What I really like, more than anything, about Yangarra is that it's a winery built around a great vineyard. That's somewhat unusual in the world of Australian wine, where typically labels come first, vines later (when …
There is no reason why this tasting should be so bad. Yet every year I line up a collection of textural white wines and every year it's disappointing. Except that this lineup didn't suck at all. …
A few of the wines to have passed the tasting bench this month that didn't quite make it onto the full site. La Bise Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2016 From the Kozned Vineyard in Gumeracha. Light pear …
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 …
It's that time again. The following wines didn't quite make it onto the full site this month, and I'm still living out of a suitcase to complicate matters. Yelland & Papps Devote Roussanne 2015 Greenock Roussanne eh? Yelland …
Quartz Hill Roussanne 2011 (Pyrenees, Vic) A new producer and a very small operation, this is made by Darrin Gaffy using fruit sourced from the Glenlofty vineyard in the Pyrenees. As a fan of Rhone Roussanne …
Michael Hall Roussanne 2012 (Barossa Valley, SA)13.5%, Screwcap, $33Source: Samplewww.michaelhallwines.com This comes from the one of the Schutz vineyards - this one in Marananga - with a little from David Materne in Greenock. Who'd of thought …
Cascabel Couloir Rousanne 2012 (McLaren Vale, SA) 12.5%, Screwcap, $25 Source: Sample www.cascabelwinery.com.au A McLaren Vale Rousanne eh? I'd love to see this a little richer and more wild and Rhoney actually, but it is refreshing. Dry and neutral smelling …
Dard & Ribo Note the hand written labels in the background there. Dard & Ribo Hermitage Blanc and Rouge 2009 René-Jean Dard and François Ribo first established their domaine in 1984 and now count 7.5 hectares in Crozes-Hermitage, …
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.