Best’s Great Western Foudre Ferment Riesling 2018
The last Foudre Ferment I have notes on was the 2015 release, where winemaker Justin Purser stated :”we smashed the new foudre to take the overt oak from it” but […]
Category Archives: Masterclasses
A Tale of Tolpuddle
The Tolpduddle Vineyard located in the Coal River Valley, approx 25 kms from Hobart in southern Tasmania. Named after the Tolpuddle Martyrs who were sent to Van Diemen’s Land (the […]
Margan…Celebrating 20 Years
As Margan Wines are about to head into their 21st vintage, a select few wine writers were invited to visit the Hunter Valley in May 2016 and work through a […]
Best’s 150th Anniversary Tasting
On a slightly grey Melbourne day, a select group of wine writers boarded the mini bus from Tullamarine Melbourne Airport to head to a tasting of Best’s Great Western celebrating […]
Brash Higgins…Up Close and Personal
Brad Hickey, AKA Brash Higgins contacted me just in late April letting me know he was on his way to Tassie for work/play. We got together at the wine/winemaker friendly […]
Tahbilk 1860 Vines Shiraz Retrospective
A slightly grey Melbourne spring day saw a collection of most of Australia’s top wine writers, sommeliers, key retail and some very bloody lucky wine club members at the eyrie-like […]
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 […]
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 […]
Swift Family Sparkling Masterclass
The Swift Family may not ring too many bells when it comes to names associated with wine, but as the owners/operators of Printhie Estate in Orange, one of the major […]
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