Last week I discovered that “hair of the dog” is as applicable to holidays as hangovers. The evening after I returned from...
Tag Archives: Western Australia
It’s often said that a wine writer’s life is one long holiday. Last September’s trip to Western Australia in which I combined...
I’m back from holidays this week. While I was away I received some incredibly exciting news – I’m one of 14 people...
2004 was the year that Australia wrested pole position in the UK market from the French. In some respects it’s since been...
I first visited McHenry Hohnen in 2007. At that time, the winery was still under construction but far advanced enough to be put to...
Howard Park is one of Margaret River’s famous names, but the winery kicked off a full decade before the first “Margs” vines were...
Western Australian wineries are well up for pitting their wines and wits against the best the Old World can offer – Cape...
Just out of a fun blind tasting at McHenry Hohnen of 22 Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre-dominated blends, 11 from the Barossa, 1 from...
I’m off to Western Australia today on various journo missions, also guesting at the Howard Park International Riesling tasting and judging Qantas...
I love tasting and writing about wine but a part of me yearns to get my hands dirty and get involved in...
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