The nomenclature not quite so self explanatory here as with other d’Arenberg wines. “The Kookaburra is a native Australian bird famous for its distinctive laughing call, Chester’s young daughters named […]
As usual, d’Arenberg have a wonderful and colourful story behind the name: “At a time when Grenache was considered unfashionable, Chester acquired many old bush vine, overgrown and abandoned vineyards.” […]
I picked this up at a Living Wines tasting mid 2015 and loved its immediate drinkability. The story of the wine best comes from Living Wines website: “The letters MGO […]
Said it before and I’ll say it again, Franco D’Anna and the team are producing wonderful wines at incredible prices. Pairing this alongside its sibling, the Wickhams Road Gippsland Pinot […]
Swinging Bridge are counted in the top tier of wineries in the Orange region of NSW. This is part of their Single Vineyard range, with the fruit sourced from the […]
The Tasmanian Sparkling Wine industry continues to develop and mature. There’s the 2 big players across multiple price points: Jansz and Arras. Whilst a whole host of other contenders continue […]
Deakin Estate has recently brought on a new wine maker ready for the 2016 vintage, Aidan Menzies, originally an archaeologist. Their range of everyday drinking wines provide good value. Deakin […]
Sourced from the Hilltops region of NSW near the township of Young. There’s some great fruit coming from vineyards out that way. Calabria Wines, Cool Climate Series, Tempranillo, Hilltops, 2014 […]
There’s a more and more Pinot Blanc/Bianco/Weissburgunder seeing the light of day. It gets the light fruitiness of a SB, but finishing with a more structured mouth-feel Most of the […]
Seems everything is coming together for Thommo. A new family arrival of baby Jackson with his partner Kim, a new assistant wine maker in the most able form of Scott […]
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