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Swinney Farvie Grenache

 The  large Swinney vineyards near Frankland River in the south of Western Austr...

Is Bordeaux The First Major Wine Region In Modern Times...

 The en primeur worked great for leading Bordeaux wineries. These wines need tim...

Giant Steps Single Vineyard Pinot Noirs

 Giant Steps received great accolades for its 2023 Single Vineyard Pinot Noirs. ...

McLaren Vale, Part 1

 A brief trip to South Australia plans to first of all explore the northern part...

McLaren Vale, Part 2

 The next stop was at SC Pannell. Stephen Pannell is a highly regarded winemaker...

McLaren Vale, Part 3

 The tasting at perhaps McLaren Vale’s most iconic winery, Yangarra, was very ex...

Barossa Valley, Part 1

 Then on to the Barossa, where I wanted to taste the 'new' or 'alternative' Baro...

Delamere Pinot Noir

 I have mentioned a number of times that Tasmanian Pinot Noir is tricky. The mar...

Azelia Margheria Barolo

 There is probably no other type of dry wine which achieves almost always review...

Barossa Valley, Part 2

 Two more wineries to visit on this short trip to the Barossa; Phase III Wines a...

What Happens When You Buy Cheap Bordeaux?

 What is the experience of buying a cheap bottle of Bordeaux? When I say cheap, ...

Château Pontet-Canet

 In the last post, I talked about a surprising Barolo. Today, it is about a surp...

Peay Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

 Buying American wine in Australia, or anywhere else for that matter, is always ...

TOP NSW Wines

 Wines from New South Wales do not have a great reputation. I do not know if it ...

The Five Most Read Blog Posts This Year

 Looking at the five most red blog posts of the year, there were certainly surpr...

Pooley Pinot Noir

 Sorry for the long break, but there is not much wine to report from Muslim Indo...

What Did We Drink Over Christmas?

 It is common in many families to pull out nice wines and champagne over Christm...

Getting into the swing of vermouth

Vermouth is stepping forward in the drinks scene, from the back of the top shelf...

Sea, sun, survival and sunsets: The sensual terroir win...

The sensations of Santorini are all-encompassing: the intense heat of the midday...

Visiting Gavalas: A guide to Santorini’s old vines

Visiting Gavalas Winery This beautiful family winery, just a cobblestone walk aw...