There is no reason why this tasting should be so bad. Yet every year I line up a collection of textural white wines and every year it's disappointing. Except that this lineup didn't suck at all. …
2016 Jim Barry Assyrtiko What a pleasure to see this in commercial release. I first covered off the Jim Barry Assyrtiko project this time last year (not long after returning from Santorini). Then, it was just unlabelled …
Man and vine - Peter Barry in the vineyard Serendipity is a wonderful thing. Last week, just 10 days after stepping off Santorini, I managed to land myself in Australia's own little slice of Greek wine. A …
I'm in Santorini at the moment, a Greek island that is seriously stunning. Yet despite the magic of the famous sunsets over the caldera, and indeed the quality of the local food and wine, this remains …
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.