I recently reviewed Moorooduc Estate’s current and forthcoming releases for Decanter Premium, additionally penning a producer profile. It was good to catch...
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Conducted at breakneck speed, my report on September’s Mornington Peninsula Masterclass focuses on my tasting notes. This year, the visiting vignerons elected...
With so many Australian wine tastings last month, it has been exceptionally tough to single out my Wines of the Month. In...
In September, Mornington Peninsula winemakers will be visiting London again to showcase signature varieties Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Burgundy’s grapes perform extremely...
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will…,” pronounced the heroine...
In last Friday’s post I wrote up Garry Crittenden Big Chair Pinot Noir 2016. Crittenden’s son Rollo shares his father’s adventurous spirit...
Great wine is art, craft and, oh yes, graft. All words which well describe Garry Crittenden’s contribution to the genre. So Big...
I saw red last month. Not just in terms of my most memorable wines of the month, but also having heard various...
What’s in a name? In Onannon, three names and a pun (or was my leg being pulled?) As for what’s in the...
On Monday I wrote up May’s Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir Masterclass. Continuing on the theme of evolution, this vertical of 10 Minutes by...
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