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Category Archives: Australian Wine
The Power…and the Glory – Australia Day Tasting, London 2018
I hadn’t been to the annual ADT event in London for a few years and coming back to it didn’t really feel like being away. Crowded (okay, really popular), quite hot (an issue for some of the red wines, with … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged ADT, Australia Day Tasting, Australian Wine, Cherubino Laissez Faire Range, Clonakilla Canberra, Dal Zotto King Valley, David Franz, David Knott, Enotria and Coe at ADT, Flor Marché, Garagiste Mornington Peninsula, Henschke Julius Riesling, House of Arras, Jeffrey Grosset, Koerner Clare Valley, Kooyong, Larry Cherubino, LAS Vino, Liberty Wines at ADT, McWilliams Mount Pleasant, Pizzini, SC Pannell, Spunk Nat, Ten Minutes By Tractor, The Knotted Vine
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Back to the Future
I do write the occasional Review of a wine book, or DVD, though I haven’t done so recently. I haven’t actually read any new wine books for a while, not since Stephen Brook’s Wines of Austria, and that was almost … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Books on Australian Wine, Max Allen, The Future Makers, Wine Books, Wine writing
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Drinking with Brad
I spent a pleasant evening with Brad Hickey last week. Brad is one part of the couple behind Brash Higgins, a McLaren Vale estate which has a good following in the USA, Scandinavia, and some other parts of Europe, but … Continue reading
Where Have They Been Hiding?
It’s all “New” something at the moment, isn’t it. We had Jon Bonné’s New California, we have been hearing a lot about the New South Africa this summer, and we have our very own New Beaujolais (three dinners in London … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books
Tagged Anton van Klopper, Castagna, Caves de Pyrene, Damien Tscharke, Jauma, Max Allen, Red Squirrel, Si Vintners, Sorrenberg, Sustainability in Australian Viticulture, The Future Makers, The New Australia, The Wine Idealist, Tom Shobbrook, Vinteloper, Winemakers Club
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