Printhie Wines “Mountain Range” Chardonnay 2012
The NSW Food and Wine Festival for 2014 is winding down, and from some mutterings, it may not see the light of day in 2015. Surely the timing of the […]
Tag Archives: Chardonnay
Swinging Bridge Single Vineyard Series
Continuing the wonderful wines of New South Wales, these are the 2 inaugural releases from arguably Canowindra’s most famous winery Swinging Bridge. Canowindra is approximately 60kms from Orange where Tom […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Orange…The Colour City
I’ve just returned from a short visit to Orange, where I was a guest of TasteOrange*, for the start of Wine Week. Travelling to Orange was a little unnerving as […]
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 […]
No Fools on the Hill – Exceptional Value Whites from Chapel Hill
I don’t understand it. I’m not a staunch advocate of getting rid of the “Sauvalanche” from New Zealand, but I don’t get it. Please understand, I’m not talking about Sauvignon Blancs […]
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 […]
Angullong Whites
Angullong have a lovely cellar door in Millthorpe, just up from the excellent Tonic restaurant. Well worth the 20 minutes drive from Orange. Just watch out for the dog that […]
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