Marion Amarone della Valpolicella 2012 I'm finally back to full faculties now post manflu, and why not launch into one of the best Amarone I've had in some time. Crucially, this has …
It always surprises me how much interesting Italian wine come to Australia. Loads of it. The only problem is that much of the best doesn't leave the 'on-premise' (restaurants and bars) …
I liked Verona. There's something beautifully romantic about this northern Italian city, the sentiment extending well beyond the tourists and tacky selfies in front of Juliet's Balcony. Romance, great food, and vines …
From the notebook: Grand Italian Wines from the Grandi Marchi Masterclass I was doing a little tidying tonight of some old unpublished notes and discovered this little gem - a collection …
Quintarelli Rosso del Bepi 1999 (Veneto, Italy)15%, Cork, $270+Source: Dinner companion I tried this wine just weeks after that fateful first encounter with a Quintarelli. As a result, when this …
Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella 2000 (Verona, Italy) 16.5%, Cork, $650 (if you can find some) Source: Kindly fellow wine judge Another wine that had a starring role at the NSW Wine Awards …
Goodies from North East Italy Roughly biennially, prominent Australian wine distributor Negociants run what is known as the 'Working with Wine' Fellowship - a trade education program that allows 100 wine industry professionals to taste some …
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. Needless to say, I discovered wine, and my life evolved with a unique dual focus - wine and the environment.
Twenty one years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer. and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more