Houghton fineries - verticals of Jack Mann, White Burgundy and more This article appeared in print earlier this year. Seems only right to reprint it here now and include the tasting notes from a few Houghton …
The Riesling brothers in action outside Fix St James Early highlights from the Summer of Riesling This week marks the start of the Summer of Riesling (#summerofriesling on twitter), a season long celebration of all things Riesling …
A newish range for Mad Fish (or Howard Park as it may), I liked these from the first sniff. Lots of flavour and plenty to like, especially at the $25 members price. Clever packaging too …
Just for interest, today I opened up 3 Cabernet based wines, all from the 2007 vintage, all available for $15 a bottle (though the Angoves & the Taylors have a higher RRP), from 3 different …
Firstly, kudos to Houghton for the packaging - the labels, the polished screwcap, the vertical arrows on the capsule, the whole lot looks fun. A graphic artist went nuts with these labels and the result …
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.