Last week I reported (here) on Thistledown Wine Company’s success at McLaren Vale Wine Show. It bagged three trophies for Thistledown Vagabond...
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Vinously speaking (how else?!?), I had my Large Hadron Collider experience this last fortnight – the perfect intersection of interests, as Australia,...
My last fortnight was most productively spent in McLaren Vale, judging at the McLaren Vale Wine Show 2019 then visiting with producers. ...
It’s always a pleasure to receive a sample of Toby and Emmanuelle Bekkers’ ultra-refined wines. This latest sample was particularly keenly received...
I have greatly enjoyed the Grenaches I have tasted from the unusually cool 2017 vintage. Toby and Emmanuelle Bekkers’ Grenache is a...
Wine Australia’s annual Australia Trade Tasting, which kicks off my year, is always fertile ground for my Wines of the Month. Seasonally,...
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%...
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote up a thrilling trio of new wave, finely honed, aromatic McLaren Vale Grenaches. Winemaker Emmanuelle...
Friday, 21st September is International Grenache Day, so why not raise a toast to this variety’s exciting turn around in Australia? Here...
In my last McLaren Vale post I focused on the South Australian region’s new wave Grenache. Thrilling stuff. But an old timer...
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, great post, thank you very much! Looking forward to the other announced ones! Hope you are also going to review Pintas VP '18
Hi Wilfried, thanks for your comment - I couldn't agree more about Riesling and, like you, I'm a big Steingarten and Grosset fan. I'm […]