This month I reported for Decanter on the most expensive wine (at launch) that I’ve tasted. At £1,000/bottle it’s stratospherically beyond mine...
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The phrase ‘the journey’ is liberally bandied about on TV these days. From underdog to bookies’ favourite, we are enthralled by the...
January may not have been as awash with Australian wine tasting opportunities as usual, but this stunning Victorian pair provided great pleasure...
Pickings for Australian wine are usually rich in January. Wine Australia holds its annual London trade tasting, generating spin off events. Australian...
With so many Australian wine tastings last month, it has been exceptionally tough to single out my Wines of the Month. In...
My August Wines of the Month are two sensual beauties, with terrific mouthfeel and complexity. Mouthfeel might suggest weighty but, fresh and...
With this prolonged hot spell of weather, I’m drawn to wines with a lightness and energy about them. As I waited for...
Following on from last Friday’s post about Warramate, today’s report focuses on its iconic sister-label, Yarra Yering. It was good to re-visit...
My February visit with Yarra Valley Wine Women provided an opportunity for an extensive tasting with Sarah Crowe at Yarra Yering in...
Yeringberg‘s wines are eagerly sought out in Australia and a visit (by appointment only) is a must for any wine fan. Built...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
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Hi Geoff, The Wine Soc do one offs. Maybe try contacting Clarke Foyster, Carlos Lucas' importer? V best Sarah
Hello Sarah, I have been asked to do a tutored tasting of Portuguese wines in November and would really like to include an example of Encruzado. […]