If I were inclined to take the well-trodden path, I would suggest that we just stock sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio and chardonnay when it comes to white wine, as it would probably cover 90 per cent of...
Back in October of 2015 I wrote that prosecco was one of the fastest growing wine categories, as this Italian bubbly was gaining many new fans.
In November, a Bloomberg report described perfect weath...
I will start by quoting from the Mirabeau en Provence website: “Stephen had been in the corporate world for 15 years and, in August 2008, turned down a promotion that would have meant more money but a...
Nine bottles out of ten of all wine produced will be consumed within the first year and 99 out of 100 within five years. In truth, somewhere between 5 and 10 per cent improves after a year and only 1 ...
As our offspring now reside in other countries, it was up to me on Mother’s Day to prepare the requested rib-eye beef roast and select the appropriate wine.
Although a suggestion was given about a ca...
It is fair to say that Barossa Valley is to Australia what Napa Valley is to the United States of America; a most important and highly regarded area to grow wine grapes.
Barossa is tucked in the sou...
Back in January, I wrote about the trend towards a new breed of blended red wines priced in their teens that have catchy names like Apothic Red, Primal Roots and 19 Crimes.
All of them are proving t...
First of all let me share something with you that has left me somewhat baffled.
I often start a wine tasting by telling folks that we are really having a “wine smelling”. Our taste buds can only det...
Let me apologise for suggesting in last week’s article that a barbaresco would still be good in 3035 — a time we well might be enjoying wine on a “Goldilocks” (not too hot, not too cold) planet orbiti...
La Spinetta, which means top of the hill, was founded in 1977 by Guiseppe and Lidia Rivetti.
Today they are truly among the finest producers of wine in the Piedmont region of Italy.
They say that 90...
