Last Monday I had the pleasure of presenting five mini-vertical flights of top Australian Pinot Noir from the Yarra Valley and Mornington...
Tag Archives: Pinot Noir
September is the start of the tasting season for the UK wine trade. A glut of trade tastings at home and last...
Despite the pocket-sized nature of its wine industry, Tasmania has been extremely successful at attracting substantial mainland investment. Accolade Wines own Bay...
Last week I reported (here) on the Yarra Valley Chardonnay masterclass presented by Phil Sexton (Giant Steps/Innocent Bystander) at Wine Australia’s Independence...
Perfumed and silky, Pinot Noir reds are as summery as they come but, given how wet and cold it’s been, I’m thinking...
1997 was the year wine got under my skin. And, after my first wine tasting course had finished if you’d asked me...
The Landmark Tutorial 2010: Australian Pinot Noir, no Usain Bolt but fast catching up with very best
We stole our first glimpse of great Australian Pinot Noir (By Farr Sangreal Pinot Noir 2007 Geelong, Victoria) during Michael Hill-Smith MW’s...
Take a dozen Pinot Noirs, taste blind and stir, the people not the Pinot, and you’ve got a winning formula on your...
Yesterday I reported on a tasting with Mac Forbes (here) for whom Pinot Noir is the “Holy Grail.” For him, Pinot Noir nirvana...
Yes, no mistakes there. Egon Müller, the German Riesling supremo is making Riesling in Australia’s Adelaide Hills and Western Australia’s iconic Margaret...
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