You'd think that the daughter of Piedmont producer Angelo Gaja - long feted as a king of Italian wine - would be anything but approachable. Gaia Gaja is exactly that. Seriously attractive, well spoken and disarmingly …
G.D. Vajra Langhe Nebbiolo 2010 (Piedmont, Italy) The approachable face of Piedmont Nebbiolo, from a producer with a knack for getting it right lately. Plenty to like. Can't see the value at $125 on a Sydney …
Working With Wine: The Nebbiolo Sessions It's rare when you leave a large tasting and immediately start thinking about how much wine you can buy. Bu there I was, trawling through Wine Searcher doing the maths …
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 …
Mauro Veglio Langhe Nebbiolo 'Angelo' 2012 14%, Cork, $35 Wines like this remind that Langhe Nebbiolo doesn't always need years in barrel to impress. Imported by Beaune & Beyond, the importer business of Philip Rich (Melbourne-based wine …
La Vendetta Langhe Barbera Nebbiolo 2007 (Piedmont, Italy) 13.5%, Screwcap, $19 Source: Sample www.fourthwavewine.com.au I opened this up alongside a brace of five wines under $25 and I think this was one of the wines I'd most like to …
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.