Two years ago Xavier Bizot of Terre à Terre held a tasting comparing a selection of the 'old world' of the new world. A group of wines that you'd call Cabernet classics, vs some newer …
It's always fun benchmarking wines against the classics. Always. Even when the comparison 'contender' wine is shit, the tasting at least can be a good quality calibration exercise. Thankfully, the host of this Cabernet extravaganza …
Karl Strauss Pintail Pale Ale (San Diego, California) 5.3%Source: Retail www.karlstrauss.com Nice to see both a best before with plenty of time to go and a batch number on an import. This too looks well built, hop flower …
Merkin Vineyards Chupacabra Red 2006 (California, USA) 14.5%. Cork, $35Source: Samplewww.caduceus.org Merkin. Smirk. Putting aside the merkin reference for one moment (who names a wine after a pubic wig anyways), there is intrigue here. It's not produced by a …
2011 Winestate World's Greatest Shiraz Challenge Tasting This year marked the sixth iteration of an event known as the 'World's Greatest Shiraz Challenge', a tasting which is effectively an expanded Winestate Magazine panel tasting, held annually, …
BEER; Sierra Nevada 'Northern Hemisphere' Harvest ale 2010 6.7% alc $US5.45 (plus tax) 750ml After banging on about the disappointment that was the 2010 Cascade First Harvest, it was a pleasure to enjoy a glass of a …
Joseph Phelps Insignia Cabernet Blend 2004 (Napa Valley, USA)$300 on spec, Cork, 14%?Winery Website It's a rare opportunity to drink a wine like this in Australia, if purely for the scarcity of American wines in …
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.