Vietti Tre Vigne Barbera d'Alba 2014 Still the gold standard widely available Barbera d'Alba. '14 was a tough vintage in Piedmont, though harder in some of the higher vineyards rather than the lower spots around Alba …
Bruno Giacosa Nebbiolo d'Alba 2008 (Langhe, Piedmont, Italy) 12.5%, Cork, $50 I'm not the biggest fan of '08 Langhe reds, with the scorched flavours never looking all that appealing. Here we see a normally high quality Nebbiolo d'Alba …
At 18 I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, doing a degree that I didn't really like, and a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say I discovered wine, my uni degree morphed into something completely different and wine/beer took over my life.
Almost twenty years later and I currently spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.
While wearing my writer cap I write features for the likes of National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS plus I'm a Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert. Read more about me here or get in touch to book your next wine event with me here.