As they say, good wine is made in the vineyard. The success of Coonawarra with late ripener Cabernet Sauvignon is down to...
Last week, in an inteview with The Australian, Treasury Wine Estates CEO David Dearie quashed rumours that TWE is to hive off the...
We live in the so-called developed world and it seems we’ve gone development mad. Lately, I’ve posted blogs about plans to: build a...
Last year I was thrilled that The Great Wine Estates of Western Australia agreed to show their wines at The Circle of...
I’ve posted tasting notes of some terrific Australian verticals lately (de Bortoli, Shaw & Smith and Clonakilla). My wines of the month...
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