And to top it all off….
An interesting essay here….2 wines….2 “alternative” closures. What are we seeking from our wine closure? Do we care? If it may be screwcap / stelvin which the Australian market […]
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Chapel Hill 2012 and 2013 Round Up
Potentially my most unimaginative title for a post yet. As I was about to write up the 2013 Parson’s Noses and the 2012 McLaren Vale Cabernet, I noticed that I […]
Mud House Pinot Gris 2013
Mud House produce well made, affordable and quality wines. The 2012 Vintage of this wine cleaned up with Gold at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards and at the […]
Bimbadgen MCA Series XIV
Bimbadgen Estate have been pairing with the Australian Museum of Contemporary Art located in Sydney, New South Wales on the basis of shared values for fourteen releases. Those values are “Creativity, uniqueness and […]
Queens Pinch Vineyard
Queens Pinch Vineyard from Mudgee, New South Wales was started in the mid 90s and until 2004, the grapes were sold off to what was Southcorp, now Treasury Wine Estates […]
Pooley Riesling 2014
Not made completely from the Pooley Estate in the Coal River Valley in Tasmania, other grapes sourced from “premium” vineyards were included in the final blend. Fruit sweet and vibrant […]
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 […]
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 […]
