Last week’s Australian Alternative Variety Wine Show yielded just one entry from Tasmania – Bronze medal-winning Bream Creek Late Picked Schönburger 2016. Much...
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Despite the pocket-sized nature of its wine industry, Tasmania has been extremely successful at attracting substantial mainland investment. Accolade Wines own Bay...
I caught up with Shaw & Smith’s Michael Hill-Smith MW last week who, understandably, was keen to show off his 2012 vintage...
Last Wednesday I wrote up a visit with Vaughn Dell & Linda Morice of Sinapius. During our visit Dell observed, with the...
My last report on Tasmania (here) focused on the island’s biggest new player, Brown Brothers’ Tasmanian Estates. The umbrella brand was established...
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...
Drier and warmer than the rest of Tasmania, the southerly Coal River Valley has form when it comes to vinous surprises. Who would...
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