The 2013 Sydney Wine Show Trophy Winners
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The tasting note cleanout continues: Tri Nations Wine Challenge 2010 No vacuuming for me.... The following wines were sampled at the 2010 Tri Nations Wine Challenge, another alternate styled wine show with …
Cleaning out the tasting book: 2010 Boutique Wine Awards I'm attempting a bit of spring cleaning this weekend, and I figure that the best place to begin is the small mountain …
Sydney Wine Show 2011 results + tasting the winners Say what you want about wine shows (and everyone has an opinion, often negative ones at that) the results of them are …
More good news for Aussies at Decanter Wine Awards I first reported about the good results for Australian wines at the 2010 Decanter World Wine Awards back in May, but since …
Decanter World Wine Awards - The Australian Results Another day, another wine show. Peculiar that the results for this get released the day after those of the International Wine Challenge (though …
2010 International Wine Challenge - The Australian Winners In a big year for Australian wine at the 2010 International Wine Challenge, with Aussie wines picking up 65 gold medals (of a …
Typically, I'm a little tardy in getting these notes up, though I can bring in a note if anyone asks (just don't tell Mum). The snippets below document my second day …
As per usual, (this year and last year - which now qualifies as 'usual') I have spent the last two days tasting (and drinking) the wines that were submitted to …
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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