The first of two webinars I’m moderating for Wines of Western Australia focused on Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. Exchanges with the six...
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This week I caught up with Virginia Willcock, Chief Winemaker at Vasse Felix, Margaret River, since 2006. When she scooped Australia’s Gourmet...
The proof is, as they say, in the pudding. In our canapé, starter and main courses too at the Sip &...
Given Vasse Felix’s towering reputation for Chardonnay these days I must admit that I was taken aback to discover that the Margaret...
Referring to Margaret River’s three “unofficial” sub-regions, Langton’s Andrew Caillard MW described Wilyabrup’s powerful reds as having “Pauillac-like stature and richness” when he...
Just before I headed off to South Africa, I caught up with Margaret River winemaker Virginia Willcock of Vasse Felix. Interviewing her...
Last week I discovered that “hair of the dog” is as applicable to holidays as hangovers. The evening after I returned from...
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