Wine shows cop a lot of flack. You need only read the feedback to my post on the 2018 Sydney Royal Wine Show exhibitors tasting to see that. But is it justified? And indeed do …
Sorry everyone, I failed. Last week, I said that I'd try to post some tidbits from my time judging at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in Beijing, China. Except I didn't event get close. Long days …
2015 Sydney Wine Show - Results + Tasting the Winners Last week saw the 2015 Macquarie Group Sydney Royal Wine Show (to use the full name) winners announced and, carrying on a tradition that now dates …
Deep Woods Reserve Chardonnay 2013 (Margaret River, WA) 13.5%, Screwcap, $45 I'm on a little 'trophy taste' this weekend, first the Bleasdale Pinot Gris and now this Chardonnay - which took out the 2014 James Halliday Chardonnay Challenge …
Wine Shows: Are the 100 point score totals useful or just confusing? The Winemakers Federation of Australia (WFA) have announced this week that they're reviewing the Code of Practice for the Display of Awards, examining whether …
2014 Royal Sydney Wine Show - results and musings The 2014 Macquarie Group Sydney Wine Show results were officially announced on Thursday night, with this wine scribe present at the trophy presentation dinner in my official …
The 2013 Sydney Wine Show Trophy WinnersI'm a fraction behind on this update, considering that the results were released almost a month ago, though still worth detailing methinks. Mike Bennie accepting a wine Logie for best …
NSW Wine Awards 2012 Results As a wine judge, there are few things more satisfying than looking at a list of show results and thinking 'now that is a smart set of wines'. That's how I feel …
Crumpled. Or at least I was the next day... 2012 Sydney Wine Show: A few of the winners As is my want, I spent last Friday and Saturday immersed in all things Sydney Wine Show related, …
Behind the curtain: Judging at the NSW Wine Awards 27 young Semillons = the breakfast of champions For breakfast yesterday I had 27 2010 and 2009 Semillons (served blind).... Ok, so it was more like second breakfast (I …
Winestate Wine of the Year Awards 2010 - a look at some of the winners Winestate Wine of the Year - Top win for Lake Breeze Each year, Adelaide based stalwart magazine Winestate compile a list of their …
Sydney Wine Show Results catalogue. Many wines in here Sydney Wine Show 2011: The Notes Very slack. Very. I should have written these notes up ages ago, but they simply got added to the (ever growing) pile. Let's …
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.