This month I reported for Decanter on the most expensive wine (at launch) that I’ve tasted. At £1,000/bottle it’s stratospherically beyond mine...
Tag Archives: Semillon
How do I love thee Australian Semillon? Let me count the ways. For dry, firm long lived styles, the Hunter Valley is,...
Clare Valley is best known for its Rieslings but I’m a fan of the region’s Semillons too. Like the Rieslings, vibrant acidity...
Following last year’s post about the Old Vine Masterclass which I chaired for Wine Australia, a wine club client asked if I’d...
Robert Hill-Smith’s blood was up when he spoke recently at Negociant UK’s 25th anniversary party about Australian wine and the UK trade....
In Wednesday’s post I looked at a Madeira variety, Verdelho, which flourishes in Australia. Today, I’m writing up a South Australian wine...
This time next week I shall be in Hunter Valley heaven. How delighted was I to receive an invitation to participate in...
August is a quiet month in the wine trade tasting calendar. Praise be it’s less about tasting, more about drinking. September’s Wines...
This is where it all started at Tyrrells. The ironbark slab hut in Pokolbin, the Hunter Valley. Hand built in 1858 by Edward...
Brokenwood is one of the Hunter Valley’s leading exponents of the region’s classic strengths, Semillon and Shiraz. In 2010, the winery celebrated its...
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…
Recent Comments
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