To be Shaw…and Smith.
Shaw + Smith…2 cousins from a family of wine making royalty got together in 1989, decided they were going to make top booze and put into action this vision: “To […]
Tag Archives: Pinot Noir
2011 Sabre by Mitchell Harris
My first Mitchell Harris wine. I’ve a good relationship with the winery on social media and have a soft spot for their home town of Ballarat as I lived […]
Bilgavia Estate Reds
The Hunter had a good 2013, albeit punctuated with a fair old dump of rain. I worked part of the vintage there so I’m always keen to see what comes […]
Beautiful Isle Red Delicious 2009
Made by the exuberant Cynthea Semmens of Marion’s Vineyard, Tamar Valley in Tasmania’s north. The packaging quirky, bright and a play on the rosella-esque labels of old Tassie apple crates, […]
Pike and Joyce Pinot Noir 2010
Still on our journey through the Adelaide Hills, this time with wonderful pairing of Pike and Joyce, Andrew Joyce (Viticulture) and Neil Pike (Winemaking). Even though the name Pike is […]
The Hills are alive with…Longview Vineyards
I’ve been saving these wines for a little while as Nadine, my wife, and I are headed to South Australia over the Easter Break. We’ll be headed to the Adelaide […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sassy Orange
These 2 wines were sent by David Cumming at Define Wine just before the start of NSW Wine Festival, but as the wines are getting their debut outings this week […]
