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 […]
Category Archives: Wine Reviews
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 […]
Black & Grey….A tale of two Pinots
So this week saw Accolade Wines buy the Mud House Wine Group in New Zealand (subject to approval), I realised that I had a couple of the wines in the […]
2012 Printhie MCC Shiraz
This week sees the start of Taste Orange Wine Week (even though it’s actually 10 days!) so it’s great to showcase a current release from the area. There has been […]
Bordeaux Redux…
It was just on 12 months ago that my wife Nadine and I were in the beautiful South West French country side and I penned this entry: https://vinonotebook.com/2012/10/14/bordeaux-the-left-bank-is-all-right/ Still so vivid, […]
2012 Sangiovese Smackdown: McLaren Vale Vs Chianti
By the Blood of Jove! Sangiovese! Chianti, Tuscany, Italy is the spiritual home for the grape/wine, but one may argue that McLaren Vale the spiritual home in Australia. Certainly commercially […]
2011…A Spice Odyssey
2011. Often talked about as terrible year for red wine in Australia. But Margaret River had a cracker. Hunter Valley turned out some top notch wines considering the weather leading […]
A short visit to Longview
Estate Grown. Single Vineyard. These terms can be thrown onto a wine label as hollow, shallow marketing jargon. But when they’re on there for the reasons of passion and authenticity […]
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