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April 18, 2018
The Western Australians are dominating the Australian wine scene at the moment
It’s easy for us to miss on the east coast, most Australian states are parochial in their wine drinking and wine interests thus awareness...
April 4, 2018
Expanding your wine horizons
How do you go about expanding your wine horizons? often it will be serendipitous, wine pairings at a restaurant or having a glass of...
March 28, 2018
Chocolate and wine and all things fine
With easter upon us it seems unfair that the kids get to have all the fun eating copious amounts of chocolate. Let’s face it, you...
March 21, 2018
Moving into autumn red, it’s Malbec timec
While we are lucky to still be seeing plenty of sunny weather, autumn has arrived and the days will only be getting cooler from...
March 14, 2018
Finding wines that offer grape value
The search for new, exciting wines never does and never will end. While this is usually confined to going down rabbit holes of finer and...
March 7, 2018
The time has come for autumn whites
As the days begin to shorten, temperatures dip and the slow cookers see the light of day again, it’s time to reset our bearings...
February 28, 2018
Wine and the threshold of perception
Describing wine can be a challenging task Where do you start, that smell is on the tip of your tongue but you can’t quite find...
February 25, 2018
Italian Shiraz still has a sense of place
There is a romanticism to drinking wines that are produced from grapes grown in their native country and particularly the region to which they...
February 19, 2018
Loire offers levels of complexity to enjoy
As the Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc fad continues to fade, the traditional home of Sauvignon Blanc in the Loire Valley of France is as strong...
February 13, 2018
A blended question: where’s the wine line drawn?
It can often be difficult to convince yourself to buy a blend of say Shiraz and Tempranillo or, even as we have found over...
February 2, 2018
When Rieslings weren’t Rieslings
Riesling in the 1960s and 1970s in Australia was often a generic term, not just the formal name of the grape used in making...
January 30, 2018
Enjoy a summer of Riesling
Maybe this will be the year that Riesling takes over the world… unlikely, but if you ask anyone in the wine industry, we are...
January 22, 2018
Torrent of Rose leaves lots to try
There has been a torrent of rose hitting the market this summer. It seems like every winery is trying to cash in on the trend....
January 15, 2018
Ricca Terra’s approach bears fruit
The Riverland region in northern Victoria is often dismissed as the land of cheap commercial wines; over-irrigated, high-yielding, machine harvested fruit that is destined...
January 9, 2018
Vintage 2018 under way
We’re only a few days into 2018 and grapes will be very close to being picked, if not already. The whites will be first in,...
January 3, 2018
New Year is the time to sparkle
As we all know, sparkling wine is synonymous with celebrations; the popping of the cork, the bubbles constantly racing towards the top of the...
December 22, 2017
Be serious and drink it over a couple of days
When customers buy a slightly more expensive or “serious” wine, we often suggest that, if possible, they should drink it over a couple of...
November 23, 2017
Expand your white horizon with Vermentino
This is our second article on expanding your white wine horizons just a little. When we previously covered Viognier, we were starting with the lovers...
November 16, 2017
First you get the sugar, then you get the power
Unless we are discussing a dessert wine, the mention of sweetness will send most wine drinkers running. Our article two weeks ago on Rose was...
November 9, 2017
Shiraz not necessarily best for your sizzle
Barbecue season has begun across Australia, unofficially of course. I’m sure when you start thinking about which wine to take along to your next...
November 1, 2017
Ah, fine rosé, shall I drink thee on a summer’s day?
Queries about sweetness are common when a rosé is the suggested wine of choice. To this day, when asked to name a rosé, many people...
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