De Bortoli Bella Riva Sangiovese Rosé 2015
From the excellent value Bella Riva range by the ever reliable De Bortoli range. The Bella Riva vineyard was planted by the family on the King River predominantly to Italian […]
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De Bortoli Bella Riva Sangiovese 2013
The Bella Riva vineyard (meaning Beautiful Shore) overlooking the King River was planted by the De Bortoli family in the early 90s. De Bortoli Bella Riva Sangiovese, King Valley 2013 […]
Pizzini’s Honour – Sangiovese of the King Valley
The Pizzini family story is like that of many Italian families in Australia. They arrived in the 1950s looking for work after World War 2, and settled in the King […]
Angullong Fossil Hill Red Italians 2013
The annual Taste Orange @ Sydney is on again soon, September 10 – 11. This is a time when the incredible marketing team behind Taste Orange (not sure how many […]
Up Hill and Down Vale…Longview vs Chapel Hill 2013 Rosé
Countdown to our impending visit to the SouthAustralia and the rolling Adelaide Hills, the maritime influenced McLaren Vale and the iconic Barossa Valley, here’s a quick Rosé battle royale from […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Scott…of the Adelaide Hills
I must admit, I knew little of Scott Winemaking until I saw a tweet from a friend, Tony Peters, saying how much he’d loved the Fiano. I got in touch […]
Mudgee…unearthing nuggets from the dirt.
Mudgee…An up and coming wine region? In terms of age, hardly. Mudgee has old vines and wineries like Oatley’s historic cellar door at Craigmoor. So why is it now just […]
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