Mount Mary and Yeringberg new releases from the 2019 vintage
Introduction With covid-19 restrictions holding their unhappy swathe over the Melbourne region for timeframes inconsistent with sense or proportion in […]
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Bordeaux 2015 tasting in Napa
This tasting took place in Napa in February 2020 just before the global pandemic took hold. This post though is
Wynns Coonawarra, an epic review of wines from 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s
This was a wonderful tasting of a selection of Wynns Black Label and John Riddoch Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon wines from
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IMW Annual Bordeaux tasting – 2013 vintage
Held in Sydney by the Institute of Masters of Wine on the weekend, this was a first close local look
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Rutherglen muscat and topaque
Here’s the second of my promised posts on the Rutherglen wine region. The first post was on Rutherglen’s renaissance and
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An outstanding Burgundy tasting of pre-2003s
I attended this amazing tasting back in April. It was almost a case study in outstanding premier cru and grand cru red
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The Rutherglen renaissance
Rutherglen vines in the morning mist. Rutherglen as a tourist destination provides a vision of a rural idyll surrounded by
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Bordeaux en primeur 2015 underway; some Australian price comparatives
Prices are starting to trickle out from Bordeaux’s 2015 campaign. Sitting in Australia, there is always an interesting exercise to
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Tasmanian vineyards map
I have been slowly reading through Tony Walker’s new book Vintage Tasmania: The Complete Book of Tasmanian Wine (Providore Island