Oakvale Ablington Vineyard Semillon 2014
I remember my first visit to the Hunter Valley in 2007 and calling into Oakvale as my first cellar door experience. I felt very underwhelmed, but left with 2 dozen […]
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Serafino Reds
Serafino “Steve” Maglieri came to Australia from Sepino, Italy as a 17 year old, and just like so many of the Europeans who came to our shores seeking a […]
d’Arenberg Amazing Sites 2012 releases
Recently, I was fortunate enough to be part of an intimate group to sit with the effervescent Chester Osborn and taste through the 2012 “Amazing Sites” releases. Chester […]
A Pair of Patina Wines
Next week brings the annual Taste Orange event into Sydney’s CBD. A large scale installation that transplants a little bit of the Central West New South Wales town to celebrate […]
Pig In The House Reds
I admit to have slightly “left” leanings when it comes to animals that are raised for human consumption: I believe that a happy animal is a tasty animal. The naming […]
V is for….Bimbadgen
Well, B is for Bimbadgen. But V is for V14 (shorthand for Vintage 2014); V is for Viognier and for Vermentino. V is also for something else if you’re a […]
Beautiful Isle Red Delicious 2009
Made by the exuberant Cynthea Semmens of Marion’s Vineyard, Tamar Valley in Tasmania’s north. The packaging quirky, bright and a play on the rosella-esque labels of old Tassie apple crates, […]
Angullong Fossil Hill 2012 Reds
Angullong vineyards straddle the boundary of the Orange G.I and the Central Ranges G.I in middle New South Wales. The Orange G.I is designated by having vineyards over an altitude […]
Chapel Hill McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012
This wine caused an amount of debate recently on social media after two well respected wine scribes had slightly differing opinions about the wine. One claimed it “missed the mark” […]
A Lucy and a Ged – Pike Alternatives
The title of this post refers to the alternative names for the Pike fish in both English and Scottish Heraldry. A nod if you will to the “alternative” varieties (for […]
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