I missed December's Almost Club edition (holidays), so this is a huge crop of almostness... As the name suggests, here are the wines that almost hit the mark for me in January. Some are just nice …
Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy Malbec 2016 Langhorne Creek Malbec done well. Lavish, purple fruit with a plush open, modern Aussie form. Really purple with an oak sweetness. Slightly sausagey purple fruit on the palate, with …
It's 3 days late I know, but here are a few wines that almost hit the mark this month. Some are just good, simple drinks. Others are genuinely average to poor... Hand Crafted Montepulciano 2016 From Geoff …
Bremerton Langhorne Creek Malbec 2015 You know exactly what you're going to get from Bremerton, and that's flavour. This Langhorne Creek winery makes typically well-priced wines of weight and power, even if more grace would be …
It's that time again. These wines didn't quite make it up onto the site in October... Yelland & Papps Devote Roussanne 2015 From Greenock. Wild fermented, basket pressed and matured in 29% new French oak. Unfined and …
Just like that, we arrived at Wendouree. For years, I've been waiting to get to this almost mythical Clare Valley winery, never making it further than the gnarled old vines at the end of the driveway. But …
Bleasdale Double Take Langhorne Creek Malbec 2012 Slowly, but surely, Bleasdale are reinventing themselves as one of our top Malbec producers. Few people seem to have noticed yet - besides some outraged Argentinians when this wine …
2015 Sydney Wine Show - Results + Tasting the Winners Last week saw the 2015 Macquarie Group Sydney Royal Wine Show (to use the full name) winners announced and, carrying on a tradition that now dates …
Orange - Part 2: The tasting notes For context, it's best you start here. The Swinging Bridge Cellar Door If I have to pick but one variety that most impressed me on last week's little sojourn to the …
Matchbox Wine Co. Malbec 2012 Clever packaging too 14%, Screwcap, $30 Source: Sample www.matchboxwineco.com Fun comes in many different shapes and sizes. Here it is delivered via a joven style Clare Valley Malbec, drawn from 30yr old vines and wild …
Bremerton Special Release Malbec 2010 (Langhorne Creek, SA) 14.5%, Screwcap, $24Source: Samplewww.bremertonwines.com.au Apparently this uses 'Demptos Hungarian oak which adds a complementary refined spice note'. I immediately saw Demptos and thought Demtel, which had me thinking about …
Mills Reef Elspeth Malbec 2004 (Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay, NZ)$NZ40, Cork, 14.0%Winery WebsiteThis was bought from the lovely cellar door at Tauranga, kiwifruit capital of NZ and home to excellent roadside fruit stalls. Just stay …
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.