From near misses to faulty junk. Here is a collection of the wines that almost won me over in October 2018. A special, frustrating mention to the two Leasingham wines. I grew up worshipping the mid …
The Masters of Wine (MW) bandwagon rolled through town on the weekend, with local students (not me) diving in for another round of intensive wine study. Personally, I look on in admiration at anyone willing to …
It always surprises me how much interesting Italian wine come to Australia. Loads of it. The only problem is that much of the best doesn't leave the 'on-premise' (restaurants and bars) market, which means that unless …
I'm fighting through one of those nasty hangovers that just attacks your stomach today, the sort of morning after where you just feel like someone has punched you in the guts. How does one slay such …
2013 Craggy Range Prestige Collection 'We set out to make the finest wines from the start.' Terry Peabody A noble sentiment, no doubt, but making fine wines from scratch takes some cash. Indeed Terry (Transpacific Industries founder and …
Bordeaux 2010: An IMW mega tasting of 20+ top Bordeaux Tasting young Cabernet is hard. Actually, it's not technically hard at all, just unfun. Sure, you can recognise potential, and the great wines do look great. But …
Church Road Merlot Malbec Cabernet 2012 (Hawke's Bay, NZ) 13%, Screwcap, $25.99 The Church Road style has always been rather old school, with much of the wine still fermented slowly in some very well-used wooden cuves. The …
A question of scoring and barrel samples + some smart 2013 Craggy Range Sophia components Where do you stand on the scoring of unfinished wines (barrel and tank samples)? Personally, I've always shied away from giving a …
New releases from Picardy It is not hard to appreciate the wines of Picardy - rich with structure, acidity, character - the lot. The Pinot Noir, in particular, easily amongst the finest in all of WA …
A little Picardy action: Picardy Tete de Cuvée 2010 and Merlimont 2011 Bill Pannell, founder of Moss Wood and Picardy, dropped by today, bringing with him these two new super-premium Picardy wines to help brighten up …
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.