The Sydney wine trade is a fickle beast. On the one hand, there is a whole squad of motivated and knowledgeable merchants/somms/etc who crowd out tastings for super cool imports. But then, for equally fine tastings of …
The Northern Territory government announced on Wednesday a suite of alcohol policy reforms that could pose a risk to the whole Australian wine industry. While most of the reforms (read them all here) are not contentious …
When you think about it, opening a bottle of wine can be quite challenging. Whether it is sharp and/or heavy foil capsules, corks stuck fast in the neck of a bottle, screwcaps that refuse to budge …
Cheap Australian Chardonnay - is it dead? It was all about Chardonnay today, with this afternoon's National Liquor News (NLN) panel covering 22 blind Chardies at a whole spectrum of price-points. The price-point focus is what makes …
2014 wine wrap: 5 things I'd like to see less of in 2015 At this time of year everyone seems to have a 'best of' list, preferably pointing out the best (or even the worst) from …
2014 Scarce Earth release Trade tastings in Sydney are embarrassing affairs. It doesn't seem to matter how high quality the wines are, how good the food is on offer or even how convenient the location is, they …
The problem with Dry July (revisited) A year ago I wrote a little rant about why I thought Dry July is conceptually flawed. Flash forward a year and as the subject isn't going away, the rant …
A quick rant about Dry July I encountered no fewer than three wine professionals today who are all on the Dry July bandwagon (what is Dry July you ask? more information here, but essentially it's a …
The wine critics dilemma - to publish or not? Being a wine blogger/critic/writer/whatever sounds like a sweet life. All you do is drink (typically) free booze, often accompanied by fine (free) food and with the only …
In a rather worrying, if plain silly move, NSW Police this week have (allegedly) abused their powers with a wowserish plan that threatens the very freedom of everyday drinkers.According to an email sent around to …
Blain Gagnard Chassagne Montrachet 'Clos St Jean' 2005 (Burgundy, France) $105, Cork I don't really 'buy' much white Burgundy. I taste a bit, think about buying a bit, but end up actually purchasing very little. It's a …
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.