Tasmanian grapes, especially Tasmanian Chardonnay grapes, are in high demand. The wines too. Fortunately, Wine Tasmania has afforded me three bites at...
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Tasmania is Australia’s sparkling wine capital. Or Méthode Tasmanoise as Jansz put it. Riesling also thrives in the apple isle and, funnily...
The phrase ‘the journey’ is liberally bandied about on TV these days. From underdog to bookies’ favourite, we are enthralled by the...
I haven’t travelled since February – not on a plane, barely on a bus or tube in London, where I live. Tasmania...
Wine Australia’s annual Australia Trade Tasting, which kicks off my year, is always fertile ground for my Wines of the Month. Seasonally,...
Having tasted barrel samples, it’s always fascinating to taste the finished article. This month, I got re-acquainted with 2016 Pinot Noirs and...
Next month Wine Australia is hosting the largest gathering of Australian women winemakers and principals ever assembled. Naturally, there are tastings, both for...
When I visited Tasmania last November, I just missed Effervescence, Tasmania’s sparkling wine festival. This week, I received a press release about...
Since I last visited with Nick Glaezter in 2012, he has left Frogmoore Creek to focus 100% on his and his journalist...
Tasmanian winemaker Rebecca (Bec) Duffy told me she was “lucky” that, having taken on Holm Oak in 2006, the brand and seven...
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