Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here’s a selection of wines that almost made it in October 2019. I like plenty …
I give up. I've spent the better part of the evening searching, blindly, for one thing - an organic or biodynamic sparkling wine under $20 that I'd want to drink. So far, …
Some very brief highlights from Rootstock 2016 I only managed a single morning session at Rootstock 2016 (the sustainable wine/food fair - see previous iterations here or here) this year, mainly because I …
Rootstock 2014 - 3 wine highlights Oh yes, it was busy Rootstock is Australia's first minimal intervention wine show, first held last year and now ramped up again for it's second iteration …
Jacob's Creek's latest wine innovations While Jacob's Creek clearly has a fair way to go before matching Australia's most innovative medium-to-large winery (Brown Brothers), I went to a tasting of some …
Yours truly in requisite orange shirt Rootstock - an Australian wine game changer? Game changer. Yes it is a clichéd phrase, yet I think 'game changer' might be an apt expression to describe …
Domaine de Vigneau-Chevreau Vouvray Moelleux Cuvée Clos Baglin 2005 (Vouvray, France) 12%, Cork, $55 Source: Retail www.vigneau-chevreau.com Vigneau-Vhevreau Vouvray Fabulous juice It was a bit of a Chenin evening for me last night as I drank …
Babich 'Headwaters' Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2009 (Marlborough, NZ) $25, Screwcap, 13%Source: SampleApparently one of only a very limited number of certified organic Kiwi vineyards, which is a quite curious situation …
At 18 I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, 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.
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.