Swinging Bridge Reserve Chardonnay 2011
Swinging Bridge. Orange wine. Forget what some are calling the “fad” of “orange” wine (that is, white wine with skin contact)…wine from Orange is one of my favourite things and […]
Swinging Bridge. Orange wine. Forget what some are calling the “fad” of “orange” wine (that is, white wine with skin contact)…wine from Orange is one of my favourite things and […]
New England is still quite a small area of production for New South Wales wine and I’d not seen this label prior to being sent these samples, and I’m always […]
I’ve just come back from spending a solid week in the Hunter Valley during Vintage 2013, volunteering with Thomas Wines. Thommo very generously allowed me to ask lots of questions […]
Bryn Richards has the reins of the ‘alternative’ varieties in the il Vescovo range from Chapel Hill and handles the winemaking with aplomb. Big plush purple berries with a little […]
New Year’s Eve 2012…or was it New Year’s Eve 2013? I’m never quite sure which year to use. Do you use the year you’re about to finish? Or the year […]
Okay, so this isn’t going to be one of the most expensive wines I’ve ever tasted, but I have an ethos..a belief…that someone out there put blood sweat and tears […]
The full title of this wine is Vinedrops The Collection Pinot Noir Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills….but that is a fair mouthful to use as a page title. The Vinedrops range […]
Arriving home from overseas holidays and the subsequent come down from breathing very different air (and not just the recycled pressurised version on the aeroplanes) takes its toll quite fast […]
It was a rough night’s sleep in our Chambre d’Hotes in the gorgeous Grand Cru Champagne town of Ay. We’d bedded down for the evening and were well into the […]
Champagne. A word. A place. A drink. There is possibly no other drink mentioned more times in literature, quotations and song. I drink champagne when I’m happy and when I’m […]