On young Shiraz, older Shiraz, Semillon & a shit hire car
I’m back across the Great Dividing Range again, swapping the cool and dry of Canberra for endless moistness here in Sydney. Before I left our nation’s capital there was a final …
I’m back across the Great Dividing Range again, swapping the cool and dry of Canberra for endless moistness here in Sydney. Before I left our nation’s capital there was a final …
Welcome to 2022! Taking out the recycling over the past few days reminded me that a) I drink plenty of beer b) there were some seriously fine wines opened over the …
Welcome to tranche 2 of the #MonthofAndrew wines. I probably haven't hit the cellar as hard this birthday with the imminent baby arrival (just over two weeks until due date), but …
I'm in notebook digging mode this week and landed upon my scribbles from this year's Masters of Wine Sydney 2012 Bordeaux tasting. I make it a habit to go to this …
Chateau d'Yquem 1990-2011: Working With Wine Flight 4 This was the final flight in the 2016 Negociants Working With Wine seminar series and easily the most anticipated. Check out the other …
Working With Wine Highlights: Flight 3 2007 Sauternes You're probably best starting here for this series of posts. The 3rd flight introduced some bottle age into the equation and, despite it being another …
Working With Wine Highlights: Flight 2 Sauternes 2013 (inc. '13 d'Yquem) Following on from yesterday's Flight of top sweet wines, today it is all about Sauternes, with the excellent 2013 vintage …
This the second part of my report from the recent MW Bordeaux 2011 tasting in Sydney, with the first part here. Fun fact - the only Bordeaux I've ever bought en …
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 …
Opalie de Château Coutet 2010 (Bordeaux, France) 14.5%, Cork, $59.95 Source: Tasting www.chateaucoutet.com 'Drink this when you're waiting for your Sauternes to come around.' That's Aline Baly, from the Baly family (owners of Chateau Coutet) …
Chateau d'Yquem 2003 (Sauternes, France) $350 (approx 375ml), Cork, 13.5% Firstly, a big thanks has to go to Patrick The Wining Pom for sharing this bottle with us. It was, as Patrick describes so well here, …
Knappstein Cabernet Merlot 2008 (Clare Valley, SA) $23 It's a solid effort from a tough year, though personally I found it a bit hard going. The wine itself smells pretty good, with …
Carmes de Rieussec 2005 (Sauternes, France)Cork, $30, 14%The second label of Rieussec and produced in the same manner as the grand vin, this is 85% Semillon, 10% Sauv Blanc & …
Tasted recently over dinner at Rubyo's in Newtown (Sydney), this vertical tasting reminded, quite simply, why this wine is considered to be one of Australia's best (and we didn't even …
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, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. But then, I fell in love with wine and craft beer, and it took over my life.
Twenty three years later and I spend my days wearing many beverage hats and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more
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