Previous Posts
Top Posts & Pages
- Recent Wines December 2025 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
- Tourist Jura - A Brief Guide to Arbois and Beyond
- Tongba, A Study of Emptiness
- Butlers Wine Cellar - The Evolving Nature of Wine Retail in Brighton
- Wines of the Year 2025 #theglouthatbindsus
- Wines of the Loire Valley by Beverley Blanning MW (Book Review)
- Recent Wines November 2025 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
- Recent Wines September 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
- Review of the Year 2025
- Liem and Larmat - A Perfect Combination
Category Archives: Australian Wine
Let Me Tell You A Little About Shoalhaven Coast
Australia is brimming with new wine regions. Just as we get used to Tumbarumba and Hastings River in New South Wales we hear that Willyarup, within the wider Margaret River appellation, has just been given approval. One region you may … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Dining, Wine, Wine Writing
Tagged Australian Sauvignon Blanc, Cupitt's Alphonse Sauvignon Blanc, Cupitt's Cheeses, Cupitt's Winery Restaurant, Cupitt's Winery Ulladulla, Emerging Wine Regions Australia, Mada Wines Sui Generis IV, Matt Upson Chef, Milton NSW, Mollymook, Mount Bushwalker, Narrawallee Beach, Narrawallee Creek, Narrawilly Farm Cottages, New South Wales Wine Regions, Russell Chinn Chef, Shoalhaven Coast Wine Region, Tallwood Restaurant Mollymook Beach, Ulladulla
Leave a comment
Polperro – A Small Cornish Gem on the Mornington Peninsula
When I first visited Mornington Peninsula about twelve years ago it was just gaining a bit of a name in the UK, where it was seen as very much a cool climate region, all the rage as they say. Located … Continue reading
Central Victoria Part 2 – Bindi
We have moved south from Bendigo, which was our first destination on this Australian adventure, to the Macedon Ranges. If you drive north out of Melbourne the first wine region you hit is Sunbury. North of that you come to … Continue reading
Central Victoria Part 1 – Around Castlemaine
Castlemaine is a small town in the old Victorian goldfields. It’s an attractive town in many ways, with plenty of places serving the great food and coffee one comes to expect almost anywhere in Australia, but do pronounce it with … Continue reading
Three Go Mad In Islington – Nekter, Roland, Modal Portfolio 2019
The three dynamic, young and small importers featured here have not chosen a pithy name for themselves, like the “Dirty Dozen”, so I’ve kind of done it for them in my title (sorry chaps). Nekter Wines, Roland Wines and Modal … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Californian Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, South African Wines, Spanish Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Benevolent Neglect Napa, Californian Carignane, Californian Counoise, Cascina Borgatta Tagliolo Monferrato, Clos des Plantes, Cutis Deviner, Entre Vinyes Cava Funambul, Fattoria di Sammontana Montelupo, Ferdinand Wines Amador County Tempranillo, Flow Blanc de Noirs, Fogosch 2017, From Sunday Lucky's Red, Johannes Zillinger Weinviertal, Joiseph Jois, Keep Wines California, Klabjan Slovenia, Malinga Sauvignon Blanc Kamptal, Modal Wines, Nekter Roland Modal Portfolio Tasting 2019, Nekter Wines, Olivier Lejeune Anjou, Pasarene Elgin, Piroska 2018, Roland Wines, Schenter Schönberg Riesling Kamptal, Schmolzer & Brown Beechworth, Slobodne Slovakia, Sota Els Àngels Empordà, Strekov1075 Slovakia, Vinarja Kriz Croatia, Whaka Piripiri Mai Chenin Blanc, Zemiansky Sady, Zillinger Revolution Solera
Leave a comment
Real Wine Fair 2019, Part 2
If you have not seen Part 1 of my coverage of the Real Wine Fair 2019 you can check it out here. That is where you will find any introductory blurb, for what it’s worth. This is the second of … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Adelaide Hills Wines, Alice & Olivier De Moor, Australian Nebbiolo, Australian Sangiovese, Australian Savagnin, Castagna Beechworth, Christian Binner Ammerschwihr, Cota 45 Sanlúcar, Crémant Quetsches, de Moor Caravan, de Moor Chablis Monts de Milieu, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Domaine L'Achillée Alsace, Gareth Belton, Genesis Syrah, Gentle Folk Wines, Julian Castagna, Les Caves de Pyrene, London Wine Events, Natural Wine Fairs, natural wines, Real Wine Fair 2019, Vendangeur Masqué, Yann Durrmann
2 Comments
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
Leave a comment
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
2 Comments
David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 