It’s International Grenache Day today. As readers well know, I’m a huge fan of new wave Australian Grenache, of which McLaren Vale...
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Last week I reported (here) on Thistledown Wine Company’s success at McLaren Vale Wine Show. It bagged three trophies for Thistledown Vagabond...
It’s International Grenache Day today. Attesting to the grape’s growing popularity down under (and over here, with exports up of Australian Grenache up 30%...
My September Wines of the Month are young but sophisticated, surely with long lives ahead. With terroir in spades, they scream right...
Friday, 21st September is International Grenache Day, so why not raise a toast to this variety’s exciting turn around in Australia? Here...
Ten years apart, poles apart stylistically and, indeed, some 17,000km apart, my April Wines of the Month are a contrasting pair. But...
On Tuesday, I presented a McLaren Vale ‘Grenache Greats’ Masterclass at Prowein in Dusseldorf on behalf of McLaren Vale Grape Wine & Tourism...
This year I’m presenting Margaret River 50th Anniversary masterclasses at the annual Australia Day Tastings in London, Edinburgh and Dublin, the latter...
On Tuesday I was in Belfast co-presenting a One Day Wine School for Wine Australia. Among our new wave wines, we showed...
Since I tasted the first 2013 Thistledown Vagabond Grenache (reviewed here), it has evolved into a single vineyard Blewitt Springs Grenache (the 2013...
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 Paul, thanks for the feedback. I'm not travelling so more limited tasting opportunities than usual - especially for the smaller players/quintas. If
Thanks for the feedback Leiv. You might enjoy this report on a Cape Mentelle vertical, back to 1993 - https://thewinedetective.co.uk/blog/margaret-river-cape-mentelle-cabernet-sauvignon-vertical-1993-2014