NSW Food and Wine Festival Sydney Cellar Door highlights
The New South Wales Food and Wine festival is an annual series of events that usually spans the end of February and continues through March. Sponsored by Fairfax Media (publishers […]
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Topper’s Mountain…On Topper of their game
Continuing to showcase New South Wales wines as part of NSW Food and Wine Festival, the Topper’s Mountain team are really going from strength to strength. The Gewürztraminer is even better […]
Crush House Wines
Usher Tinkler and Andrew Leembruggen know a little bit about the Hunter Valley. Usher’s family have been growing fruit and making wine for a few generations and Andrew has held […]
Capital Wines and S&M
Whilst the title of the entry may sound a little risqué and a little nod towards Canberra’s liberal laws of “marital aids,” it rather is referencing the wines tasted, that […]
Longview…just drink it
Good entry level blends here, with fruity front and fun back labels, these are just made for drinking. Adelaide Hills Semillon / Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Fruity topical nose guava, banana […]
Cool wines for warm days…
Summer is here. The time for long lunches on decks and catching up with friends in the warmer weather. Freshness, crispness and drinkability are the qualities you’re looking for. These […]
Capital Wines 2013 Rieslings
The hot weather is finally being consistent in Sydney, and I was pining for some Riesling refreshment. New South Wales has some wonderful Riesling terroir, and the Canberra district may […]
Lowes and Highs
David Lowe is energetic, infectious, generous and not least of all, a bloody good wine maker. Vice President of the NSW Wine Association, Vice President of the Winemakers’ Federation of […]
Esox Nouveau…Pike of the Clare Valley
Just returning from overseas holidays and into an unseasonally cool Sydney evening. The name Pike is synonymous with some of the most consistent Riesling in the country. However, there are […]
Grandi Marchi Master Class
On a very wet and grey, un-Sydney weathered day, I was fortunate enough to be invited to a master class tasting of the Grandi Marchi, essentially Italy’s First Families Of […]
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