Wine shows cop a lot of flack. You need only read the feedback to my post on the 2018 Sydney Royal Wine Show exhibitors tasting to see that. But is it justified? And indeed do …
Eldorado Road IV Nations Vintage Fortified 2015 An excellent NE Vic producer with an intriguing fortified that couples grapes from four nations - Nero/Durif/Tinto Roriz/Shiraz. Light red coloured, it's actually a quite elegant fortified, with lovely, …
Here's a selection of wines that were almost great. Some are just good, solid wines that are occasionally unready, through to slightly underwhelming/unexciting, and rounded out with a few wines that miss the mark completely. Why post …
De Bortoli Old Boys Show Reserve Tawny 21yo (Riverina, NSW) 19%, Screwcap, $40 for 500ml Source: Sample www.debortoli.com.au Sadly, tawny ports like this one are so desperately uncool in the modern scheme of things, their image tainted by cheap, …
Burge's fortified treasure trove (FYI: I've written this with my 'print publication' hat on so the tone is a little different to most of the rest of the posts on this blog) Grant Burge's new Flor yeast …
Taylors 40 Year Old Tawny Port (Oporto, Portugal) 20%, Cork, circa €80 Source: Kind friend Port-a-licious! Fancy box too I had the pleasure of sampling several very old Australian fortifieds from barrel just last week (it's a hard knock …
Alvear Pedro Ximénez Solera 1927 $50 (375ml), Cork, 16%Source: Retail http://www.alvear.eu/ We normally have a bottle of fortified on the counter here at Australian Wine Review HQ, with Rutherglen Muscat (Morris or Chambers) the typical favourite. But this month …
Flaxman Wines Shiraz VP 2008 (Eden Valley, SA)$20, Screwcap, 17.5% Vintage Port, when done well, is such delicious stuff, it's just a pity that it no longer has a defined spot in our drinking diet.But …
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.