NZ First Growth: Te Mata Estate Coleraine vertical 1982-2016
Usually, verticals have a purpose. An excuse for the winery to show off a wine, launch a new one, or just to remind everyone how good something used to be. …
Usually, verticals have a purpose. An excuse for the winery to show off a wine, launch a new one, or just to remind everyone how good something used to be. …
Chateau d'Yquem 1990-2011: Working With Wine Flight 4 This was the final flight in the 2016 Negociants Working With Wine seminar series and easily the most anticipated. Check out the other …
Cellar classics: Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 1990 vs 1991 Typically, my birthday lasts for a week. Some years it's more like a fortnight, and three years ago it was almost …
Katnook Estate Cabernet vertical: 1981 - 2011 This tasting was from 18 months ago, yet given the age-worthiness of the Katnook Cabernets I'm not worried about these wines falling over... But let's …
A great Australian red from a champion of The Great Australian Red The results from Tyson Stelzer and Matthew Jukes 'Great Australian Red' (Cabernet Shiraz and blends focused) wine competition were …
'The World's Greatest Wines that aren't...' When I first started this blog, almost four years ago now, I did so with purpose - I wanted somewhere accessible (online) where I could …
More old goodies: 98 Petit Cheval, 90 Montrose, 83 Unico + more.... As mentioned here, I've been helping to 'drink out a cellar' recently, a task that is - given the …
At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. But then, I fell in love with wine and craft beer, and it took over my life.
Twenty three years later and I spend my days wearing many beverage hats and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more
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