Each and every one of these Coates reds have impressed, and this is no different. A blend of Touriga Nacional, Tempranillo, Monastrell, Syrah, Carignan, Garnacha Cinsault and Malbec (what a blend), this Coates The Iberian 2013 is …
I'm in Euro trip flashback mode today, this time casting an eye back to August, and a trip to famed Douro Valley producer Quinta do Vallado. This was an estate that I was looking forward too. …
Old Plains Mistura 2014 (Barossa, SA) 14%, Screwcap, $18 Here is a wine to rewrite the expectations about what the Portuguese varieties can achieve in Australia. The old vine whisperer - aka Dom Torzi - has managed to …
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.