I haven’t travelled since February – not on a plane, barely on a bus or tube in London, where I live. Tasmania...
Tag Archives: Tasmanian Pinot Noir
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...
Tasmanian winemaker Rebecca (Bec) Duffy told me she was “lucky” that, having taken on Holm Oak in 2006, the brand and seven...
While the Hanigan family, 3rd generation growers at Derwent Estate, have put their back into vamping up their winemaking capability since my...
Continuing this week’s ‘turning over a new leaf’ theme, today we switch focus from the Azores to an Australian island. Tasmania’s Derwent...
Since I last wrote about Joe Holyman’s impressive Tasmanian Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays have been snapped up by H2Vin. And, in his...
Sunshine at last and on a Bank Holiday – the hottest, sunniest day of the year so far. Ironically, when the real thing was...
Last Wednesday I wrote up a visit with Vaughn Dell & Linda Morice of Sinapius. During our visit Dell observed, with the...
I’m no gambler, but I reckon it’s a safe bet that Ross and Judy Brown will be hot-footing it to the movies...
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