In honour of International Women’s Day, I give you portraits of two ladies – Yarra Valley Wine Women, Caroline Mooney and Kate Goodman. You...
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I hadn’t appreciated quite how lucky I was to visit Wantirna Estate until (a) I saw the tiny barrel cellar and (b)...
I saw red last month. Not just in terms of my most memorable wines of the month, but also having heard various...
This year Xanadu celebrates its 40th anniversary, so what better excuse to run through the portfolio, including a vertical of Xanadu’s flagship...
The 2015 vintage has been touted as a great year for Yarra Valley Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Giant Steps has proclaimed it...
As you will have seen from last week’s post, there were many vinous highlights on Arblaster & Clarke’s South Australia & Victoria...
I touch down in Australia two weeks tomorrow to lead an Arblaster & Clarke tour to South Australia and Victoria. We finish...
“Next stop Anatartica” – not what springs to mind when I think of Australia. But turning the globe on its head neatly...
Max Allen’s excellent book “The Future Makers” includes a chapter entitled “Back to the future.” It explores a revival of old traditions in...
With no Appellation Controllée system to dictate grape variety, viticulture and winemaking, it’s no holds barred for Australian winemakers. Even if a...
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